Support the poor yacht owners!

Californian State Republicans do!

Inspired by a blogger’s YouTube video, the Courage Campaign launched “Yacht Party” — a 30-second TV ad re-branding California Republicans as the “Yacht Party” for refusing to close a “yacht tax” loophole despite California’s massive $16 billion state budget deficit.

The ad attracted rave reviews, prompting United Healthcare Workers – West (SEIU-UHW) and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to team up with 558 Courage Campaign donors to fund the airing of “Yacht Party” across California, from CNN and MSNBC to The Daily Show and Colbert Report. The financial support for the ad from Speaker Nunez and members of SEIU-UHW catalyzed statewide newspaper coverage, forcing Republican Sam Blakeslee to defend his flip-flopping votes for and against the yacht tax “sloophole”.