Insiders are dreaming up how to maximize a recent Supreme Court ruling that frees up some big donors to give even more.
A prominent idea: create a new class of donors who contribute a total of six- or seven-figures to each of three party committees and spread cash to endangered lawmakers. In exchange, the big-money givers would get something of an “all access pass” that comes with perks from the big three national committees, like face time with top officials.
Of course Roberts told us that this wouldn’t happen, or that the FEC or Congress would easily fix it.
And don’t delude yourselves. Many Democratic party operatives are delighted with McCutcheon.
P.S. Someone should collect all the statements from the deregulationists who said getting rid of aggregate limits is no big deal and it wouldn’t lead to multi-million dollar checks and the emergence of soft money.