[Alberta's Child]

. . . the Democrats, the self-described “party of the people, not the powerful,” are just as beholden to corporate America as their Republican counterparts.

This statement is incorrect. The Democrats, in fact, are MORE reliant on big donors than the GOP. One of the biggest myths in politics these days is that the Republican Party is dominated by big-business types. What makes the Democrats who supported limits on "soft money" contributions so stupid is that the Republicans raise more strictly-regulated "hard money" as well. The reason for this is simple -- the Republicans have more donors than the Democrats from almost every step of the economic ladder.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Add to the fact that Republicans mostly get their support from the grass-roots and mainstream American families.

I have never heard of indivdual Joes openly donating to the DemocRats unless they belonged to some left-wing interest group.

[GOPJ]

You're right. Thanks for setting the record straight:

The Democrats, in fact, are MORE reliant on big donors than the GOP. One of the biggest myths in politics these days is that the Republican Party is dominated by big-business types. What makes the Democrats who supported limits on "soft money" contributions so stupid is that the Republicans raise more strictly-regulated "hard money" as well. The reason for this is simple -- the Republicans have more donors than the Democrats from almost every step of the economic ladder.

[GOPJ]

You're right. Thanks for setting the record straight:

The Democrats, in fact, are MORE reliant on big donors than the GOP. One of the biggest myths in politics these days is that the Republican Party is dominated by big-business types. What makes the Democrats who supported limits on "soft money" contributions so stupid is that the Republicans raise more strictly-regulated "hard money" as well. The reason for this is simple -- the Republicans have more donors than the Democrats from almost every step of the economic ladder.