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Blue Party to Gather in a Purple State Giving Green

The Democratic convention will get underway next week in a state that has gone from red to a light shade of purple in the last few years. The changes are afoot across the board--in the statehouse with a Democrat-controlled legislature and Democratic governor, in the congressional battles that are transforming the "Centennial State" into a bellwether state and in the money Colorado residents are spending to send their candidates of choice to Capitol Hill and the White House.... (Continue)

Conventions Are One Part of Sponsors' $1.5 Billion Influence Strategy

In an updated study out today, Campaign Finance Institute has identified more than 170 of the corporations, unions and other organizations that will be picking up the tab for these multi-day campaign advertisements, and uses data from the Center for Responsive Politics to measure the political spending of these organizations apart from their convention sponsorships.... (Continue)

Pharma to John McCain: Stop Being a Pill

FEC: GOP Raises More, but Growth Is on Democrats' Side

Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama

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