Peeking behind a Bloomberg-friendly group

The Empire | Mar 29, 2012

It's a Free Country contributor Solomon Kleinsmith knocks down one myth about the No Labels group:

I actually applied for a job there a few months ago (that I wasn't qualified for and didn't get, but it was worth the shot), and during that process I was able to peek behind the curtain to some of what was going on as they were setting up shop. They certainly don't pay any better than any other political organization out there, in other words...terribly. They didn't have an advertising budget to speak of. Looking for cheap or free options was a part of nearly every conversation and the platform they bought to run their mini social media site for supporters is, to be kind, not top shelf. Their situation may have changed more recently, but on the face of it, if they're sitting on a mountain of Bloomberg money, they're hiding it well.

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