DNC rolls back restrictions on lobbyist donations (voters, campaign, democratic)

[PCALMike]

DNC rolls back restrictions on lobbyist donations | TheHill

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has dismantled the last of its prohibitions on receiving donations from lobbyists and political action committees.

The ban has been in place since 2008, when President Obama became the party’s presumptive nominee.

Campaign finance watchdog group Democracy 21 chided the DNC's decision, calling it "a major step in the wrong direction."

The reversal in policy "is in direct conflict with the American people’s deep concerns about the role of influence-money in Washington," said the group's president, Fred Wertheimer.

"The DNC is acting as if the party is blind to the anger and frustration with Washington that is being expressed by voters in both parties as the presidential nominating process unfolds."

The issue of money in politics has indeed loomed large in this year’s presidential race.

Hillary Clinton’s Democratic rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has boasted that his contributions have come in at amounts averaging $27 a pop. He says the corporate world and a rich donor class fund Clinton’s campaign.

More dark money will now flood in to attack Bernie. He certainly needs all the grassroots support he can get, either by donating 5 bucks here or 10 bucks there or volunteering here: map.berniesanders.com

[biscuitmom]

Bernie will benefit from the rollback too.

Sanders Record, Filings Show Benefits From Super PACS, Links to Wall Street Donors

[PCALMike]

Originally Posted by biscuitmom

Bernie will benefit from the rollback too.

Sanders Record, Filings Show Benefits From Super PACS, Links to Wall Street Donors

Lol, big nursing. A nursing union operating completely on its own travelling around the country with some of its union members in a bus to support Bernie.....that sure is the danger of big money influence today. Forget Goldman Sachs, the military industrial complex and the pharma drug cartels. Nurses are destroying the middle class.

I hope Obama make a statement about this rollback. The DNC needs to stop. If it gets wide attention, Hillary could lose even more support from ordinary Americans.