Category: Obama Campaign

The California Captivity of the Democratic Party

Column: How Hollywood and Silicon Valley took America

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This is a story about politics and power in the golden land, and it begins with the money. In early May a luxury resort in Laguna Beach, Calif., hosted a five-day semi-annual meeting of the Democracy Alliance, a secret, invitation-only organization of liberal moneybags that since its formation in 2005 has directed some $500 million in contributions to progressive groups. Never has a wolves’ den been so posh.

The H Street Project

Column: Anatomy of a liberal shakedown

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John Podesta / AP

What a fantastic talent liberals possess, the ability to talk out of both sides of their mouths. One side utters platitudes about campaign finance reform and the nefarious influence of money in politics, while the other whispers in the ears of oligarchs and plutocrats. One side slanders Republicans as the tools of corporate interests, while the other solicits donations from some of the largest corporations in the world. The next journalist to examine influence peddling on K Street need only walk two blocks south, to H Street. There he’ll find one heck of a story.

Nonpartisan Org Gearing Up for Partisan Elections

OFA executive director says group will set aside issue advocacy during 2014 midterms

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AP

NEW YORK CITY — Organizing for Action, the advocacy group that evolved from President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, will halt its single-issue fundraising during the 2014 midterm elections in order to free up resources for the “campaign side,” the group’s executive director Jon Carson told a small group of donors at a fundraiser here Monday night.

Lovable Losers

Former Obama aides cash in, will help sell the Chicago Cubs' plan for Wrigley renovation

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AP

The Chicago Cubs have hired two former Obama campaign aides to help push the club’s renovation plan for Wrigley Field.