further to the left. chris is our fox news digital politics editor. they report on how this will involve union big whigs in chicago, bill de blasio, the mayor of new york and including white house representatives like their political director getting together to decide whether we re going to go as far left as hillary clinton or super left over to elizabeth warren or mayor mayor de blasio land. what is secret is the fact democrats have as much as they would like to talk about the coke brothers, about charles and david coke and oh my goodness. they have a little coke envy. koch. of their own. somebody would make a foolish choice like mr. stier who by the way makes his money and rely
politics and money have created a target. for a look beyond here is a commentary. there is no sadder sight than an aging politician stricken by the thought that he may lose his job people like harry reid are having a monumental crisis. people have made a living out of name calling. reid is wearing himself out on the senate floor attacking the two men in america who could reduce him to life as an ordinary citizen. charles and david coke. dumping millions with lots more to come, not just the mid term election but the big one in 2016. shaping up to what may be the best weapon in years.
david coke get together with other very wealthy people around palm springs. they try to hold the seminars in as much secrecy as possible. this was outside the coke s desert summit in 2011, and that was an off year for politics. but that year people did find out in advance where they were going to and when they were going to be there, and there was sort of a welcome party in reverse for the cokes and thash rich allies that year. that was 2011 when the cokes and their friends were presumably planning their strategy for the next election cycle. the next election cycle, of course, was 2012. a few weeks ago the washington post tallied up all the money the cokes and their network raised for the 2012 election cycle. and by the post s accounting, it looks like something on the order of about $400 million just for the 2012 election torn down into a warrant of most with
democratic party has been as formidable, forceful or well organized as the right wing of the republican party. i agree with that. got nothing on david coke. chris and sally and ron, thanks to all of you for being here. hang around so we can talk bestman in the next hour. up next, it looks like janet yellen, the first woman to head the reserve is going to make it through the confirmation process. that story is next.
backing these ads. these are billionaires, several times over. it s the coke brothers, charles and david coke, strongly conservative mysterious billionaires who are behind the ads. tax records show the producer got $5 million from a group called freedom writers, and three out of the five directors from freedom partners. they said their directors have expertise in different areas and rely on the expertise. is the money for your group coming directly or indirecty from the coke brothers, yes or no? we have a variety of donors and we protect their