Koch v. GOP

[crudos]

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-koch-brothers-and-the-republican-party-go-to-121193159491.html

I will start off saying, duh, no shit sherlock. My second comment would be that both entities can take a leap off the edge of flat earth they both seem inhabit.

The Republican National Committee’s data arm last year called it a “historic” occasion when it struck a deal to share voter information with the Koch brothers’ rapidly expanding political empire.

It was an uneasy détente between the party committee, which views itself as the rightful standard-bearer for the GOP, and the behemoth funded by Charles and David Koch, which is free of the campaign finance restrictions that bind the RNC and plans to spend almost $900 million in the 2016 election cycle to elect a Republican to the White House.

Party leaders, including the current chief digital officer for the RNC, hailed the deal as an important step forward in the GOP’s attempt to modernize itself.

But after the fall midterm elections, the deal was allowed to expire without being renewed. Since then, relations between the two sides have soured, turning into what one Republican operative described as “all-out war.” Interviews with more than three dozen people, including top decision-makers in both camps, have revealed that the Kochs’ i360 platform for managing voter contacts — which is viewed by many as a superior, easier-to-use interface than what’s on offer from the RNC — is becoming increasingly popular among Republican campaigns.

The RNC is now openly arguing, however, that the Kochs’ political operation is trying to control the Republican Party’s master voter file, and to gain influence over — some even say control of — the GOP.

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[Kbop]

I think this may have had something to do with the Koch brothers starting various astro-turf groups like the Tea Party.  its a huge threat to the rank and file GOP.  the GOP had to pull too far to the left during the last Presidential election to gain more votes and still lost.  the Koch's didn't like that at all. 
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so the right wing splits along ideological lines again.  it guarantees a win for the Dems and Soros.
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our constitutional republic seems to be taking a detour into plutocracy.

but I'm a dyed in the wool pessimist. 



 

[JohnyMac]

Just a few comments:

Yawn,
George Soros,
La Raza,
Media Matters,
Bill Gates,
Moveon.org,
...To just name a few.

Get educated!
 

[crudos]

Just a few comments:

Yawn,
George Soros,
La Raza,
Media Matters,
Bill Gates,
Moveon.org,
...To just name a few.

Get educated!

Yeah, right there with you JM. Get the Koch suckers and Soros slimball out of buying elections. We the people, not we the billionaires.
 

[JohnyMac]

  Crudos