Americans Elect Says One Thing, Does Another Episode #472: The Lobbyist Hokey Pokey

Jim Cook 4/4/2012
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Americans Elect used to say it didn’t have any ideology and just wanted to help Americans resurrect democracy as they saw fit. Then Americans Elect squelched turnout in its first two delegate votes and its Political Director revealed Americans Elect …

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Buddy Roemer Buying Votes in the Americans Elect Presidential Nomination With “Swag”

Jim Cook 3/28/2012
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Just when you thought the Americans Elect circus couldn’t get any more zany… … Even though he’s the frontrunner among Americans Elect declared candidates, Buddy Roemer is far from getting enough “support” votes to actually make it onto the ballot. …

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Senator Bob Corker Served His Lunch By Lobbyists

Peregrin Wood 3/27/2012
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Among the lobbyists who are hosting the cash bar for Senator Bob Corker at Hogan Lovells LLC tomorrow are Kate Fulton, a lobbyist who works exclusively for BlackRock Capital Management; and Jade West, a lobbyist employed by the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors. Who knows who else might show up at this very special meal?

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Corporate Compromise Fails To Pay Off For Rocky Anderson

jclifford 3/23/2012
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Rocky Anderson has only 831 supporters on Americans Elect. 831 people, from across the entire United States of America. So, Rocky Anderson sold out to corporate America, and he failed to wrangle any political advantage out of the deal. That’s about the worst kind of campaign failure I can imagine.

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Neutrality? Americans Elect Leader Tweets His Heart Out for Buddy Roemer

Jim Cook 3/22/2012
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Update, April 3 2012: some time in the last two days, Americans Elect revised its Who We Are web page to remove reference to Lawrence Lessig as part of its “Leadership.” He is now listed there as a member of …

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AE Transparency Starts Petition to Reform Americans Elect’s Anti-Democratic Process

Jim Cook 3/20/2012
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There are approximately 276 ways in which Americans Elect has degraded the standard for transparency, accuracy and democracy in presidential politics, from suppressing votes to less-than-factual representations to the media and on and on, Americans Elect is playing a lords’ …

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Republican Linda McMahon Partying With Tobacco Lobbyist Tonight

Peregrin Wood 3/19/2012
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon is gathering money tonight at the headquarters of RB Murphy and Associates, a lobbying firm for big tobacco.

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No Labels CoFounder Mark McKinnon: “We Don’t Have Any Special Interest Money.” Bullshit or No?

Jim Cook 3/18/2012
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Since its founding in 2010, the 501c4 corporation called No Labels has refused to identify the names of its funders. Mock-interviewing No Labels co-founder Mark McKinnon on his comedy show this week, Stephen Colbert asked him about No Labels’ cash …

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What Rocky Anderson Could Say That Would Lead Me To Support His Americans Elect Presidential Bid

Jim Cook 3/17/2012
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J. Clifford has started a pretty interesting conversation about Rocky Anderson’s decision to seek a presidential nomination under the banner of the no-disclosure, unlimited-big-money 501c4 corporation called Americans Elect. As J. Clifford points out, there’s no small irony in a …

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Americans Elect Steps Up Attacks on Democracy: Now a Corporate Board Decides Who’s On and Off the Ballot

Jim Cook 3/17/2012
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Disenfranchisement. Oligarchy. Plutocracy. These are now the official principles of Americans Elect.

Americans Elect is a 501c4 corporation funded by Wall Street hedge fund executives that is trying to run its own online privatized presidential nomination in 2012. Until now the Americans Elect corporate board has paid lip service to the idea of democracy within the Americans Elect process. That changed today.

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Rocky Anderson Enters Ethics Quagmire With Americans Elect

jclifford 3/16/2012
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Rocky Anderson’s supporters have said that it’s a terrible betrayal and a symptom of corruption when Barack Obama allows his campaign to use corporate money to get ahead. Now that Rocky Anderson is doing it, will his fans say that it’s okay?

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Vogon Democracy, Revised: Americans Elect Violates Rules, Then Fixes the Problem

Jim Cook 3/7/2012
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Update, March 8 2012: More Vogon Democracy… Update, March 7 2012: Americans Elect has responded, fixing its violation of Rule 12.2… … by posting an update with a link to the motion: I am glad to see Americans Elect move …

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Mike Bloomberg Handing Over $80 Million to Peter Ackerman of Americans Elect

Jim Cook 3/6/2012
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Peter Ackerman is the Founder, Chairman, apparent primary Funder and President of Americans Elect. Americans Elect is the first-ever privatized online presidential nomination with heavy control over nominee selection by a Board of Directors. That Board of Directors was appointed …

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Americans Elect Response to Delegate Reversal Motion #1 (a Refusal to Accept it)

Jim Cook 3/4/2012
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Americans Elect Policy Director Brian Findlay has responded to a copy of the motion to reverse one of its decisions by refusing to accept the motion while vaguely acknowledging that the motion has a point and generally promising to make some unspecified changes some time in the future. Read the details here.

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Formal Call for Reversal of Americans Elect Board Of Directors Decision #2, Letting Just 5 People Fund All of Americans Elect

Jim Cook 3/2/2012
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A formal request per Americans Elect Rule 12.2 for Americans Elect to reverse its decision to let just 5 people fully fund an entire privatized corporate presidential nomination system — in secret. Will Americans Elect respond according to its own rules by posting the full statement on its website for delegate support? Watch and see. Will Americans Elect get away with its new system for a Pentarchy? Watch and see.

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Formal Call for Reversal of Americans Elect Board Of Directors Decision #1, a Violation of Rules and Bylaws

Jim Cook 3/2/2012
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A formal request per Americans Elect Rule 12.2 for Americans Elect to reverse its decision to forbid delegate rule challenges of unanimous Board of Directors decisions. Will Americans Elect respond according to its own rules? Watch and see.

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How Much Does it Cost To Clutch Barack Obama?

Peregrin Wood 2/29/2012
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The invitation to meet with Barack Obama says that the service “includes clutch and photo reception”. It sounds like a lap dance… only much more crude. A President for sale, now going for the low, low price of $35,800.00.

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The Consultants, the Super PACs and Mitt Romney Connect in Suite 555

Jim Cook 2/26/2012
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Mike McIntire and Michael Luo of the New York Times have done a bang-up job of tracking connections made by consultants and spending back to Suite 555 of 66 Canal Center Plaza, where paper entities with different names actively coordinate …

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