"Democrats Raise $80 Million to Fund 'Thinking' "

Ha ha! ScrappleFace:

In a novel approach for the Democrat party, a group of left-leaning investors said it has raised $80 million in pledges to fund thinking, in hopes that thought and actual policies might be the secret to victory in coming elections.

The dramatic reversal of strategy comes not from the Democrat National Committee (DNC) itself, but from a group of 80 wealthy progressives who each pledged $1 million in an effort to emulate the conservative think-tanks which have developed during the past three decades.

"People need something to believe in," said one unnamed investor in the new Democracy Alliance. "We Democrats have always believed, but now we're looking for that 'something' -- you know, a concept or principle or idea...whatever that means."

Hilarious!

The $80 million is only seed money, organizers said, toward an eventual $200 million investment in thinking and policy creation.

If this were real, it would cost them a lot more than that!