The Koch Party

First Read comments on plans by the Koch brothers to spend nearly $900 million on the 2016 election noting that, “If the past is any indication, most — if not all — of that money will be in anonymous contributions not tracked by the Federal Election Commission. So fellow political reporters: Don’t rely on FEC data to tell you which party has the financial advantage in the upcoming presidential contest; those numbers are only telling you PART of the story.) ”

“The Koch Brothers and their backers have built an entire political party outside of the official Republican Party structure. It’s not too different from what organized labor did in the ’70s and ’80s. The big difference: There’s a lot more money and sophistication in today’s politics than what we saw 30-40 years ago.”