House votes vs. campaign pay for spouses
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Spouses don't belong on campaign payrolls, the House says, voting to end a practice that has benefited some members of Congress for years.
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Inside the battle for a critical chunk of votes
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Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, paid nearly &#36;800,000 in taxes on income of &#36;5 million last year, according to a summary of her tax return the Kerry campaign released on Friday evening.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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It's Nov. 8, the day after the election. The costliest and nastiest campaign for control of the House in history is .... not yet over.
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.
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Facts and figures on political action committee spending in the presidential race since Labor Day:
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According to conventional wisdom, front-runners win presidential nominations. Democrats and Republicans who start the race for a presidential nomination with the largest amount of money and the best poll numbers are supposed to be the ones most likely to walk away with victory months later.
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House Republicans are deeply divided over the merits of  earmarking money for pet projects.
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By JIM KUHNHENN  WASHINGTON - Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and MoveOn.org Voter Fund, two outside groups that played key roles in the 2004 presidential election, reached an agreement with the Federal Election Commission to pay nearly $450,000 for various violations.
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LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 23 -- Despite news reports casting them as leading voices in their husbands' campaigns, the spouses of several of the 2008 presidential candidates played down their influence at a joint appearance Tuesday.
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When Democrats blasted Republicans last fall for taking annual congressional pay raises while blocking numerous attempts to raise the minimum wage, it was an effective campaign tactic. Democrats vowed not to accept the annual cost-of-living adjustment until Congress increases the minimum wage.
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The heated Bush-Kerry race might seem reason enough for voters to turn out on Nov. 2, but in many states extra incentive is provided by divisive ballot measures on topics ranging from marijuana legalization and minimum wages to malpractice and same-sex marriage.
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The latest campaign finance reports filed late Thursday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ House campaign committees show that both spent freely in the run-up and immediate aftermath to the Nov. 7 elections.
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Political spouses have traditionally wielded their influence in private. But in this race, all the rules will have to be rewritten
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http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1042 3886&fsrc=RSS Looking for the right man SIR â My husband and I enjoyed your article on spousal selection and its finding that women have better choices the higher the ratio of males to females (âA buyers' marketâ, December 15th). But there may be limits to this. We travelled to Alaska ten years ago and read several [...].
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Candidates&#39; spouses may not  determine voters&#39; choices on Election Day but in these early  months of campaigning, they are playing central roles as  Americans meet the contenders in the 2008 presidential race.