Ellison tripled his shareholders’ money, but it’s unclear why he needs options at all. The guy owns $28 billion of Oracle shares, enough to keep his interest aligned with shareholders as it is. McClendon’s shareholders fared very well, …
There was an interesting comment made on the floor of the United States Senate yesterday. I first noticed in from Senator Jim DeMint’s twitter feed. DeMint.
First of all, the money itself is important; more is better than less. Second, the reports themselves send signals, however short-lived, that can speed or slow a candidate’s progress. The more money a candidate has, the more seriously …
The reports show that Republicans will have the money to compete in the fall elections, coming back from a severe shortage during the last election cycle. However, Democrats still have significantly more money in the bank than …
Could we get a remedial political education class that explains to canidates that the more money people have, the easier it is for them to leave? And of course, that moves the rest of us “up the food chain” in taxes so pretty soon the …
Blocking unemployment benefits will result in less money in the hands of voters who are unemployed. Blocking the Medicare “doc fix” will result in less money in the hands of doctors who vote. Blocking an extension of COBRA and a public …
Though money and politics is the subject of the bulk of today’s post, those filings will not be discussed here Friday. As regular readers know, the intent of this web site is to cover the stories nobody else is covering, …
“It was the dumbest thing in the world to do,” one major Democratic money-bundler told POLITICO. “Barack Obama doesn’t understand this [election] is a referendum on his agenda.” Gibbs’ perhaps too-candid remarks about losing the House …
Show Us the Money. By Joe Conason. So often are the certitudes and pronouncements of the chattering class simply mistaken that they must always be treated with deep skepticism. That is especially true when anything important is at stake …
On their web sites, on their cell phones as they head from one event to the next, early in the morning over breakfast or late at night over whatever, the candidates are asking for money. They ask supporters, friends, family, …
