Democrats create an ALEC-killer

[Geee]

Politico:

Chastened by the conservative movement’s startling success at using national money to dominate state legislatures, liberal activists this week will ask top donors to support a plan to reverse the precipitous Democratic decline in state governments, where the party was trounced yet again on Tuesday.

 

President Barack Obama’s former liaison to the states will launch a major new state-focused organization called the State Innovation Exchange — or SiX for short — before donors on Friday at the annual winter meeting of the Democracy Alliance liberal funding club.

 

SiX’s goal is an ambitious one: to compete with a well-financed network of conservative groups — including the American Legislative Exchange Council — that for years have dominated state policy battles, advancing pro-business, anti-regulation bills in state after state.

 

SiX ultimately plans to raise as much as $10 million a year to boost progressive state lawmakers and their causes — partly by drafting model legislation in state capitols to increase environmental protections, expand voting rights, and raise the minimum wage — while also using bare-knuckle tactics like opposition research and video tracking to derail Republicans and their initiatives.

[SrWoodchuck]

Sweet @Geee!

 

Can they do this from their drifting boat on the sea of voter happiness?

 

[Geee]

Sweet @Geee!

 

Can they do this from their drifting boat on the sea of voter happiness?

 

Hmm. Sounds like the beginning of a joke ---- Once upon a time there were two asses on a boat ..........