And by the way, if you were looking for a “Priebus handed off a big sackful of cash to xxx on x/x/12” you’re not going to get one. But machine politics are old as this country and long practiced by both parties. That is a fact.
You don’t have anything to back up your assertion the elite become elite “by buying state-level party chairmen, secretaries of state and the like”.
It’s a blanket statement without basis that can be used to avoid honest argument.