This is
from our good friend and colleague Mr. Gary DeMar over at Godfather
Politics. We post a lot from Mr. DeMar because the dude is just
brilliant; he recently had a chance to speak with a GOP party insider
and came away with a few great thoughts.
Being the editor of a website like
Godfather Politics puts me in touch with a lot of people around the
country who are experts in their respective fields.
Since GP is
heavily weighted toward politics, you can imagine the type of inside
information I’m privy too. Because of mutual confidentially agreements, I
rarely get to spill the beans.
After discussing what’s going on among
conservative organizations with one political insider, our conversation
turned to enthusiasm among conservative voters. It helped to explain why
donations to conservative causes may be down when compared to
grassroots donations by Democrats.
Mike Flynn at Breitbart reports:
“Democrats
have raised almost three times as much money, $46 million v. $17
million, as Republicans from small-dollar grass roots donors. . . . Most
political energy this fall will be devoted to the battle for the
Senate, however. As a result, the House GOP's struggle with small-dollar
donors, i.e. base party voters, could cause them to fall short of their
political opportunities.”
It’s easy to know why the GOP establishment
is having trouble raising money from people like you and me, but why are
hardcore conservative organizations not seeing a huge uptick in
financial support in light of how bad President Obama and the Democrats
are performing?
Why the low
voter turnout among Republicans in a number of very winnable elections?
Why aren’t conservatives standing in line to vote?
The answer, we agreed, might be in the Thad Cochran/Chris McDaniel runoff election in Mississippi.
Many conservatives may be giving up on the system.
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