Democratic Donors Regroup, Consider Lawsuit

The new marching orders for Democratic donors: Give more money to state level causes so they can nurture support for such progressive ideas as income equality and climate change at the ground level and lift all of the party's electoral boats.

That's the conclusion of the Democracy Alliances' Fall investment conference, a gathering of left-leaning sugar-daddies, some of whom are still chafing at the Senate losses in the 2014 midterms. Among their other prescriptions for curing Democrats' problems: bring a class-action lawsuit against the lousy polling outfits that dominated—and misdirected—the narratives of the most competitive races. Stephen Susman, a plaintiffs attorney from Texas who gave money to senatorial losers Mark Udall of Colorado and Mark Begich of Alaska, compared the 2014 pollsters to the bond rating companies circa 2008. "We need polling companies that aren't paid by the candidates," he said.