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Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the statesBy Matea Gold April 12 at 9:00 PM
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SAN FRANCISCO A cadre of wealthy liberal donors aims to pour tens of millions of dollars into rebuilding the lefts political might in the states, racing to catch up with a decades-old conservative effort that has reshaped statehouses across the country.
The plan embraced by the Democracy Alliance, an organization that advises some of the Democrats top contributors, puts an urgent new focus on financing groups that can help the party regain influence in time for the next congressional redistricting process, after the 2020 elections. The blueprint approved by the alliance board calls on donors to help expand state-level organizing and lobbying for measures addressing climate change, voting rights and economic inequality.
People have gotten a wake-up call, Gara LaMarche, the alliances president, said in an interview. The right is focused on the state level, and even down-ballot, and has made enormous gains. We cant have the kind of long-term progressive future we want if we dont take power in the states.
The five-year initiative, called 2020 Vision, will be discussed this week at a private conference being held at a San Francisco hotel for donors who participate in the Democracy Alliance. Leading California Democrats are scheduled to make appearances, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The alliance, which does not disclose its members, plans to make some of the events available to reporters via a webcast.
okaawhatever
(9,469 posts)Novara
(5,860 posts)....Republicans are screwing up every state where they're in charge.
mopinko
(70,274 posts)shit, kelly westlund got zip from the party. raised a mere million. and got crap all along about how "barack obama and nancy pelosi were behind her".
yeah, that sucked. i mean, if wis is not a salvageable state, what is?
meanwhile the koch bros are buying county board seats.
djean111
(14,255 posts)votes for Congress and the presidency in that way. So, yeah, the states are important. Plus, a lot of the things like gay marriage and pro-choice - decided by states, not Congress. The states get to decide about expanding Medicaid. The states decide on education issues. The states can decide to not let food stamps be used for tuna fish. Concentrating on the states should have been a huge priority long before this.
mopinko
(70,274 posts)carrying the bottom of the ticket will carry the top of the ticket. the opposite of the "common wisdom". which is usually where reality is.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)I'm all a twitter.