I thought Soros was the organizer behind the cabal to stop Bush in '04.
I think Soros is much better known but, within our borders, Peter B. Lewis is a very similar player. Soros also has a lot of overseas interests, and I don't think Lewis is as active there.
But between them, I have heard they are the two biggest bankrollers of the crazy left. Lewis just doesn't seem to crave publicity the way Soros does.
Probably one reason that the ACLU has gone totally bananas, and now puts gay rights, abortion, and the suppression of religion far above it's traditional mission, the defense of individual liberty, is that people like Lewis have dangled large wads of cash in front of their noses.
The ACLU has always been leftist, but they used to be much more libertarian. Their bottom line has definitely changed over the past 40 years, and they have been more and more shameless about it.