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Billionaires Answer Call To Donate To Republican Super PACs For 2014 Homestretch
Billionaires are rushing to the aid of Republicans in the homestretch of the 2014 elections with a massive super PAC infusion after a plea from big money mastermind Karl Rove.
On Sept. 17, Rove, the co-founder of the super PAC and dark money duo American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, took to the Wall Street Journal editorial page to send out his billionaire bat-signal.
If the rich want to ensure Republican control of the Senate, "reducing the Democratic cash advantage will tip the needle in the GOP's direction," Rove wrote. "That will only happen if Republicans open their wallets to candidates whom they may have never met."
Since Rove's plea, 21 billionaires and their family members have poured $19.9 million into super PACs backing Republican Party candidates, fueling an October outside spending surge. Only $5.1 million was given to the Republican super PACs in the first half of September, before Rove's request.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/2014-republican-billionaires_n_6025488.html
underpants
(182,843 posts)Pinchline often attributed to Winston Churchill
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)I like that, it has a certain ring to it. It sounds like a comic book supervillain.
a kennedy
(29,678 posts)Stephen might just have to haul that thing out again.
packman
(16,296 posts)doing what he does best. Wonder how much he is pulling in with all that super PAC money at his fingertips? Bush labeled him for what he is "Turd Blossom".