In Democrat Sen. Mark Udall’s race for re-election in Colorado, following the money will lead you back to “some interesting alliances — an industry lobby, an environmentalist group, and the Democratic leadership.” The Washington Examiner,
“Tom Kiernan is CEO of the American Wind Energy Association [AWEA] — the main lobby group for the wind industry. Kiernan is also the treasurer of the League of Conservation Voters, a politically active non-profit, and sits on LCV’s board…
“While AWEA runs the happy pro-Udall ad, LCV plays bad cop. “The Koch Brothers are steering a million dollars into misleading ads to buy one of their biggest allies a promotion to the Senate,” LCV President Gene Karpinski said as the group rolled out its independent expenditure campaign against Gardner. “But Cory Gardner and his oil billionaire backers will find that the facts are not for sale.”
“So LCV and AWEA have quite the overlap in politics and personnel. AWEA is the nice guy and the industry representative. LCV is the attack dog and the environmentalist non-profit…
“LCV also has an interesting overlap with the Democratic Party. LCV’s board included Obama confidant John Podesta, until Podesta joined the Obama White House as a counselor.”
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