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In reply to the discussion: I am done giving money to the national Democratic Party. [View all]brooklynite
(94,501 posts)$42 Million.
She raised it because, while we'd all like publicly funded campaigns, we don't have them at present, and absent a change in the Supreme Court, we won't be having it in the near future. She raised it because she new Scott Brown and the Republicans would raise the same scale of funds to try and hold his Senate seat.
The money came from grassroots donors AND from 1%ers like me AND from the DSCC. Yes, there are plenty of wealthy Democrats who are happy to elect a progressive WHEN THAT PROGRESSIVE is electable. That means Massachusetts is worth an investment and Indiana is not. The same principles apply to how the DSCC funds campaigns. They could care less if Alan Grayson is a leftist firebrand, as long as he can get elected in a State that elected Marco Rubio and Rick Scott.
So throw all the disdain you want at me and at the Party. But in the meantime, better get your wallet out for the candidates you considers ideologically pure enough. Because this is the real world, and the Republicans will be playing by real world rules.