Looks like an interesting election cycle to come.
"Democracy Alliance"?
Souldn't it be called "Socialism Alliance"? Truth in advertising, after all.
But of course what the Left does isn't "thinking", it's "feeling".
This'll last until Soros & Bing walk in and write checks for $80 million. After that (election '06), it'll go the way of Americans Coming Together.
That's not enough money. Send more and I'll give them the name and address to make the check out to.
Seems like a millionaire liberal box social, Thats 80 Mil...Mil...MILLON
One. There are already some liberal think tanks and foundations - like Brookings, the Rand (usually), the Ford, Rockefellar and Carnegie foundations and many others. I guess they are not liberal enough for the new Dean-wing running the party.
Two. It won't make any difference. Lying with the data/research is no different than lying on the oped page and sooner or later the amount of money you spend spinning the lies brings diminishing returns.
Three. You can expect 99% of the money to be spent on learning better ways to present the lies of the left and and ways to try harder to hide the fact that they are lies.
Question: How are conservatives like Wal-Mart?
Answer: Wal-Mart gradually built up an infrastructure by figuring out how to serve those marginal groups and areas other retailers had ignored in favor of the "commanding heights" of the economy. In the process, they learned how to produce more efficiently and by the time they went into direct competition against the flabby mainstream guys, they blew them off the map.
Conservatives were systematically shut out of the "commanding heights" of the intellectual and media ecosystem. They were forced to go back to basic principles and learn how to organize and promote their ideas anyway.
Meanwhile, liberals lounged around, comfortable in their exclusive control of what would be discussed in the national conversation. With what seems like great suddenness, they lost this control and have been floundering ever since.
It's just not fair.
Give grudging credit where some credit is due. Perhaps these think tanks will act to moderate the flaming liberal agenda. Hillary Clinton already is trying to position herself in the Great Moderate Center of America. I suspect that this recent move is due to Bill and Hallary's influence. The next election will be very interesting!
They just don't get it, thankfully. The Dems still believe that if they can just get their message out better to the American people, they will win. The problem is that they are still stuck in the 60's and 70's and have no positive agenda or original ideas. It's the message, stupid,.
Multi-million dollar 527s failed, now they're raising millions for another approach....how about admitting your ideas are WRONG!
This is impossible. The Dems represent the poor. How can they have that many millionaires willing to donate such $$$???
Oh yea, even the old Soviet Union and China have their wealthy communists. They find it important to keep a group of rich, well fed, caviar eating, cigar smoking, limo riding, people to take care of the poor.
I am sure that these folks consider this an investment in their future if the party ever comes to power.
Hard to believe the anti-capitalists have that much money to donate to this cause. I have to wonder where they stole it from.
Millions and millions and millions and millions and now they say, "Eureka, we've figured it out!! We need to be just like you!!!!!" Pardon me, but LOL!
Does this qualify as a "Liberal Epiphany?" More LOL!!
Actually , the BIG LIE has already started...since any "THINKING" that the libs might do, is NOT about America, is NOT about what America needs, is NOT about a non-selfish agenda for America, is NOT about the citizens of America....IT WOULD ONLY BE ABOUT HOW TO REGAIN POWER AND CONTROL. NOTHING else. A socialist by any other name...
"the tide is changing!",
"with the right candidate and the right resources, you can win any seat",
"I predict 2006 is going to be one of the best Democrat elections of all time".
All this from Dems who LOST their last elections.
I'd say it was throwing good money after bad, but their money isn't good, either.
Kinda brought public education to mind; they keep doing the wrong stuff, and when it doesn't work they ask for more money to keep doing the wrong thing. That's also very close to the definition of insanity.
The $80 mil is probably for travel, lodging, and meals for their elite "thinkers". There won't be much thinkin' goin' on.