It’s no secret moderate, dynasty GOP groups inside the
beltway fear losing their iron grip on power in Washington. Conservative
candidates continue to gain traction while moderates like Mitt Romney, Tommy
Thompson and Scott Brown continue to be shown the door by general election
voters.
One major new group, Republican Main Street
Partnership, has openly declared war on conservatives. It was one thing when it
was just known as moderates fighting to keep their thrones, but it’s another
when you look at who is bankrolling their efforts.
The Republican Main Street Partnership has emerged as an
outspoken, deep-pocketed player in pro-business GOP plans to beat back
tea-party challengers next year. But the group’s new super PAC has an
unexpected source for its seed money: labor unions.
The super PAC, called Defending Main Street, has not yet
submitted a major donor disclosure to the Federal Election Commission. But
documents filed by other groups show that two labor organizations, the
International Union of Operating Engineers and the Laborers’ International
Union of North America, directed a combined $400,000 to the Republican group in
September and October.
Main Street says it has raised roughly $2 million total
between its super PAC and an affiliated nonprofit group so far—and that means
labor has supplied at least 20 percent of those funds.
In other words, liberal Republicans can’t beat conservatives
without labor union support? If that’s the case then what exactly is the point
of having a Republican party?
Source: http://www.libertynews.com/2013/12/breaking-moderate-gop-pac-that-promised-to-beat-back-tea-party-challengers-bankrolled-by-laborunions/#sthash.ujff
N2nb.aYqJNxEk.dpuf
December 30, 2013, By: Eric Odom, posted on Republican Liberty
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