MSNBC Mocks Democrats #39; Hypocritical And Ineffective Koch Brothers Strategy
MSNBC Mocks Democrats #39; Hypocritical And Ineffective Koch Brothers Strategy (September 29, 2014)
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Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, is seen in this May 21, 2013 photo in Washington, DC. Win McNamee, Getty Images
A key contest in the fight for control of the Senate could turn on the outcome of an arcane legal argument Monday over whether Democrats must field a candidate against struggling Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts.
The case before a Topeka court centers on whether a state election law requires Democrats to pick a new candidate after ex-nominee Chad Taylor withdrew earlier this month. Some Democrats pushed Taylor out, viewing independent candidate Greg Orman as the stronger rival for Roberts and hoping to avoid a split in the anti-Roberts vote that would help the GOP incumbent stay in office.
Republicans need to gain six seats for a Senate majority, and the GOP has always counted on Roberts winning in a state that has elected only Republicans to the chamber since 1932. However, Roberts has struggled after a bruising primary and questions about his residency in Kansas.
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Greg Orman, an independent Senate candidate from Kansas, tells CBS News' Nancy Cordes how he'll decide which party to caucus with if he wins.
Orman, a 45-year-old Olathe businessman, is running as a centrist - promising to caucus with whichever party has a majority and play kingmaker if neither does.
"What I've suggested about that is if one party is in the majority in Congress, it's going to serve the voters of Kansas for me to caucus with that party in the majority," Orman told CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes.
The high-profile Republicans now streaming into Kansas to campaign with Roberts have charged that Orman is simply an unofficial Democrat.
"If he's independent I'm an astronaut," Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said. Along with McCain, Republicans like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Sen. Bob Dole have gone to Kansas to help the 78-year-old incumbent.
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ALBANY - GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, the county executive in Westchester, received $907,669 in campaign donations from dozens of companies that got county contracts, according to a report to be released Tuesday.
The 47 companies, their principals, and subsidiaries that gave to Astorinos campaigns since 2009 received a combined 236 contracts worth $709 million, the report by the state Democratic party reveals.
Astorino has been critical of Gov. Cuomo for presiding over what he calls Albanys pay-to-play culture. He recently issued a 100-page report detailing $2.7 million in donations Cuomo received since 2010 from companies that won a combined $7.2 billion in state contracts.
The Democrats on Monday branded Astorino a hypocrite.
"From the perch of his glass house, pay-to-play Republican Rob Astorino likes to scold others about fund-raising practices he has been the poster child for, state Democratic spokesman James Freedland said.
Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud denied any pay-to-play, saying that county contracts are competitively bid and must also be approved unanimously by a county board that includes the Democratic chairman of the Board of Legislators.
He doesnt unilaterally approve anything on his own, Proud said.
Among the contributions to Astorino highlighted in the report is $59,550 from the lawyers at Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, which received $8.65 million in county contracts.
The accounting firm of OConnor Davies Munns & Dobbins, which has $2.8 million in county contracts, contributed $30,550 to Astorinos campaigns.
And Astorino received $95,000 from those with ties to Sustainable Playland Inc., Astorinos preferred operator of Playland Amusement Park in Rye, which stepped away earlier this year after two years of legal and political battles.
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Democrats for Good Governance-DGG says, JONATHAN MUST DECLARE NOW
2015: JONATHAN MUST DECLARE NOW-DGG.
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