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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpeechless since Romney has ownership in Bain Capital
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Speechless since Romney has ownership in Bain Capital (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Mar 2020
OP
$5,600 (Collins) vs. $205 (Gideon) is a very lopsided version of "playing the game."
Eugene
Mar 2020
#3
Okay, thanks for that clarification. I thought Romney had finally realized that
mfcorey1
Mar 2020
#6
CurtEastPoint
(18,646 posts)1. You are meaning the lopsided donation split, I guess.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. They contributed to both Collins and her challenger Gideon
Way more for Collins, though. Maybe Mittens doesn't want to be the only wishy-washy GOP Senator?
Eugene
(61,899 posts)3. $5,600 (Collins) vs. $205 (Gideon) is a very lopsided version of "playing the game."
The traditional formula was 60% to the majority party and 40% for the minority.
Also, Bain is based in Massachusetts. They will even hire Democrats occasionally.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)4. Monied interests are an integral part of the system.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)5. You realize that Bain Capital did not donate that money?
At the bottom of the table of candidates on your link:
This table lists candidates receiving money from this organization in 2019-2020. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals may include subsidiaries and affiliates.
The part I put in bold is red on their page.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)6. Okay, thanks for that clarification. I thought Romney had finally realized that
the Democratic Party has more to offer than those right wing nuts in his party.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)7. Yeah, this just means that Bain Cap's employees are more Democratic than their boss nt