Democrats' 'Star Chamber' Back in Session

The Politico reports that the super-rich donors of the Democratic Party are meeting in Washington this week after the two-day Democracy Alliance gathering to map out their spending strategy for the 2008 elections. Who said money corrupts, anyway?

Sources involved in the nascent effort said representatives of Democratic powerhouses like MoveOn.org and the Service Employees International Union, along with super-wealthy individuals like the fund manager George Soros, are hashing out the details of a planned independent effort that could finance tens of millions of dollars of television advertisements.

But when they meet after the two-day conference of the Democracy Alliance in Washington, D.C., this week, the donors will aim not to repeat what they see as the mistakes of the last presidential campaign.

Unlike in 2004, the donors will probably put the field organizing in the hands of existing liberal groups, including environmental and labor organizations.

In addition to spending $135 million on a losing effort in 2004, mega donors such as George Soros got alot of criticism from a public who once thought it was the Republican Party who bought elections. If the article is correct, it looks like these large Dem donors are now going to be using established "grassroots" liberal organizations as fronts for their financing. It will be interesting to see how this is going to be reported on in the mainstream media. Rich Democrats 'purchasing' existing non-profit advocacy groups to do their bidding. Nice.