Democrats Get Late Donations From Business

From the New York Times courtesy of AlterNet:

Corporate America is already thinking beyond Election Day, increasing its share of last-minute donations to Democratic candidates and quietly devising strategies for how to work with Democrats if they win control of Congress.

The shift in political giving, for the first 18 days of October, has not been this pronounced in the final stages of a campaign since 1994, when Republicans swept control of the House for the first time in four decades.

Though Democratic control of either chamber of Congress is far from certain, the prospect of a power shift is leading interest groups to begin rethinking well-established relationships, with business lobbyists going as far as finding potential Democratic allies in the freshman class — even if they are still trying to defeat them on the campaign trail — and preparing to extend an olive branch the morning after the election.

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No surprise here. The corporations don't really care which party is in power as long as they're beholden to corporate interests. Bunch a fucking sleaze bags. But just because it's no surprise is no reason not to worry. The GOP dominated Congress' biggest problem isn't that they are conservative, although that is a problem: their biggest problem is that they absolutely depend on corporate campaign contributions in order to stay in power; obviously, such money comes with many strings attached. Democrats are no different. They need that money, too, so they'll take it. And, once elected, they will continue to need that corporate money continually coming in, which means that they won't do anything to offend their money tree. In other words, we may be looking at the seeds of Democratic self-destruction, which is something that they're pretty good with all by themselves. And you can bet your butt that the Republicans aren't going to be as timid as their opponents when it comes to attacking the majority party on corruption. If the Dems take over, it could get pretty bad.

At least I'll have plenty to blog about.

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