I thought today’s Krugman in the New York Times was a fascinating description of how the right wing is funded in this year’s elections. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10…
As Politico recently pointed out, every major contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination who isn’t currently holding office and isn’t named Mitt Romney is now a paid contributor to Fox News.
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Arguably, this shouldn’t be surprising. Modern American conservatism is, in large part, a movement shaped by billionaires and their bank accounts, and assured paychecks for the ideologically loyal are an important part of the system.
What can Progressives do to overcome such a cash disadvantage?
We just haven’t been effective in using them. And I mean through strategic escalation of nonviolent resistance, including strikes and boycotts. Not surprising, sadly…