Well, at least some of the important numbers are already in for this election cycle.
The Sunlight Foundation has found that $213 million in “dark money” has been spent in the General Election alone. Of that figure, 81% was spent on behalf of Republican candidates.
Put another way, Republican contributions of “dark money” totalled $173 million, while Democratic contributions of the same kind came in at a measley $40. million.
By “dark money” we mean groups that do not disclose their donors and only are required to disclose their congressional race spending within 60 days of House and Senate elections and their presidential race spending following the national party conventions.
So Lenore Broughton has plenty of company in the GOP shadows.
Okay; so now bring on the attempts at false equivalency with regard to campaign finance.
See? Dems AND Republicans both have ‘dark’ money, so they are equal!
$173M = $40M!
The Republicans have been saying for decades that pulling vast amounts of money out of the economy somehow ‘stimulates’ the economy.
2-2=5!
With math skills like that no wonder Republicans see equvalencies wherever they look.
Checked the math!