Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) on Friday tore into Democrats for launching a new outside group to aid President Barack Obama's re-election efforts in part by raising undisclosed funds."Democrats who mirror the right-wing tactics of Karl Rove and David Koch do our nation no favors," said Feingold, a longtime opponent of industry-funded elections who now helms Progressives United, according to Politico's Ben Smith. "Our democracy is best served by rejecting the fundamentally corrupt strategy of embracing unlimited corporate influence."
The group, Priorities USA, is poised to receive the kinds of unlimited, undisclosed donations that Obama has spoken out against.
Of course.
The creation of the group suggests that the White House and Democrats have -- at least for now -- thrown in the towel on campaign finance reform and chosen to fight fire with fire. They'd be trounced in election spending by Republicans if they didn't adopt similar fundraising tactics.
Really? I don’t recall Obama winning his first election by such means. Oh, yeah. It’s obvious now that he’s not what the people thought they were electing. The mask is off; out come the true colors.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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