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A hush-hush donor group seeks control of the Democrat party under wraps
I could just see the headlines if this were a Republican or conservative donor group. But because they are 'fighting the good fight," the ends justify the means.

Yeah, right.

Jim VandeHei and Chris Cilliza bring us details.

A year after its founding, Democracy Alliance has followed up on its pledge to become a major power in the liberal movement. It has lavished millions on groups that have been willing to submit to its extensive screening process and its demands for secrecy.

These include the Center for American Progress, a think tank with an unabashed partisan edge, as well as Media Matters for America, which tracks what it sees as conservative bias in the news media. Several alliance donors are negotiating a major investment in Air America, a liberal talk-radio network.

But the large checks and demanding style wielded by Democracy Alliance organizers in recent months have caused unease among Washington's community of Democratic-linked organizations. The alliance has required organizations that receive its endorsement to sign agreements shielding the identity of donors. Public interest groups said the alliance represents a large source of undisclosed and unaccountable political influence.

As far as I am concerned, any group that tries to secretly control politics needs to be smashed.

Since this is a good point for it, here is my proposal for campaign finance reform.

First, no limits on the amount of money given, but only those individuals registered to vote and residing in the area of the election are allowed to give. All donations must be a matter of public record.

If you live in California, no donating to a Senatorial campaign in New York. If you live in San Francisco, no donating to a judge's campaign in Los Angeles.

After the election, any unused funds must immediately be returned proportionately to all the donors.

That's it.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - July 19, 2006 at 08:03 AM  Tag


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