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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (117011)	11/5/2011 1:31:29 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 224749

If you don't know by now no one can help you. LOL

To: tonto who wrote (117011)	11/6/2011 10:46:44 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224749

One thing is Soros has put a lot of money on the elections of secretary of state. "The Secretary of State is often the state's main election official and operates the office that registers candidates." George Soros’ Secretary of State Project (SOSP) Share299 Seeking whom he may devour Known as the Secretary of State Project ( SOSP), the organization was formed by liberal activists in 2006 to put Democrats in charge of state election offices, where key decisions often are made in close races on which ballots are counted and which are not. Billionaire hedge-fund operator George Soros is among wealthy liberal activists who have contributed to the Secretary of State Project, a 527 organization that works to put progressive Democrats in office overseeing elections in battleground states. (Associated Press) The group’s website said it wants to stop Republicans from “manipulating” election results. “Any serious commitment to wresting control of the country from the Republican Party must include removing their political operatives from deciding who can vote and whose votes will count,” the group said on its website, accusing some Republican secretaries of state of making “partisan decisions.” SOSP has sought donations by describing the contributions as a “modest political investment” to elect “clean candidates” to the secretary of state posts. Named after Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, so-called 527 political groups — such as SOSP — have no upper limit on contributions and no restrictions on who may contribute in seeking to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to federal, state or local public office. They generally are not regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), creating a soft-money loophole. While FEC regulations limit individual donations to a maximum of $2,500 per candidate and $5,000 to a PAC, a number of 527 groups have poured tens of millions of unregulated dollars into various political efforts. SOSP has backed 11 winning candidates in 18 races, including such key states as Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, New Mexico and Minnesota. source – Washington Times