How else to finance his campaign to transform America? Ends justify the means is a tested left-wing trope. Still, it’s enough to make the Greenies cringe. Perhaps the greatest nightmare for investors in a commodity stock is that the commodity in question goes the way of coal. After more than a century of dominance in the U.S. and abroad, coal…
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“If the right of free and open debate is taken away from the minority party, and the millions of Americans who ask us to be their voice, I fear that the partisan atmosphere in Washington will be poisoned to the point where no one will be able to agree on anything.”
-Sen. Barack Obama, 2005
http://www.slate.com/blogs/wei…
“This nuclear option is…
PCCC and the “grassroots” millionaires
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a DC-based PAC, presented Prof. Elizabeth Warren with $300K after she officially announced her candidacy for the US Senate.
But who actually gives to the PCCC?
Take a look!
http://www.opensecrets.org/527…
Some notable names from the last two years…
William Buffett, Warren Buffett’s cousin
Lee Halprin, husband of Abby Rockefeller
George Soros, no introduction…
Top Contributors to Progressive Change Campaign Committee (2010)
Grassroots or astroturf?
1 Watchdog Net $47,318
2 P Street Project $23,850
3 Progressive Change Campaign Cmte $20,000
4 Democracy For America $11,202
5 Soros Fund Management $8,000
6 Progressive Change Campaign Committee Fe $2,236
7 Progressive Change Campaign Cmte Fe $1,726
Source: http://www.opensecrets.org/527……
Prof. Warren’s rivals chafe at her sudden ascent: Harvard professor untested on trail
From the Globe:
“I am not going to be their candidate,” Khazei said yesterday. “I am not their profile. The party insiders in Washington don’t have a great track record. Ultimately, the voters decide, and that’s who I am going after.”
Emphasizing that point, Khazei challenged Warren Thursday to reject money from lobbyists and political action committees, both of which…
POLITICO: Khazei to push Prof. Warren on PACs
(You mean the good professor isn’t who she says she is? I’m shocked I tell ya. Lets see Doug Rubin work his magic on this one. – promoted by Rob “EaBo Clipper” Eno) POLITICO picked up this story about Prof. Warren’s refusal to reject PAC and lobbyist money. Let’s hope this goes national. I just forwarded the link to Drudge……
Read More »Khazei challenges Elizabeth Warren to reject lobbyist, PAC money
http://www.boston.com/Boston/p… Khazei challenges Warren to reject lobbyist, PAC money in Senate fight By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff Elizabeth Warren is two days into her Senate run and the perceived front-runner is already taking heat from a fellow Democrat in the race. Alan Khazei, the co-founder of a national service program and the leading fund-raiser on the Democratic side, offered a…
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