OpenSecrets.org Launches 2012 Presidential Election Section
The 2012 presidential election is already underway, with candidates — be them official or not — criss-crossing
the country in early efforts to woo prospective supporters. The Center for Responsive Politics this week launched
an early incarnation of what will soon grow into a massive section within OpenSecrets.org that tracks how 2012
presidential candidates are fueling their campaigns with cash. Later this year, the section will brim with even more
data and information about 2012 presidential candidates. » Read More
Donald Trump, Potential GOP Presidential Candidate, Also Digs Democrats
Billionaire real estate mogul and television personality Donald Trump is flirting with running for president as a Republican.
Conservatives cheered him at a recent speech, and a Draft Trump 2012 organization just sprung up. But that GOP support
has not always been reciprocated by Trump. According to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of Trump’s federal
campaign contribution history, The Donald has been a prolific donor to some of the nation’s most liberal Democrats during
the past two decades. » Read More
Google, Facebook Lead New Generation of Tech Companies Pressing Government
For Google and Facebook, President Barack Obama serving as their pitchman during his recent State of the Union Address
is indicative of their meteoric rise both outside and within Washington, D.C. And it marks how the political landscape has rapidly
shifted for computer and Internet companies, with Washington nonentities of just a few years ago now ranking among the
most prominent players in the capital. In the past decade, turnover among the industry’s leading spenders has been extremely
high — only a third of the companies ranked in the top 15 with lobbying expenditures in 1998 remained in the same spending
bracket during 2010, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of federal lobbying data indicates. » Read More
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