Bloomberg News reports that the North Carolina host committee has raised only half of its $36.6 million goal for the convention. So how do the Democrats go about making up for the shortfall (and why are they planning to spend nearly $37 million to hold their convention in Charlotte)?
The answer to the latter question, in brief, is that North Carolina is expected to be among a handfull of states that may be able to deliver another term for Barry.
The answer to the former: having decided not to accept contributions from evil corporations, which they regard as mere "special interest" groups, the Dems are hitting up their old friends in the labor unions - which are notably free from the stain of the "special interest" label. So they're "reaching out" to the public employee unions (SEIU), the AFL-CIO, UAW, and Teamsters in hopes of getting them to fork over enough "member dues" to cover their little soiree.
After all, if there's one thing Chicago Democrats excel at, it's "reaching out". They invented "pay to play".
