Profile: Political cartoonist Rob Tornoe
You may have noticed something funny around here lately: political cartoons.Rob Tornoe, a political cartoonist based in Delaware,is now drawing original cartoons for The Center, based on our stories....
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Third-party candidates may hurt Romney in key states
Dark-horse presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode may not be household names, but with a little help from super PACs, they could peel away precious support from Republican Mitt Romney...
View ArticleOPINION: the illusory promise of free-market health care miracles
While listening to the promises to repeal ObamaCare during the Republican National Convention, I was reminded of what those of us in the health insurance industry said when our friends in Congress were...
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Corporate cash floods North Carolina governor’s race
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View ArticleDaily Disclosure: RNC continues to hammer Obama on jobs
“There are always going to be bumps on the road to recovery,” President Barack Obama’s voice says as the camera pans over men and women lying on their backs across a dirt road.A man in a plaid shirt...
View ArticleCorporate cash helps fuel Democratic convention despite pledges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While Democrats have touted their grassroots fundraising efforts for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, deep-pocketed corporate donors are helping underwrite the event.Among...
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor's race awash in out-of-state funds
North Carolina’s race for governor is expected to be the most expensive in the state’s history thanks largely to two deep-pocketed, Washington, D.C.-based organizations whose underwriters may not even...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: Democratic super PAC zeroes in on GOP Medicare plan
Amid a flurry of nasty ads released yesterday, one stands out for its … cuteness.“Short Leash” from the Democrat-aligned super PAC Majority PAC is an attack ad starring a puggle (a designer breed of a...
View ArticleSuper PAC appeal, give until it 'feels good'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Super PAC fundraiser Paul Begala climbed atop a table and told a roomful of VIP donors that “giving until it hurts” isn’t good enough.“I want you to give until it feels good,” he...
View ArticleIs the Democratic platform in synch with the public on national defense?
The Democratic party platform released this week suggests that national security officials in a second Obama administration will attempt to leave outdated military projects behind, try to bolster the...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: Ads by anonymous political groups bash Obama on big night
Conservative outside spending groups are welcoming President Barack Obama to Charlotte, N.C., with a barrage of attack ads.At least three conservative nonprofits and the Republican National Committee...
View ArticleIMPACT: Pentagon, Congress probe tissue contracts
The Pentagon has announced a new program to better oversee human cadaver tissue used in Defense Department hospitals around the world and is investigating allegations that some tissue-based medical...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: Public employee union opens attack on GOP Senate candidates
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees joins the political spending spree with more than $2.8 million in new ads, Federal Election Commission reports show.While the union...
View ArticleObama rails against those trying to 'buy this election'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama urged delegates at the Democratic National Convention to beware “the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election” in his acceptance...
View ArticleAs Clean Air Act sentencing nears, Justice cites violations at Texas Citgo...
Days before Citgo Petroleum Corp. faces its long-awaited sentencing for criminal Clean Air Act violations at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, a Justice Department court filing alleges that a...
View ArticleIMPACT: RTI Biologics suspends import of human tissue from Ukraine
One of the biggest players in the global trade in human tissue has suspended its partnership with suppliers in Ukraine, where authorities have carried out multiple investigations over allegations of...
View ArticleOPINION: Maine's health care fantasy
What happened in Maine is a sobering reality check on the oft-repeated myth that getting rid of ObamaCare and other consumer protections is the answer to our health care problems. If the government...
View ArticleAmidst cuts, Army outfits chauffeurs
Facing the end of an era of untrammeled growth in defense spending, officials at the Pentagon have spent most of 2012 telling anyone who will listen how potential budget cuts will put national...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: 'Young Guns' target Democratic House candidates
The YG Action Fund, a super PAC associated with the conservative “Young Guns” movement led by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, reported spending nearly...
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