BOMs away

Published August 1, 2014

by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, July 29, 2014.

Democrats and progressives routinely decry Big Outside Money (BOM). Maybe they should recalculate. BOM has fundamentally reshaped the U.S. Senate race – in favor of Senator Hagan and against Speaker Tillis.

A flood of ads sponsored by pro-Hagan groups like the Senate Majority PAC have painted Tillis as the friend of CEOs, yacht-owners and polluters and the dedicated foe of the environment, education and schoolchildren everywhere. Polls show Hagan opening up a measurable lead in what inevitably will be a tight race.

Conventional wisdom is that Tillis has been hurt by the long legislative session. Don’t believe it. Voters aren’t following what is happening at the legislature. Here’s a political rule of thumb that will always serve you well: Voters are paying a lot less attention than you think. And they’re paying a hell of a lot less attention than you are.

No, the changed race is a function of the information that voters are getting on TV. And what’s happening on TV in the Senate race this summer should be a lesson to Democrats: (1) This is a big, rich country. (2) There are a lot of rich people who have Democratic views and values. (3) There is enough of that money to beat the Republicans at the game they invented.

There was a time when Republicans confidently thought Obamacare would carry them to an easy victory in November. They need to recalculate too.

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August 1, 2014 at 9:41 am
Norm Kelly says:

Even though big money is supporting demons as much as it's supporting Republicans, we still won't hear the end of the tirade against the Koch brothers. Every person with money, think Art Pope, who supports Republicans will be roasted by the demon party. Every person with money, think George Soros and the ever-senile Harry Reid, will be ignored by the demons. The Socialist Party of the US will continue to tell their supporters that big money is a bad thing when it comes to Republican support, and will also lie about how much money really ISN'T coming from their own base. Unfortunately, if history repeats itself, the majority of demon supporters/voters/illegal aliens will continue to believe the lies coming from the Socialist Party of the US. The majority of their voters will believe that the Koch brothers are spending outrageous amounts of money on Republicans while the Soros types are barely spending any money at all on demon pols.

It sure would be interesting to see a comparison between demon outside money and Republican outside money. I'm willing to bet it would show rich libs spending much more than rich conservatives. And many more libs denying the support than Republicans denying the support they get. Difference is that demons are trying to prevent conservatives from contributing to campaigns while ignoring the contributions from demon supporters. And let's not forget the influence of unions on the democratic process.