Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

dflprincess

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14. Mark Dayton

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:42 PM

Apr 2015

and his ex-wife Alida Rockefeller Messinger - she donates to a lot of liberal groups.

In 2012 the state Republicans were whining and crying about the amount of money she was donating to help the DFL take control of the state legislature (they did) and to defeat the Constitutional Amendments the Cons had put on the ballot to require voter ID and ban same sex marriage (the voters rejected both). One of them complained that she was trying to decimate the Republicans to give Dayton free reign over the state. It's been reported that she's donated more than $5 million to Democratic candidates in the last 20 years as well as supporting environmental and other charitable groups.

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List your progressive millionaire/billionaire here [View all] dreamnightwind Apr 2015 OP

Tom Steyer dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #1

Who, exactly, categorizes (only truthful categorical generalizations allowed here!) delrem Apr 2015 #15

fuck em all Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #2

LOL, off to a good start I see dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #3

I prefer not to wait for a revolution. Can you offer up some advice on funding? NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #8

Nick Hanauer Morning-Sky Apr 2015 #4

Thanks dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #5

Newbie here :) Morning-Sky Apr 2015 #6

Great, and I completely agree dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #7

Here is Nick Hanauer's TED talk, censored and full length. Must Watch! NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #10

Maybe if we look to philanthropists, some might be politically engaged. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #9

It is worth a try IMO, how do you suggest we go about it? Dragonfli Apr 2015 #12

First, look to see what efforts might already be in play, like MoveOn? NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #13

I imagine there are some, having done design work for some very wealthy people Dragonfli Apr 2015 #11

Mark Dayton dflprincess Apr 2015 #14