First, whenever Tea Party comes up, bunch of people say "but Koch brothers!" That's not even really true, and also, if so—what's the lesson?
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Replying to @zeynep
Like it or not, Tea Party was a movement; it did mobilize; and *yes* some groups & money in the Repub orbit swooped in to catalyze effect.
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And, arguably, as I argued long before the election when I pointed out that Trump was viable via the Tea Party base, the Tea Party is+
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..among the most consequential mobilizations/political movements in recent history. Having a billionaire backer helps, but if it were that+
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..easy, why doesn't a billion or two on the other side work the same way? There are lessons here for paths of mobilization & consequences.
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youre understating the extent of the Koch network, after reading Dark Money theyre literally an entire parallel party to GOP.
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Replying to @ActuallyImGood @zeynep
to say a "billion or two" is to minimize what is in essence an entire party apparatus from grassroots to Washington.
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Sanders alone raised quarter of a billion. The money is not as mismatched as how it is organized and mobilized.
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true but that's 1/3 of what the Koch's spent in 2016 none of which even went to the presidential race..
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my point is that the Koch's are organized and mobilized, they have 1600 staff most of it geared towards state level races/issues
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Focusing on state level issues seems like a pretty good strategy actually...
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