Sounds like GOPers who got Adelson $ might get a call soon from Shelly asking them to support Obama Syria resolution:http://www.nationaljournal.com/national-security/sheldon-adelson-to-president-obama-i-would-be-willing-to-help-on-syria-20130910 …
.@kenvogel and more importantly money through Chamber and other c6 and potentially c4 organizations
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@rickhasen not sure that's more impactfull when it comes to their narrow interests -
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@kenvogel also lobbyists help bundle ind. contributions from corp. executives -
@rickhasen yup, but - again - that's hard $ in the system. Not big outside spending. -
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@kenvogel agree both paths important and that direct corp. spending will be rare -
@rickhasen Not what I'm saying. Lobbying & hard $/bundling is MORE effective way for corps. to influence policy than big outside spending. -
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@kenvogel And I'm saying I don't think corps. are making an either/or choice. They are doing both. -
@rickhasen but, again, big corps investing more in -- & getting more from -- lobbying & hard $/bundling. -
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@kenvogel I'd like to see some empirical evidence to back that up. - 3 more replies
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