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Obama channels Roosevelt, seeks "fair shot" for Americans struggling in tough economy

By John Aloysius Farrell

Obama says big banks and Washington work against average citizens

Big bucks flood 2012 election — What the courts said and why we should care

By John Dunbar

Court decisions opened floodgates for unlimited corporate and union spending in presidential election

Excerpts from this story referencing "Theodore Roosevelt":

"… ons from funding federal campaigns in 1907 with the Tillman Act. President Theodore Roosevelt, the great reformer of the Gilded Age, said at the time that such a prohib …"

Perot Jr.’s company gives $100,000 to pro-Romney super PAC

By Michael Beckel

The family of political maverick H. Ross Perot donate heavily to Romney bid for presidency.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Theodore Roosevelt":

"… tional popular vote — the best showing for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 run with the “Bull Moose” party.Ultimately, though, Perot was …"