Posted on 09/02/2010 8:35:28 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
he L.A. Times recently reported that in California unions have already spent $14 million to defeat Republicans in California's coming elections. This is what any Republican has to face anywhere in the country, though not always at such a high spending rate.
The fact is that when Republicans run for office they face not only the campaign coffers of their Democrat opponent, but they also face the millions of dollars that public employee unions and other far left-wing advocacy groups will spend against them. Rarely do Republicans find much support from high-spending outside forces in anywhere near the same numbers that Democrats command.
While many of Californian's Democrats have yet to put much of their campaign cash into the race, unions have more than made up for that lack of spending...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
This incredible amount can ONLY be defended by
the unions expecting kickbacks and special favors
and stolen money from taxpayers.
But...but...but...we have McCain/Feingold Finance Reform! /s
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