Dramatic projections of sweeping upsets are the conventional wisdom for the 2010 mid-term elections. Less predictable is the impact on public affairs activity of the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case. It seems the ruling creates new opportunities for corporate engagement in political activity, but more experienced hands will tell you much of what the ruling enabled was already achievable under existing law.
The ruling reverses decades of legal precedent that limited direct advocacy for or against ...