G.O.P. Allies Drive Ad Spending Disparity

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

Outside groups supporting Republican candidates in House and Senate races across the country have been swamping their Democratic-leaning counterparts on television since early August as the midterm election season has begun heating up.

Driving the disparity in the ad wars has been an array of Republican-oriented organizations that are set up so they can accept donations of unlimited size from individuals and corporations without having to disclose them. The situation raises the possibility that a relatively small cadre of deep-pocketed donors, unknown to the general public, is shaping the battle for Congress in the early going.

The yawning gap in independent interest group spending is alarming some Democratic officials, who argue that it amounts to an effort on the part of wealthy Republican donors, as well as corporate interests, newly emboldened by regulatory changes, to buy the election.

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The snapshot of early television spending would seem to be a fulfillment of Democrats’ worst fears after the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case in January that lifted a ban on direct corporate spending on political campaigns.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/us/politics/14money.html?_r=1&ref=politics

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I guess we can see why Republicans are so willing to hold tax cuts to those making less than $250,000 hostage in order to force permanent a tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.

[OnyxCollie]

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