Conservatives question US Chamber's plan to spend millions to defeat Tea Party style candidates in 2014
SUMMARY
So this article talked about how the US Chamber of Commerce is going to back "pro-business" candidates this next election. This stemmed from frustration over the shutting down the government issue that took place a few months ago. “We will support candidates who want to work within the legislative process,” said Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue. They are annoyed with the extreme factions that have aligned themselves with tea-parties.
The chamber, one of the country's richest lobbies, said they would spend $50 million in this year’s GOP primaries to back establishment Republicans over Tea Party challengers. of Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, which often backs Tea Party candidates, said that he thought that the chamber only seemed interesting in backing incumbents. Donohue concluded by saying, "If you can't make them see the light, then at least make them feel some heat."
ANAYLSIS
This goes back to when we were talking about lobbyist and special interest groups. Here is where you see them at work. The US Chamber of Commerce is working the political channels in order to get their needed things done.
I thought that this article was really interesting to read. It really shows the different characteristics of each party in a more blunt fashion. Really, these politicians all just seem immature to me. I feel as though they are both to stubborn in their thought to get passed bias and pride and actually solve an issue or too.
The need for compromise reveals itself in this scenario. Both ideals here have something to contribute to the country, if we were willing enough to at least come to terms with the other side. This mudslinging and undermining is counterproductive. We're fighting ourselves more than we are fighting real issues. I'm not sure that I like the fact that elections are being swayed so much by people with deep pockets and shallow brains.
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