A TSUNAMI OF DARK MONEY TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THIS ELECTION
By Thom Hartmann
Get ready : massive pools of dark rightwing money are soon going to clobber us . Will Democracy survive this onslaught by the morbidly rich ?
Democrats are giddy right now ; the substantial lead that Trump had held over Biden for months has largely vanished as the match-up has changed to Harris and Walz . In the ten polls aggregated by RealClearPolitics in the first three weeks following Biden ’ s withdrawal , Trump lost three points and only led by one . In the DailyKos / Civiqs poll Harris leads Trump 49 / 45 , Reuters puts the race at 43 / 42 , and Morning Consult has it at 47 / 46 .
Trump is blustering in ways that indicate he thinks he ’ s losing ( yesterday ’ s presser at his shabby golf motel was particularly pathetic ), while JD Vance ’ s poll numbers are in the toilet … or the couch … and showing no indication of recovery any day soon .
That said , other lessons from this and recent past years should keep Democrats from easing up or becoming overconfident . The official beginning of the election season is still almost a month away , and the big money pledged by rightwing and neofascist billionaires hasn ’ t even shown up yet .
While over a hundred million pissed-off women and the widespread concern that Trump and the GOP are determined to destroy the American system of government seem like a powerful force , history tells us big dark money could overcome even those substantial tailwinds .
We saw this played out here in Portland just last month . Susheela Jayapal ( sister of Pramila ) was a well-thought-of and successful Oregon politician , on the board of the Metro government that oversees the three counties that make up the Portland metro area . She had a long list of great accomplishments , was well-liked , and was a shoo-in to replace retiring Democratic Congressman Earl Blumenauer .
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