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Concentrated super PAC money grows
Feb 10, 2012
Political campaign donations through super PACs are more concentrated than ever. Fewer rich donors are giving increasingly greater amounts to their chosen candidates, and it's raising new concerns about big money influencing elections.
Play the Super PAC Name Game!
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Matt Berger
Feb 8, 2012
Is that a Super PAC or a Britney Spears movie? Marvel over this list of the most obscure Super PAC names and create your own with the Super PAC Name Generator from WNYC
Let's play PAC Name Fever!
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Kai Ryssdal
Feb 8, 2012
It's our first (and probably last) edition of PAC Name Fever, the super PAC name game where you decide whether they're real or fake.
Biggest war chest not necessarily deciding primaries
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David Gura
Feb 8, 2012
Rick Santorum, the candidate who has raised the least amount of money, recently won three primaries. Does this mean money doesn't matter as much as we thought?
Super PACs live on after campaigns die
Feb 7, 2012
The end of a political campaign does not mean the end of a super PAC. In fact, candidates who pull out of a race have no claim to the unused cash, and PAC staffers can use this so-called zombie money however they want after the candidate drops out.
Required super PAC disclosures don't reveal all
Feb 1, 2012
Midnight was the filing deadline for "super" political action committees to reveal where all the big money flowing into the 2012 presidential campaigns is coming from. But still, it could be a while before we know the names of donors.
Stephen Colbert's super PAC raises $1 million
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Kai Ryssdal
Jan 31, 2012
The "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" super PAC filed with the Federal Election Commission today.
For public good, not for profit.
Now available: The Ron Paul action figure
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Kai Ryssdal
Jan 23, 2012
You can get either Commander-in-Chief Ron Paul or Superman Ron Paul.
How to be a super PAC, like Stephen Colbert
Jan 20, 2012
One way to understand the growing role of super PACs in campaigns is to imagine being one. The comedian Stephen Colbert leads the way.
Anti-Romney video called 'highly misleading'
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Kai Ryssdal
Jan 13, 2012
The Washington Post looks at the facts presented in a video made by a super PAC supporting Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich.