One House seat in Kentucky embodies how outside groups dominate politics — with money

By Anne Farris Rosen

Candidates become mere pawns as big-money groups duke it out with attack ads

Excerpts from this story referencing "Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies":

"… lder ever since. Within weeks of Chandler’s win, conservative powerhouse Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) was running radio ads targeting Chandler and 11 other House Dem …"

Nonprofits outspent super PACs in 2010, trend may continue

By Michael Beckel

Increasingly active nonprofit groups act just like super PACs but don't reveal donors.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies":

"… nted for more than half of all such spending: the American Action Network, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies and the American Future Fund.The American Action Network alone — with it …"

"… nterpreting its own reporting requirements.“No contributions accepted by Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies were solicited or received ‘for the purpose of furthering the reported i …"