Sub-Topics 2011 Democratic Party Republican Party Multimedia Presidential Ads (USA Today) "USA TODAY's Political Ad Tracker takes a closer look at ads from candidates, parties and outside groups and allows you to rate whether an ad is believable and how it impacts your views on the candidates and issues in the 2012 campaign." 04-12 News -001 How Do We Keep Candidates from Lying Over and Over? (MSNBC News) "Should the candidates be asked: As you prepare for a debate, is part of your preparation to remind yourself, whatever I say, I should play it straight with the American people? Aren't you embarrassed to repeat statements that any 8th-grader could look up in 20 seconds and discover have been proven untrue? Or do you calculate that it's acceptable to twist the facts to win an election?" 01-12 -001 Truth-O-Meter on Barack Obama (PolitiFact.com) Covers Obama's true and false statements. 01-12 -001 Truth-O-Meter on Mitt Romney (PolitiFact.com) Covers Romney's true and false statements. 01-12 -001 Truth-O-Meter on Ron Paul (PolitiFact.com) Covers Paul's true and false statements. 01-12 -01-22-12 Election 2012 Coverage (CBS News) Provides news on the 2012 election." 01-12 -01-22-12 Election 2012 Coverage (CNN News) Provides news on the 2012 election. 01-12 -01-22-12 Election 2012 Coverage (Politico News) Provides news on the 2012 election, including polls, news by candidate, editorials, and a calendar. 01-12 New "Third" Party to Break into the 2012 Elections (Time.com) "It’s hard to predict the role Americans Elect might play in 2012 until the Republican primary wraps up and the group taps a nominee of its own. Americans Elect will not promote a candidate, but the group is briefing potential contenders about the process. Among the names that have surfaced are Michael Bloomberg, Jon Huntsman and Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks." "Even the members of Americans Elect aren’t sure how the process will play out. “We are going to present the American people with a third candidate,” says Sragow. “If they decide that Americans Elect is somehow a process they don’t trust, they don’t have to vote for our candidate.” But trust is a commodity in short supply. And though Americans are weary with Washington and craving comity, a band of insiders backed by Wall Street money may not be the type of change voters have in mind." 01-12 Papers -Billionaires Contribute Heavily to Super Pacs (CBS News) "Sixteen billionaires on the 'Forbes 400,' the business magazine's list of the richest Americans have given to 'super PACs,' according to a CBS NEWS review of the 2011 fundraising reports disclosed to the Federal Election Commission." 02-12 -Editorial: Supreme Court Backs More Corporate Political Spending (Politico.com) "The Supreme Court on Thursday opened wide new avenues for big-moneyed interests to pour money into politics in a decision that could have a major influence on the 2010 midterm elections and President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign." "The long-awaited 5-4 decision overruled all or parts of two prior rulings by the court that allowed governments to restrict corporations and unions from spending their general funds on ads expressly urging a candidate’s election or defeat." 01-10 -Financial Campaigns for 2012 (New York Times) "The presidential candidates have raised more than $330 million for their campaigns to date, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Mitt Romney leads among Republicans, but President Obama easily topped the field." 03-12 A Fact Check on the President's State of the Union Speech (FactCheck.org) "The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly." 01-12 A Fact Check on the Republican Response to the State of the Union Speech (FactCheck.org) "The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly." 01-12 Expenditures and Donations by Candidate (OpenSecrets.org) Provides information on contributions and expenditures by candidate. 01-12 Polls on Candidate Popularity (USAToday.com) Provides a timeline with polling results at different dates. 01-12 Top Debate Flubs (Time.com) "To mark the first debate between the GOP front-runners in the campaign for 2012, TIME takes a look at debaters who haven't fared so well." Editor's Note: The Kennedy-Nixon tape was subsequently altered with text suggesting, for humor, what the debaters were thinking. 06-11

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