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As government doors reopened Thursday following a painful, 16-day economic odyssey, some of the nation’s top business groups were taking a hard look at their political strategy. Specifically: how to counter Tea Party members who brought the country to the brink of default. The political arm of the National Retail Federation said it was reviewing 25 different primaries and would likely invest in challengers in a small group of them. “This was a man-made disaster. This didn’t have to happen,” David French, the National Retail Federation’s top lobbyist, told the Sun-Times on Thursday. “There is an underlying concern with a...

SEIU Funneling Cash from Illegals Into US Elections http://www.breitbart.tv/is-seiu-funneling-cash-from-illegals-into-us-elections/

While its elected officials say it is the party of "the working people," Democrats are quietly running an elaborate VIP program that rewards wealthy contributors with luxury perks and insider access at the Denver convention, part of what the party calls a "business plan."

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal agency that oversees election preparations has decided to release nearly $170 million to California that was potentially in jeopardy because of questions over how federal money was spent under former Secretary of State Kevin Shelley. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission sent a letter Wednesday to California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson, Shelley's replacement, to announce the release of the $169.7 million, commission spokeswoman Jeannie Layson said Thursday. The move followed a visit McPherson paid to the commission last month to lobby for the money - Californias 2004 share of some $3 billion being sent to...

By Cliff Kincaid | December 14th, 2004 (all photos added by M. Espinola) On October 28, 2004, just a few days before the election, George Soros spoke to the National Press Club. It was the last date in his national anti-Bush speaking tour. Soros is the most prominent drug legalizer in the world but campaigned to get Bush out of office mainly because of the Iraq war issue. Five television stations or networks, including C-SPAN, were there to record or cover the event. The media covered Soros but ignored the attack on an anti-drug activist, Steven Steiner, who had walked...

Now you can follow advocacy group spending in the 2004 elections! An innovative Web-based tool unveiled today by the Center for Responsive Politics allows voters to research advocacy groups spending millions of dollars to influence the 2004 elections and to report the activities of these groups in their communities. With the 2004 presidential and congressional races in full swing, special interest groups across the political spectrum will be airing ads, mailing flyers and operating phone banks designed to support or oppose the election of a candidate. Inconsistent reporting requirements will make identifying and tracking these groups difficult. To assist voters...

President Bush is up against a huge international socialist machine out to undermine the principles of his presidency. That movement is lending its full weight to efforts to impose global taxes on Americans, about which NewsMax.com reported last week. Beyond that, the movement is out to extract money from 13 million to 14 million Americans to see that an anti-Bush Congress is elected in November. To add insult to injury, efforts to curb this machine are being met with foot-dragging and resistance within the president’s own administration. That resistance comes from Clinton holdovers and career bureaucrats. Let’s take the last...