Wall Street Billionaire Funds Super PAC To Defeat Progressive Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio

[Coyotl]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/robert-mercer-peter-defazio-oregon_n_1956432.html

Robert Mercer, Wall Street Billionaire, Funds Super PAC To Defeat Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio, Again

WASHINGTON -- For the second election in a row, a Long Island-based hedge fund manager is trying to defeat a liberal Oregon congressman by pumping money into a mercenary super PAC.

According to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, Renaissance Technologies co-CEO Robert Mercer gave $239,354 to Republican Super PAC, a group run by campaign finance reform opponent Jim Bopp, to defeat Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon). The group has already spent more than $140,000 campaigning against DeFazio.

This is Mercer's second attempt to unseat DeFazio. In 2010, the multi-billionaire gave more than $600,000 to a group called Concerned Taxpayers of America that spent more than $500,000 attempting to defeat DeFazio. Ultimately, Mercer's efforts failed and DeFazio defeated his opponent, Art Robinson, who is back for a rematch in 2012.

"It's pretty extraordinary," DeFazio told The Huffington Post. "We're about as far from Long Island as it gets." ...........

[annabanana]

1. Robert Mercer is the same loopy-loo who sued over a model train set in '09

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/hedge-fund-hotshot-robert-mercer-files-lawsuit-2m-model-train-accusing-builder-overcharge-article-1.368624

Hedge fund hotshot Robert Mercer files lawsuit over $2M model train, accusing builder of overcharge

A hedge fund hotshot's lawsuit over a toy railroad setup sounds more like the great train robbery than Thomas the Tank Engine.
Robert Mercer is accusing the builder of overcharging him by nearly $2 million for the elaborate HO-scale model railroad constructed and installed in his Long Island mansion.
Mercer, 62, contends in a federal suit that the correct amount due for labor and materials is more like $704,669, according to the complaint filed in Central Islip Federal Court. Mercer's lawyer Steven Pinks confirmed the figures are not typos, but declined to comment further.
Mercer filed notice Monday seeking a default judgment against RailDreams Custom Model Railroad Design, in Michigan, and the company's president, Richard Taylor, for failing to answer the suit.

Not too many oars in the water on this guy.

[Coyotl]

2. That would make a good ad in Oregon

thanks