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Big business, bolstered by the terrible Citizens United decision allowing them to spread corporate money to buy elections, is throwing money around like there is no tomorrow. Here are a couple of the most egregious examples:
1. Target has become the poster child for bad corporate behavior in the CU-style corporate spending in elections realm, giving over $150,000 to an effort to help elect far right wing Tom Emmer in the Minnesota Governor's race. Emmer wants to abolish the minimum wage, gave money to a group that condoned the death penalty for being gay, and loves Arizona's immigration law. MoveOn.org, LGBT groups, and other progressives have pushed back, launching a campaign to target Target for this behavior. We need to show corporate America that if they want to spend their corporate money backing right wing candidates, it will hurt their brand and their bottom line.
Check out the MoveOn campaign, add your name, and get involved here.
2. The Chamber of Commerce is sliming Alexi Giannoulias with a nasty personal attack ad. Giannoulias has been making his campaign about taking on big corporate interests - his reform platform echoes MoveOn's Clean UP Washington Corporate Corruption campaign. He has been making these very strong reform proposals the centerpiece of his campaign so far, and because he takes on special interest corporate control of DC, the Chamber has decided to make an example of him.
The political problem is that Alexi doesn't have much money, and the Chamber has a ton, mostly raised from the very biggest corporations. This is a crucial time for the progressive community to get behind Alexi and make a major push for him. Sending him some money is a good way to push back at a Chamber of Commerce that is working hard to keep DC safe for corporate lobbyists.
Help Alexi here.
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