Grass Roots Seen Key in 2004

The Washington Times ^ | August 16, 2004 | James G. Lakely

[fuzzy122]

" Evangelicals will be out in great numbers this election. "

This song says it all. These young Christian rockers are out to get 2,000,000 youth to vote. I ran across their site "http://www.redeemthevote.com/" and liked the song I heard there so much I made my own page for it.

MEGA-

GBGB [God Bless George Bush]

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Fuzzy

[fuzzy122]

Hidden Democratic Game Plan for 527s

If you thought the idea behind the 527s has been to buy TV ads attacking George Bush, you're wrong.

BusinessWeek revealed their hidden strategy in a small item that received little press attention. But it caught our eye.

So far, the pro-Kerry 527s have spent $33 million on TV ads bashing Bush.

But the same 527s, backed by Bush-hating billionaires like George Soros, have spent more than triple that amount - some $85 million -- on registering new (read Democratic) voters.

These voter registration drives are below the radar screen, but may prove decisive for the Democrats on Election Day.

Steve Rosenthal, head of one of the leading 527s, Americans Coming Together, says, "There has never been anything like this magnitude of voter contact in history."

Rosenthal doesn't lie. The Republicans -- already on track to be outspent by the Democrats by 2 to 1 -- have not mounted any comparative effort.

There is no hard data on how effective the grassroots voter efforts have been so far, but NewsMax hears that the 527s are pouring millions into building get-out-the-vote operations in two states: Florida and Ohio.

So much for Campaign Finance Reform!

MEGA-

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Fuzzy

[ultima ratio]

The 527 get-out-the-vote stuff is too little too late. Money can't buy the kind of organization Bush has--people who are networked, who are committed. The 527s are hiring strangers to knock on the doors of strangers--a huge and futile effort. Bush's people get the lists of names from churches and take it from there.

[fuzzy122]

"Money can't buy the kind of organization Bush has"

I hope you're right, but "some $85 million" not to mention the concert tour with Bruce et al...

MEGA-
I put together a page of info here about Kerry. Audio, video and articles. Check it out.

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Fuzzy

[jerry639]

Thank you for your kind words. Want to thank you for all your efforts during this campaign. You seem to have good knowledge of the political process and how to organize. We need thousands more like you. Again, thank you for all your effort.