Elias Isquith — GOP donors threaten rebellion over shutdown

The ongoing government shutdown may be the the product of months of planning by the conservative grass-roots, but not everyone in the GOP is happy with the result.

According to a new report from the Washington Post, the Republican Party’s donor class is becoming increasingly uneasy with the government shutdown strategy and the ascendant Tea Party faction behind it, to the point that some donors may curtail their usual level of fundraising for the 2014 election....

“There are a lot of major donors who feel that until the Republican party can field people who have a vested opinion of what to do and to do it in a prompt and efficient way, we’re going to withhold giving money,” [former Republican National Committee finance chairman Al Hoffman Jr.] said.

Salon
GOP donors threaten rebellion over shutdown
Elias Isquith

The GOP power elite is deeply divided over strategy.