Quote (Pollster @ Feb 16 2015 11:28am)
That's from MotherJones' day-after accounting, which is obviously far from a complete summary given the nature of filing deadlines. It was used to dispel that fantasy-land notion you mentioned earlier, not to be an accurate portrayal of the comprehensive funding advantage that Walker had. That's obviously not even available the day after an election (well, again, to people who understand elections).
Neither ignorance nor the echo-chamber is going to help get around Walker's massive financial advantage in the recall. As a presidential nominee his advantage in outside money wouldn't come close to approaching the disparity of the recall. He'd have the same advantage that Mitt Romney did over Obama among outside groups but that's about it. Any increase would probably just be the continuation of the trend already in place: Republicans are becoming increasingly dependent on big-money groups that don't have contribution limits.
You didn't dispel ANYTHING. The sources you used were all published within days of the election, mine was publish more than a year later as they were able to better quantify the funds spent. It showed Walker enjoyed a rough 5:3 spending advantage. What that spending advantage does not cover however, is that most voters were solid in their picks. The money wasn't changing much of anything. There were far fewer undecideds to be had. For all the left's bitching and pissing and moaning, the money didn't have much chance to make a difference in the first place.
Quote (Pollster @ Feb 16 2015 11:28am)
False equivalence bullshit isn't going to work here. Name-dropping George Soros a voluntary admission that you're in a bubble. He is in no way comparable to the Koch Brothers, or Sheldon Adelson, or the Crossroads Network. Even if you were to substitute in "Democracy Alliance," of which he is just a part, it would still be false equivalence. They aren't equal.
Fuck your bubble, you're in your own bubble.
Quote (Thor123422 @ Feb 16 2015 11:45am)
Because it's the difference between ten million and hundreds of millions spent in an election cycle. They just aren't the same thing, there's more than an order of magnitude of difference.
Awww, your pussy hurts that the 35th richest man in the world is being outspent by the 24th ranked Kochs? And the difference isn't as big as you make it out to be.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle-koch-brothers/The Kochs demolish Soros in lobbying expenditures (expected in their line of work) and Soros obliterates the Kochs in funding 527s.