First of all, the dems got 4 times as much 527 money in the last cycle. And second of all 1 millionaire gets one vote, one million property owners get one million votes. You will see pols from both parties running from "Big Development and Big Retail" like their ass was on fire if this issue takes hold in the general public.
Lobbyists and the two-party system. It doesn't matter WHO wins, politicos answer to the lobbies that are wining and dining them. I've lived long enough to know that what it takes to win an election and what is actually done after it is won are two very different things...