This year's presidential race is expected to shatter fund-raising records, thanks in no small part to the rise of the super-PAC. Bill Maher's splashy $1 million check notwithstanding, though, the "network of Democratic outside groups boosting President Barack Obama and his congressional allies... still lags woefully behind Republican outside groups
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New financial disclosures shows that Super PACs and other groups "dominated the race for the Republican presidential nomination last month, raising and spending tens of millions of dollars outside the traditional campaign system and... Read Post
Comedian Bill Maher brought out one of those oversize checks last night during his CrazyStupidPolitics: Live from Silicon Valley special, and announced he's donating $1 million to Priorities USA Action, a Barack Obama super PAC. "Th... Read Post
"It looks like he took my million and spent it all on weed," the comedian mused last night. Of course, Maher's $1 million donation was to the pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA Action. And, as we all know, Super PACS are forbidden f... Read Post