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Dirty politics

By Stephanie Mencimer

When it comes to presidential elections, all politics is dirty. As Susan Estrich, Michael Dukakis’s campaign manager in 1988, says, “He who

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Our new blog publishes daily reports on all things 'influence-related.'

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Its debt paid, Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign committee disbands.

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