Friends for an Am Majority

<p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 22.799999237060547px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And the Kochs are by no means the only rich guys aiming to elect more Republicans. As Politico <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/paul-singer-republican-gop-fundraising-campaigns-donors-103600.html" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(157, 157, 157); text-decoration: none; max-width: 100%;">reported</a> Tuesday:<blockquote style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 1.4em 42px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; quotes: ''; max-width: 100%; line-height: 22.799999237060547px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: auto !important;">A group of major GOP donors, led by New York billionaire Paul Singer, is quietly expanding its political footprint ahead of the midterm elections in an increasingly assertive effort to shape the direction of the Republican Party.The operation was launched discreetly last year, with the previously unreported formation of a club called the American Opportunity Alliance to bring together some of the richest pro-business GOP donors in the country … Around the same time, Singer and his allies also formed a federal fundraising committee called Friends for an American Majority that raised big checks for a select list of the GOP’s most highly touted 2014 Senate hopefuls.Those candidates are among the big names expected at a two-day retreat organized by the American Opportunity Alliance set for the last week of February at a swanky Colorado resort. The closed-door event — which is also expected to draw House Speaker John Boehner and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte,according to Republicans familiar with the plans — is seen in GOP finance circles as a grand debut of sorts for Singer’s still-amorphous club. …[T]he list of big-name pols expected at the American Opportunity Alliance’s upcoming Colorado gathering highlights the influence that only a few big donors can command in the post-Citizens United era, when a small group of wealthy individuals can reorder elections with just a few huge checks.</blockquote><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 22.799999237060547px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Singer’s group is backing Alaska Senate Republican hopeful Dan Sullivan, who was appointed by Sarah Palin to serve as state natural resources commissioner. Sullivan used the position to advocate for his state’s right to exploit natural resources and against federal efforts to protect Alaskan land.===