Inside the mission to blow up the 2020 Democratic field

[applegrove]

CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO at Politico

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/23/2020-democrats-opposition-research-republicans-735563

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Opposition research books are already being assembled. Political detectives are scouring archives, public records, real-time video and decades of old footage.

America Rising PAC, which at the time of its founding five years ago focused exclusively on researching, tracking and deploying rapid-response against Hillary Clinton, is well into a beneath-the-radar effort to define — and ultimately derail — the Democrats preparing to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.

The oppo-research carpet-bombing has commenced against Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, among others: America Rising was responsible for spotting and blasting out a video of Warren telling an audience she wants to “cut open” the bodies of Republicans to see if they have hearts, generating a spate of 2017 stories.

With a potentially colossal field of Democratic presidential contenders and no one close to being a front-runner, the mission figures to be an expensive endeavor. So donors across the country are quietly getting the hard sell as the group moves toward its goal of raising $8 million for the 2020 cycle — roughly three times as much as it took in during the successful three-year quest to help defeat Clinton.

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[brooklynite]

1. Oppo research? Why didn't anyone think of that before?

[applegrove]

2. It seems they have unlimited, unified funds. Does this fall under citizen's united

money? I'm from Canada so I don't know all the ins and outs of financing. It is scary how organized the right is.

[peggysue2]

6. Yes, it's . . .

Citizen's United for Ratf*cking. One of the worst decisions SCOTUS ever made, something that needs to be resolved, deleted, turned over in a Democratic majority court.

Strange too that they feel the need to concentrate on two very strong women. The Right-Wing has a serious female problem.

[applegrove]

7. I think they see those two as the biggest threats to GOP power. I would concur

They are both stars.

[peggysue2]

10. No doubt about it!

They absolutely see Warren and Harris as major contenders. But then, no one can forget the hate and smear attacks on Hillary Clinton and the witch status now assigned to Nancy Pelosi.

The GOP has a woman problem. And I strongly suspect these women will be a Very Big, Tear Your Hair Out Because You're Going to Lose Your Job Problem in 2020

Republicans will rue the day they decided warring on women was a good idea.

[applegrove]

11. And i will never forget Prince's mantra during the election: "Donald Trump and his

broad shouldered leadership...".

[Funtatlaguy]

14. Money 💰 is free speech, corporations are people

Blah fucking blah
Corrupt SCOTUS decision

[NCTraveler]

3. And we are giving their 2020 candidate...

A daily colonoscopy.

That includes the investigative powers of the FBI and state attorneys.

[applegrove]

4. Yes. Thank god Trump has led a public life. There is a lot available. But I would not

say 'We' and FBI in the same sentence. That is a legit investigation, not a political one.

[NCTraveler]

12. I understand what you are saying about "we".

But the direction of the special council is set out in writing.

[applegrove]

13. I think he is impartial. Don't know why we would want to spread anything else.

The GOP are always looking for conspiracies on the left. Why make them up for them.

[NCTraveler]

15. I think he is impartial.

With Trump and Russia being his orders.

Kind of funny you think I just unleashed a new conspiracy. Of course it’s what they are going to do. They are doing it. To the tune of tens of millions of dollars.

Next: Then why are you helping them.

I’m not. Lol Love these arguments.

[onecaliberal]

5. I'd like to know the same thing as the senator. Hope that crap will not float this time.

[Blue_true]

9. Or that gullible people on our side don't set upon a good democrat because their choice didn't win.

I read the article about Joe Biden in Saint Louis and think of how much Hillary was like that in 2014, she was a rock star who people were begging to run. Fast forward to 2020, I can see loud insinuations about Joe's loyalties and where he got his income from for the last four years being made before rallies of people that want a better way, but have the political IQ of children. The insinuations take hold and republican ratfuckers notice, and then we rinse and repeat if people don't fucking realize who the true enemy is this time.

Oppo research, ratfucking, whatever you want to call it is ages old in politics. It gets a boost and often lead to us being defeated when our side are busy tearing eachother down.

[CBHagman]

8. They arrayed themselves against Hillary Clinton for three years...

...while the media lavished attention on Trump, three third-party candidates were part of the eventual election mix, and Hillary Clinton STILL got more votes.