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[randomness]

Long and informative piece on the Koch brothers pulling back from this year's presidential race.

Koch allies say the brothers took tremendous interest in Bernie Sanders’ unlikely success — particularly his resonance with young voters who represent the future of the electorate — and drew stark conclusions about their own efforts. “Dumping hundreds of millions of dollars into elections doesn’t persuade enough people to achieve lasting change,” one Koch confidante says. “To achieve lasting change, the effort has to begin much earlier.”

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[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Trump has enough money of his own that he doesn't need the Koch brothers'. A number of saner conservatives also seem to want to avoid association with Trump, either out of an honest desire to avoid being associated with his overt racism or a fear that eventual anti-Trump backlash could hurt them and their interests.

also it wouldn't surprise me if they weren't choosing to concentrate more of their money on several of the Senate races around the country. Several Republican Senators are up for re-election or are retiring this go-around, and there's a strong Democratic campaign to "Take back the Senate!" I haven't seen a lot of analysis on what Congress is likely to look like after November, though.

[mangosteen]

Dumping hundreds of millions of dollars at getting the votes of a rapidly shrinking demographic doesn't persuade enough people to achieve lasting change, it's true.