Adapting to campaign finance rulings, Democrats build big-spending network

The Washington Post:
"Now comes the next tremor, as Democratic activists finalize plans for an entirely new political infrastructure in 2012. A network of liberal groups formed in recent weeks is poised to spend $200 million or more in support of President Obama and other Democrats, in large part by raising unlimited donations from wealthy donors.

The effort — spearheaded by a small group of vet­eran congressional and White House aides — represents the Democratic response to the electoral drubbing of 2010, when a coterie of conservativ"