The bulk of its cash came from three donors – all of whom share the same last name. Diana Mercer (a financial consultant at Renaissance Tech., a Long Island-based hedge fund) gave $83,700; Rebekah Mercer gave $94,200 and Heather Mercer $83,716...
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Washington Dems Put AK Race In Play At Last Minute
Washington Democrats are raising funds to go on the offensive in the endgame of the three-way Alaska Senate race. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the arm of the Democratic Party tasked with electing Democrats to the Senate, released an email Saturday to raise $175,000 to support Democrat Scott McAdams’ campaign. “How would you like to plant the Democratic flag in Sarah Palin’s backyard?” asks the email from DSCC Executive Director J.B. Poersch. “We have a real shot at...
Capitol Idea: The Election You’re Probably Not Watching — But Should
Perhaps it’s a matter of being long-overshadowed by another certain small blue state to the north whose name also begins with the letter “M.” But Maryland seldom is recognized for its political cadre. Which is a shame, really, because the Free State is home to more than its share of colorful characters. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, for instance, rose to a position of influence and power over the nation’s purse strings with a powerful post atop an Appropriations subcommittee —...
New Ad Targets Obama For His Assist To Endangered House Democrat
A conservative group is promising that when he travels to Virginia Friday to campaign for Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello, President Obama will be greeted by a new attack ad. Obama is scheduled to arrive in Charlottesville to stump for the endangered freshman, who has supported many key points of the president’s agenda despite the highly conservative tilt of Perriello’s 5th District. A group called the Faith and Freedom Coalition says it has timed a radio spot that speaks to...
Capitol Idea: Seeking New Unity In A Place Of Historical Disunity
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Watching charming, autumn-tinted scenery roll by driving the rural highways of this corner of Adams County, you could think yourself anywhere in rural America. Further, the campaign signs that read: “PRO TAX RELIEF PRO JOBS” are indicative merely of a rightward tilt pervasive across the nation as a whole. That 7,863 Americans lost their lives here over three bloody days in July 1863 in civil war — and tens of thousands of others left seriously wounded...
Special Prosecutor Sought To Probe Funding Of Attack Ad Onslaught
An organization that describes itself as an election watchdog coalition is formally seeking appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the torrent of money used to fund attack ads aimed at influencing the coming midterm elections. The letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, and dated on Monday, is the highest-level of what has become a growing flurry of complaints regarding the new influence that often-shadowy groups are wielding in the U.S. political system. The groups who wrote to Holder...
The Politicians’ Bible: Bringing in the Receipts
by Walter and Rosemary Brasch It will be cold tonight in Pennsylvania, but that means nothing to dozens of politicians who are in their final week of a ubiquitous campaign to get a government job. There isn’t a household in Pennsylvania that has active voters that hasn’t been subjected to at least two dozen TV political ads each day, several robo-calls a week, and a few dozen direct mail full-color 8-1/2-by-11 inch postcard campaign ads. Many households have already...
The Protocols of the Elders of Lyin’
The methodology of the "Jew" test is simple: Substitute the stereotyped grouping's name with the algebraic term "Jew." If you sound like Hitler, then you probably aren't behaving in a very good manner, logically. And, as we know, that kind of thinking leads to very bad things. Just ask the Jews.
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