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E.J. Dionne, Truthout: "The 2010 election is turning into a class war. The wealthy and the powerful started it. This is a strange development. President Obama, after all, has been working overtime to save capitalism. Wall Street is doing just fine and the rich are getting richer again. The financial reform bill passed by Congress was moderate, not radical. Nonetheless, corporations and affluent individuals are pouring tens of millions of dollars into attack ads aimed almost exclusively at Democrats. One of the biggest political players, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, accepts money from foreign sources."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-shadow-class-war-201064077

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Special Interest Groups Spend Big on Missouri Senate Race

David Goldstein, McClatchy Newspapers: "If the 2010 campaign signals that the dam on political giving has burst, Missouri is already awash in campaign cash. Special interest groups have already spent more than $6 million to affect the outcome of the Missouri Senate race, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, a campaign finance watchdog dog. But according to the candidates' own tracking of outside spending, it is likely even higher. On top of that, the identities of a lot of the donors are secret."

http://www.truth-out.org/special-interest-groups-spend-big-missouri-senate-race64078

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The Politics of Class in the US

By Joe Bageant

Representing the 'hillbilly' class as a minority, Bageant laments 'the piece of the rainbow pie' promised to the working class of his forefathers, which never materialized.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26680.htm



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