The interlocking web of activists, donors, and Democratic politics is difficult to unravel. Call it the Environmental Political Complex; a web of seamless connectivity that promotes incestuous relationships among advisors to green groups, political activists, governments, and partisan Democratic donors. They sit on each other's boards and foundations, they work in offices of friendly politicians, they're employed by various state governments, they lobby state and federal government, and they develop political strategies to advance their causes. And it's all financed by a select group of donors.
The right really has nothing like it, which puts it at a disadvantage. But this scandal, which has brought down the governor of Oregon, threatens to unravel some of the threads that bind these networks together. The last thing these people want is a light being shown on their activities. And Mr. Steyer, who threatened to primary Democrats who didn't agree with his extreme views on climate changes right smack dab in the middle of it.