Waiting for Another Watergate

What is the most powerful political operation in the country in this 21st century? It's the United States Supreme Court. The men and women in black are on their way to deciding their second national election in just the first decade of the century. In the year 2000, the justices stopped the counting of votes in the presidential election. This year they tilted (or mutilated) congressional elections by ruling – in the case called Citizens United – that corporations are people, only more so. What they ruled was that corporations (and unions) or groups they sponsor have the right to……

Reeves on YahooNews with Patronage Op-ed

Richard Reeves, Senior Fellow, published an op-ed on Yahoo! News about financial patronage in Washington, D.C. and the damage that it cause the credibility of the candidates for office. "It is not really politicians running the country and it is not ideologues," says Reeves. "The new bosses are corporate and bipartisan." The full article can be read here…….