Last Call

Thanks again, Supreme Court!

“While Obama and the DNC were wasting money producing false ads to run on DC television, we have been working with like-minded groups to launch a $50 million House Surge that strikes far beyond their 40-seat firewall, expanding the battlefield and forcing them to thin out the resources dedicated to vulnerable members,” American Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio wrote in an e-mail to reporters Wednesday morning.

The effort was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The ad blitz is set to begin this week, with the groups reportedly planning to target Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly.

The alliance is part of an ever growing list of conservative groups, including Americans for Job Security, the Club for Growth, the 60 Plus Association, and American Future Fund, pouring millions of dollars into House races. On Tuesday, POLITICO reported that the Center for Individual Freedom, another conservative group, was planning on spending $2 million in 10 House races.

Great to have tens of millions in anonymous donations spent to buy up midterm elections in the last 30 days, because that's clearly what our founding fathers meant by the preservation of free speech.  Meanwhile, who's spending money to buy those seats?  We'll never know.  You'd think even the Tea Party would feel uncomfortable about that, as they vow to never give a dime to the NRCC and all, but...they don't matter, folks.

Big money talks now, not teabags, not voters, not you and me.  And keeping those anonymous donors in money to donate is all that our political system exists to do now.