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CORPORATION ON THE ATTACK IN TEXAS: <\/b>Deep in the heart of Texas, election observers have spotted what may be the first corporate-funded independent advertisement against a politician post-Citizens United<\/i>. The Supreme Court’s January ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission<\/i><\/a> opened the door for corporations to spend unlimited sums on independent expenditures in elections. Texas was among states that had banned such spending. The Texas Tribune<\/i> reports<\/a> that new print ads challenge state representative Chuck Hopson, a former Democrat who became a Republican ahead of the 2008 election. The ads were paid for by KDR Development Inc., a real estate company whose president, Republican Larry Durrett, lost a 2006 bid against Hopson.REV DOOR SPINS FOR CHAMBER COUNSEL & GOP MONEY MAN: <\/b>A fledging 527 group that seeks to aid congressional Republicans in the 2010 midterm elections has landed a top tier fund raiser. The National Journal<\/i> reports<\/a> Steven Law — the general counsel of the lobbying powerhouse U.S. Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, a former chief of staff to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-Ky.) and a former deputy secretary in President George W. Bush’s Department of Labor — is joining a group called American Crossroads. Law also served as the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee<\/a>. You can see his profile here<\/a> in OpenSecrets.org’s Revolving Door database.<\/p>\n
PUBLISHERS TAKE ON KARL ROVE:<\/b> Senior Bush political advisor Karl Rove recently came out with a new non-fiction book entitled Courage and Consequence<\/i>. When it moved to No. 1 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list, the authors of the bumped book launched a Rovian attack ad on YouTube in an attempt to reclaim their standing. The parody ad lauds Rework<\/i> by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, which currently ranks higher<\/a> than Rove’s book again.<\/p>\n