Where do they lead? Into the depths of mass confusion?
The WE LEAD political action committee’s plan is a new twist on a fund-raising technique known as bundling.
Typically, contributions from multiple donors are gathered for a named candidate and given to the candidate in a bundle. In some cases, parties or others may form a special political committee to raise money for a particular general-election contest, and the committee is then merged into the campaign of the candidate who wins the primary.
WE LEAD wants donors to write checks to it earmarked “presumptive nominee.” It would hold onto the money, and when it becomes clear which of the nine declared Democratic presidential hopefuls has won enough primaries to become the party’s nominee, the group would write a check to that campaign for the total amount accumulated.
“It’s one thing for people to make a pledge, but in order to know that you have that money and for them to have it available you have to get it out of their hands,” said Patricia Brennan-Gac, one of the group’s founders. “That’s where we came up with having a fund that’s like a savings account for the presidential nominee.”
So “We Lead” doesn’t care who gets the nomination – - – they’ll simply back anyone of dem pack no matter the platform or what they stand for and support.
They will also give a persons money to whoever, whether that is who the funds were intended for or not. This doesn’t sound like “bundling” to me – - this sounds like a big private donation made up of solicited funds that is trying to make it’s way under the legal radar.
I hope “We Lead” isnt leading many because they seem somewhat lost and confused to me.
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