I've posted on here about CounterPAC before. We didn't crush it but we learned a lot for just $500k and we took out one terrible incumbent.
Zephyr Teachout wrote a great history of corruption, I'm still reading it now, but you can get a good taste from this NYT review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/books/review/zephyr-teacho...
I'll also mention that our biggest challenge to scaling this is money. If you know people who would be interested in donating, please hit me up at jim@counterpac.org. You can also send PayPal donations there if you're so inclined!
https://www.highly.co/article/547af11a6c696c7d69220000/user/...
If you want you can sign up using code 'hellohighly'
https://medium.com/@jimgreer/us-elections-are-bigger-than-ad...
Here's the key message:
> Why do our leaders have to spend half their time raising money? Why is a former cable company lobbyist running the FCC? Why has Wall Street largely returned to risky business as usual after the taxpayers bailed them out?
> I think it’s because the power of the private sector is on the wrong side. Innovative startups are not fixing this problem. In fact the innovative startups are growing up to join trade associations and lobby Congress, just like every Fortune 500 company does. It’s understandable. Companies have opinions about their issues. But it’s gotten out of control.
Also, let's play a game of poker if you're in the Bay Area.
You can join my poker league! I'm in New York now but the league goes on, and I'll be back in August.
The message is slightly different, but the tactics seems identical. I'm always for the experimentation that comes with a new approach, but competition for funds and candidate engagement here could hurt.
Update: Jim is on the board of MayDay
CounterPAC is pressuring candidates to run their races cleanly . We don't care about their legislative positions. Just how they run their race - which is immediately measurable and actionable.
Republicans have a hard time with their party leadership if they sign on for reform legislation. They are pretty free to run their race however they want, as long as they win.