Big Democratic Donors Form Alliance to Take Back House

[RandySF]

“Major Democratic donors in New York have discreetly formed a new political alliance to raise roughly $10 million that would be injected into as many as two dozen key House battlegrounds in an effort to wrest control of Congress from Republicans,” the New York Times reports.

“Admission to be an official partner in what’s being called the House Victory Project comes with a $108,000 price tag. More than 80 people have each committed that sum, according to a half-dozen donors familiar with the group, whose existence has not previously been reported.”

“The $108,000 pledge allows each donor to effectively give the maximum $5,400 contribution to 20 different House candidates.”



https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/09/big-democratic-donors-form-alliance-to-take-back-house/

[Me.]

1. 'Bout Time Money Got Moving On Our Side

what were they waiting for?

[Wwcd]

4. Right. We can work on getting the money out of politics when we're positioned to do so.

UNTIL THEN, we have to play the game as its currently designed.

I really want to be part of this group & have the funds to do so.

I'll check into the details as to any other requirements necessary.
This bs needs to be stopped with the 2018 election.

Pisses me off that we had a candidate with the policy platform in place to stop corrupt political big money, & fking dropped the ball in so many ways.

Now here we are having to desperately save ourselves Again!

Fuckers, all of them that filled their bellies on the RW/Russian bullshit.

[Me.]

5. Can I Say

I'm totally impressed that you want to do this. And interesting the one candidate among the big three running was the only one not corrupt though the others kept trying to brand her as such.

[Wwcd]

7. They played the game by Joseph Goebbel's methods. And people swallowed it up & cheered

German Nazi Party member Joseph Goebbels became Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister in 1933, which gave him power over all German radio, press, cinema, and theater.

http://www.psywarrior.com/Goebbels.html

[Me.]

8. They Didn't Need Cambridge Analytica For That

!

[crazycatlady]

34. Many of the very people who want to get money out of politics

Are the same ones that ask for yard signs, stickers, t-shirts, etc. Either you can get money out of politics or you can have campaign swag. No candidate is a magician who can make the swag appear out of thin air. Someone has to pay for it.

The yard signs that everyone loves cost between $2-$5 each.

[renate]

2. I admire people with a lot of money who are willing to part with it for the greater good

... rather than supporting Republicans whose goal in life is to help rich people like them get richer.

These Democratic donors also get political influence, presumably. But they could get that by donating to Republicans, so I respect and appreciate their choice.

[dalton99a]

3. Great news. GOTV takes money.

[Wwcd]

6. YES. Many great organizations. Emily's list is prob my favorite, but this year is pretty

spectacular, grassroots to big donors, gotv to PACS like Onward Together that distributes to many groups like, Color of Change, Swing Left & Emerge America, Indivisible, Run for Something, the Alliance for Youth Action, Arena Summit, Collective PAC, iVote Fund, Latino Victory, and Vote Latino.

This is the fighting spirit that Dems have always had. If big money is still a part of how we save ourselves from corrupt fascism, then be certain the Democratic Party will step up in a big way to assist all who join their mission.

[Me.]

10. In Some Ways The Corrupt Money Thing

at least since Citizens United, is a scam being played on the DEms

[IronLionZion]

9. Dems are better for the economy and offer stability

GOP tax cuts haven't helped as everyone can see.

[progressoid]

11. Hmm. So they are bypassing the DCCC.

[grandpamike1]

12. Excuse me, but..

A consortium of Large Democratic donors can only come up with $10 million ? That is pathetic.

[Wwcd]

14. We, yes this is one of the many donor groups.

This is designed for it's specific purpose.
Btw, $100,000 is no chump change.
We're not all multi millionaires but all who are willing & able to contribute, have a variety of areas availible to do so.

There are also much larger funded PACs that are allowed to accept & distribute greater amounts.

The purpose of the org is appealing to some & other organizations & PACs appeal to others.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Am of course am grateful for the donations ... every bit helps!! Thanks!! nt

[mcar]

13. K&R

[HenryWallace]

16. Is this satire???

This is what the Party needs; really?

How do you get past the name:

Robert E. Rubin

(This organization, in the personification of this guy and his ilk, are what has ailed this Party for the past 25 years)

[Hekate]

18. Care to elucidate? I have no idea who Rubin is, or what you are talking about. nt

[HenryWallace]

20. Have at it.....

There much more out there:

[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/economy/09greenspan.html|]

The more things change, the more they stay the same!

[Demsrule86]

22. Of course we need money to inject into important races...the idea that we are 'pure' and don't take

money is nonsense in the age of United.

[HenryWallace]

23. So you have accepted Citizens United?

Certainly the Party has...

[Demsrule86]

24. We have no choice. United- thanks to Nader and the Greens is a reality. We have to get into power in

order to end it and until then we have to utilize it...no choice...or we will be pure losers in a country with no social security, no medicare, no medicaid and no ACA of course and a bunch of other horrendous right wing policies which the GOP will enact if we don't take back power.

[HenryWallace]

25. Wow, let's unpack this statement....

Thanks to Nader and the Greens…

What happened to the Russians, and Comey, and Bernie Sanders, and the deplorables, and the socialist majority of Democrats, ad infinitium?

470,000 votes out of a possible 240 million; yeah, sounds plausible.

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Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid and the ACA

“Which of these things are not like the others.”

Hint: the first two were devised by, quite frankly, a different Democratic Party in order to provide universal material benefit to all the American people (in doing so, that Party achieved a 50 year stranglehold on government), the latter, was the offspring of a conservative think-tank, designed to force individuals into private insurance through a revenue neutral system of income tax penalties targeted at lower/middle-income taxpayers (All must bow to the wisdom of the markets).

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“…horrendous right wing policies” are the one unifying governing principle of late 20th and early 21st century governance (Looks who votes for it, always just the right amount of Dems.).

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Money in politics is the problem; you have been told it’s impossible to remove the influence of money; you believe that; your part of the problem.

[Demsrule86]

29. I was talking about Nader in 2000...as for the ACA...it was what we could get and is a

start...and social security and Medicare were from Roosevelt...but medicaid is from Johnson...and by allowing Republicans to be elected by not using all tools are disposal to stop them including funding,we endanger all of those programs. The ACA saved my daughter's life...so I suppose noting is better in your opinion? I disagree. We won't get everything we want but we push for what we can...don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good...and I will tell you it is unlikely that we will get medicare for all anytime soon...and there real humans depending on the ACA.

[HenryWallace]

30. Let's clarify....

Still grieving over an eighteen year old election...

1933 - Social Security - Roosevelt
1965 - Medicare/Medicaid - Johnson

Your healthcare argument rings hollow: The ACA (or something substantially similar) could have been implemented in 1993 when it was first proposed as a Republican alternative to the Clinton healthcare initiatives. Had those Democrats simply embraced what they could get then (think of all the good these provisions could have done from 1993 to 2010)! No, the Democrats simply embraced the rightward moving center; and that will not end well.

"... it is unlikely that we will get medicare for all anytime soon...;" is the perfect distillation of the Parties messaging problem.

If you want meaningful solutions to the problems most Americans have, ..... you need to go somewhere else.

[Demsrule86]

31. Oh I am not grieving...I am determined to wipe out the Green Party...GOP enablers...hope they are

now going down since princess Jill is a Russian spy it seems. Without a win in 06 there would be no ACA and thousands would be dead...I deal in policy not ideology without a chance in hell of turning into law. And we won't get Medicare for all as you need a 60 vote majority in the Senate...that is fact...all the talk talk and more talk endless talk won't accomplish that...but take a step back and get a public option which will lead to universal coverage. And if you are suggesting that voters need to go 'elsewhere' and not vote Democratic...I think you should move elsewhere as this is a Democratic website...we help elect Democrats and hopefully help pass Democratic policy...you know stuff that can really happen.

[HenryWallace]

33. Keep puching left....

that's worked out really well!

"...we help elect Democrats and hopefully help pass Democratic policy..."

... have you not paid attention to what we have been discussing; the ACA is conservative legislation which the Party passed on in 1993!

Here is a counter proposal, rather than simply redefining what "Democratic policy" is and otherwise adopting the policies of our rivals, why don't you.....

... oh hell, your not going to listen.

We're done.

[Hekate]

17. knr

[oasis]

19. House Victory Project.

[OnDoutside]

21. How does this square with the Kochs alone putting in $400m ?

[no_hypocrisy]

26. Hey Sheldon! We'll meet your $30 million and

raise you! Citizens United works both ways.

[awesomerwb1]

27. $10 million obviously helps

but compared to the $400 million from the Kochs, $30 million from Adelson.....

What's Bezos' affiliation? I guess with the corporate tax cuts he's probably Dump all the way right now...

[blueinredohio]

28. I sure hope they help Sherrod Brown in Ohio, he's gonna need it.

They're gonna go after him hard because he does a good job for us.

[jalan48]

32. Hooray! Our Feudal Lords are going to battle. Let the jousting begin!