Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:09 AM
1-Old-Man (1,485 posts)
Quit being such pessimists, there is a winning lesson for us from WisconsinLast edited Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:10 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
There is a lesson to be learned by us Democrats from the Wisconsin vote, and it is not that money will win out in the end. No, the lesson is quite the opposite actually. No pit is bottomless, nothing lasts forever. We can force them to spend themselves out of existence. The amount of money raised to defend the indefensible, to keep Scott Walker in office in one state can not be repeated in 50 states, and boots on the ground forces them to spend enormous amounts of money. If organization alone forced the Republicans to outspend Democrats 7:1 then we can force them to do it everywhere. We lost a battle, not a war, and the enemy has shown us the chink in its armor; that armor is incredibly expensive to maintain.
Edited to repair typo.
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9 replies, 837 views
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| 1-Old-Man | Jun 2012 | OP | |
| GarroHorus | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
| lonestarnot | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
| 1-Old-Man | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
| lonestarnot | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
| lonestarnot | Jun 2012 | #8 | |
| emulatorloo | Jun 2012 | #4 | |
| TheKentuckian | Jun 2012 | #6 | |
| lonestarnot | Jun 2012 | #7 | |
| TheKentuckian | Jun 2012 | #9 |
Response to 1-Old-Man (Original post)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:11 AM
GarroHorus (1,055 posts)
1. I have a big take away from last night
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Basically, the billionaires have to spend almost 10 to 1 in order to guarantee a victory in any election.
$10 billion in the presidential race is going to be hard to come by. |
Response to GarroHorus (Reply #1)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:13 AM
lonestarnot (71,135 posts)
2. 2 trillion. Can we make them spend it?
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Response to lonestarnot (Reply #2)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:15 AM
1-Old-Man (1,485 posts)
3. Every door we knock on cost them $50~$100 in TV time to counteract.
Response to 1-Old-Man (Reply #3)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:35 PM
lonestarnot (71,135 posts)
8. and the 27,000 calls made in one evening, how much for them?
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Response to 1-Old-Man (Original post)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:52 AM
emulatorloo (24,230 posts)
4. Excellent point and thanks for posting.
Response to 1-Old-Man (Original post)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:42 AM
TheKentuckian (17,393 posts)
6. How would we force them to spend down to broke/unable to influence?
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I don't see how the numbers support such a strategy when we are outmatched on bot accumulated wealth and income.
The top 400 outmatch the bottom 40% on income and easily on wealth and the bottom 40% need about every cent to live. |
Response to TheKentuckian (Reply #6)
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 10:34 PM
lonestarnot (71,135 posts)
7. Well, when they spend it the no longer have it.
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Response to lonestarnot (Reply #7)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 09:23 PM
TheKentuckian (17,393 posts)
9. Too bad extreme wealth is quite renewable and they don't need to spend everywhere or forever
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Two or three cycles properly placed is about all it would take.
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