{"id":389969,"date":"2010-03-04T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.opensecrets.org,2010:\/news\/\/8.1404"},"modified":"2010-03-04T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:07:46","slug":"gop-gets-red-on-democrats-john-kerry-could-lose-a-tooth-and-more-in-capital-eye-opener-march-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/389969","title":{"rendered":"GOP Gets Red on Democrats, John Kerry Could Lose a Tooth and more in Capital Eye Opener: March 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\"socialismgraphic.jpg\"<\/a>Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics:<\/a><\/p>\n

GOP ELECTION STRATEGY? SOCIALISM! <\/strong>The Republican National Committee is planning to raise money during 2010 midterm elections by “capitalizing on ‘fear’ of President Barack Obama and a promise to ‘save the country from trending toward socialism,'” Politico<\/em>‘s Ben Smith reports in an exclusive dispatch<\/a>. Smith’s report, based on a GOP fund-raising presentation Politico<\/em> obtained, also details how Republicans aim to tap the wallets “ego-driven” wealthy donors with offers of access to candidates and “tchochkes.”<\/p>\n

The RNC immediately distanced itself — and Chairman Michael Steele — from the document.<\/p>\n

“The document was used for a fund-raising presentation Chairman Steele did not attend, nor had he seen the document,” RNC Communications Director Doug Heye told Politico<\/em>. “Obviously, the chairman disagrees with the language and finds the use of such imagery to be unacceptable. It will not be used by the Republican National committee — in any capacity — in the future.”<\/p>\n

The RNC is actually leading its Democratic counterpart, the Democratic National Committee, in fund-raising this election cycle, the Center for Responsive Politics’ research shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But all GOP party committees together trail Democrats significantly.<\/p>\n

\"nationalhockeychallenge.png\"<\/a>FIVE-MINUTE MAJOR FOR FILIBUSTERING:<\/strong> So, we’re not exactly talking National Hockey League quality, or USA v. Canada Olympic finals drama. But if you’ve ever jonesed for watching lobbyists smack the tar out of congressional lawmakers — for real! — there’s a game for that: the Congressional Hockey Challenge<\/a>, on March 9 in Washington, D.C. Sen. John Kerry<\/a> (D-Mass.) will lead the lawmakers’ team<\/a>, which also includes Reps. Mike Quigley<\/a> (D-Ill.), Patrick Murphy<\/a> (D-Pa.) and Brian Higgins<\/a> (D-N.Y.). <\/p>\n

(Uh, can’t Republicans skate?)<\/p>\n

Check out the lobbyists’ roster here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And regardless of whether blood will be let, fists will be thrown or a compromise on comprehensive financial reform will be struck at center ice, proceeds from the event will go to needy children in the D.C. area.<\/p>\n

CRP, IN THE NEWS:<\/strong> With former WWE wrestling queen Linda McMahon<\/a> running for Congress in Connecticut, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 digs into her fund-raising<\/a> — and features our work … <\/p>\n

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Other mentions in media outlets during the past day include USA Today<\/em><\/a>, Reuters<\/em><\/a>, National Public Radio<\/em><\/a>, Huffington Post<\/em><\/a> and the Associated Press<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Have a news tip or link to pass along? We want to hear from you! E-mail us at press@crp.org<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics: GOP ELECTION STRATEGY? SOCIALISM! The Republican National Committee is planning to raise money during 2010 midterm elections by “capitalizing on ‘fear’ of President Barack Obama and a promise to ‘save the country from trending toward socialism,’” Politico‘s Ben Smith reports in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3994,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}