As political observers have predicted ever since the Supreme Court spat the Citizens United decision at us in 2010, late independent expenditures — yup, “LIEs” –are the things to watch in this race. In AD-69, Julio Perez has been the beneficiary of about $102,891 in LIEs from Orange County Dignity PAC (Orange County Labor Federation and AFL-CIO), from $44,798 in LIEs from OCEA, and is opposed by $13,641.00 in LIES from Californians Allied for Patient Protection Independent Expenditures Account, which is funded by doctors and health insurers. Michele Martinez has been the beneficiary of … nothing. (I’m not happy about having correctly predicted this months ago. It’s shabby treatment of her by her “friends.”)
But when it came to LIEs, the story this year was supposed to be Tom Daly — who was not doing a lot of fundraising and who I and others were assured would be taken care of by an ample number of LIEs. So how’s he doing?
This is just the past few days of late independent expenditures for Daly:
Now, you know who Landlords are — and I’m sure that, like everyone else in the world, you love them. JOBSPAC, despite the “bipartisan label,” has make late independent expeditures only for (and in one case against) Democrats in this cycle. But who funds “JOBSPAC”? Let’s take a look!
I’ve put the top four donors in different colors to help you notice them: Chevron (oil), $375,000; Philip Morris (tobacco), $80,000; Anthem Blue Cross (health insurers), $70,000; CREIEC (real estate) ($45,000). Do you get the sense that there’s a clubhouse somewhere where corporations meet and Chevron says “ok, we and Philip Morris and Blue Cross are going to put together this PAC for independent expenditures, and we want all of youse guys to kick in $30,000 smackers a piece — from you small fry we only need $2500)”? I do. So that’s JOBSPAC, one of Tom Daly’s biggest supporters.
That’s really a lot of money! How much do Chevron Co. care about Tom Daly? Let’s see who wins the coveted Chevron Cup — a name that admittedly I just made up, but that seems to have a chance of sticking! JOBSPAC is only making LIEs in five races this year. Who gets the most? Can Daly prevail? Here’s all of JOBSPAC’s LIEs — again, “late independent expenditures” — for this cycle:
SUPPORTING ADAM GRAY in
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 21: $80,904.00
$15,468.00 + $4,000.00 + $5,000.00 + $5,000.00 + $15,468.00 + $1,000.00 + $19,500.00 + $15,468.00
SUPPORTING SUSAN EGGMAN in
STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 13: $32,518.57
$15,598.04 + $2,905.96 + $6,514.57 + $5,000.00 + $2,500.00
OPPOSING XOCHITL RAYA PADERES in STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 13: $49,684.02
$17,336.44 + $18,333.02 + $2,500.00 + $5,000.00 + $6,514.56
SUPPORTING TOM CALDERON in STATE ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT 58: $13.113.96
$1,500.00 + $1,500.00 + $10,113.96
SUPPORTING TOM DALY in STATE ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT 69: $279,323.30
$5,230.03 + $8,880.35 + $12,137.20 + $9,522.98 + $7,094.09 + $14,122.35 + $12,758.05 + $14,888.56 + $34,000.00 + $3,732.85 + $5,014.33 + $34,910.31 + $10,000.00 + $5,000.00 + $10,000.00 + $10,000.00 + $2,683.00 + $51,000.00 + $1,849.20 + $25,000.00 + $1,500.00.
Wow! Setting the story out in Chevron blue and red, we can say:
What’s red, white, and blue?
TOM DALY WINS!!!
TOM DALY WINS THE CHEVRON CUP!!!
TOM DALY IS LIKE TIGER WOODS IN 2000-2002!
HE HAS LAPPED THE FIELD!
$279,323 vs. $176,221 FOR EVERYONE ELSE!
WHAT AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE!
Yes, Tom Daly is the recipient of almost three times the amount of late independent expenditures compared to Julio Perez — and that is a whole lot of LIEs! More than that, he is the Democrat that Chevron, Philip Morris, Anthem Blue Cross, and their twisted brethren want to see NOT IN THE LEGISLATURE next year. Can you think of a better compliment than that?
So, Tom Daly is likely to win the primary — but there won’t be this sort of discrepancy in the general election; PACs like this have too many fish to fry, and news like this is going to alienate Democrats something fierce. It will be Daly as #1 and Perez as #2 in June — but I’m predicting the opposite order in November.
Article source: http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2012/05/damn-lies-who-is-winning-the-chevron-cup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=damn-lies-who-is-winning-the-chevron-cup
2011 could be a rough year for ATT.
Jason Hirschhorn, former president of Myspace, prominent New York angel investor and beleaguered iPhone user, is tired of ATT spotty service and ridiculous claims.
Jason Hirschhorn, former president of Myspace, prominent New York angel investor and beleaguered iPhone user, is tired of ATT spotty service and ridiculous claims.
Jason Hirschhorn, former president of Myspace, prominent New York angel investor and beleaguered iPhone user, is tired of ATT spotty service and ridiculous claims.