The enemy of my enemy? Romney donors pour cash into Democrats facing tea party opponents.

[wyldwolf]

Signs of the Republican Party rift between business and the Tea Party are showing up where Democrats most want to see them: in the campaign account of Michelle Nunn, daughter of four-term Georgia Senator Sam Nunn.

“The vast majority of Americans say they don’t want the government to shut down, they want middle ground,” said John Wieland, founder of John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Inc., who together with his wife penned checks totaling $10,400 to Nunn’s Democratic U.S. Senate bid. In the 2010 midterms, the Wielands each gave $4,800 to the Republican Senate candidate.

“Michelle understands that middle ground, and that’s why we wrote the checks,” Wieland said.

It’s a sentiment shared by some business donors from Virginia to Arkansas, and one Democrats want to spread as the parties vie for control of the Senate in the 2014 midterms.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-31/romney-donors-back-democrat-over-tea-party-in-georgia.html

[mucifer]

1. The downside of this is what do these wealthy donors expect from their donations.

I guess blue dogs are slightly better than tea baggers.

[wyldwolf]

2. a little better than slightly better, but I get your point

The south won't have a large contingent of liberal leaders for another generation.

[gopiscrap]

3. amazing what changes happen in a years political cycle

[Laelth]

4. This is a good sign. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[wyldwolf]

6. The House?

hmmm... I've not seen those stats.

[Aristus]

7. I never would have thought that the Republican Party would go so far to the right

that their leadership would come to understand that the extremists are ruining their brand.

Maybe that's finally happening.