I didn't exactly see this coming: Republicans blaming their midterm shellacking on the nefarious influence of billionaires 1/ washingtonexaminer.com/news/paul-ryan… 
I found this article with a Google search, which looked like this 2/
Meanwhile, I've been reading a really interesting new political science book, which tells us that billionaires are, in general, very conservative and mostly back right-wing politicians and causes 3/ press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
For the most part, however, they do it quietly, because their positions are so unpopular. The relatively small number of liberal billionaires, by contrast, wear their political hearts on their sleeves 4/
What's worth noting, however, is that we're seeing another illustration of the right's bottomless cynicism. They'll use any tool at hand -- even class envy! -- in order to win lower taxes and less regulation 5/
