An enlightening article in the WaPo on the Democrats "parallel campaign" funded and organized by "527" groups.
Most of these new organizations have been established as "527s," shorthand for the provision of the tax law that covers their activities. The 527s are controversial because they accept soft money from corporations and unions, which critics say represents an evasion of the ban on large, unregulated contributions in the new campaign finance law known as the McCain-Feingold Act, and because they operate under less stringent disclosure regulations.
The Democratic 527 organizations have drawn support from some wealthy liberals determined to defeat Bush. They include financier George Soros and his wife, Susan Weber Soros, who gave $5 million to ACT and $1.46 million to MoveOn.org; Peter B. Lewis, chief executive of the Progressive Corp., who gave $3 million to ACT and $500,000 to MoveOn; and Linda Pritzker, of the Hyatt hotel family, and her Sustainable World Corp., who gave $4 million to the joint fundraising committee.
So much for the party of the common man. Opensecrets.org has more on the various shadow groups of wealthy business executives, lawyers and industralists who are donating millions to defeat Bush. A bit of unintended economic policy humor from the data titled "527 Committees identified as Democratic/Liberal":
Campaign for America's Future
Total Receipts: $0
Total Expenditures: $1,575.00
I personally have no problem with the rich donating to campaigns, anyone who thinks the rich don't have more access is fooling themselves, it's fact of life on both sides of the political spectrum, however I am a little tired of the Dems hubris and dishonesty. Does anyone really think that Soros will not have special access to a Kerry administration?
That's why I have decided to climb off the Indie fence (yes, I seem to be doing a lot of that of late) and support George W. Bush by participating in Wictory Wednesday. I encourage you to volunteer and/or donate to the Bush campaign.