Posted on 08/29/2006 8:39:22 AM PDT by IrishMike
Congressman Rahm Emanuel, who leads the Democrats' efforts to retake the House and Senate, is criticizing two of his party's leading allies - George Soros and MoveOn.org - for spending too little on the midterm elections. "In the 2004 election there were some very active players who, as far as I can tell, have now decided they're neither going to be involved in the field, advertising or anything," Emanuel told the Daily News. "Do you know where they are?"
In 2004, Soros and other wealthy Democrats poured more than $200 million into so-called 527s, which supplemented the campaign of John Kerry. Political campaigns are legally barred from coordinating strategy with the independent groups, but they vastly strengthened the Democrats' field organizing.
This year, there are no important national 527s supporting the Democrats, with many donors disillusioned by both Kerry's defeat and how little infrastructure their 2004 spending left behind.
On the right, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a big business lobby, is underwriting an independent campaign on behalf of Republican candidates. The one group that has intervened on behalf of the Democrats is MoveOn's political action committee, which ran hard-edged anti-Republican advertisements in key districts - then took them off the air, leaving Emanuel fuming.
"MoveOn goes into four districts, advertises, does a great job in each of those districts, and they literally moved on. The election is in November, and they moved on in June," he said. "I'm like, ‘What is going on here?' I don't get it. I'm bewildered. Do you think for a moment the Chamber of Commerce will not run another ad in one of these campaigns?"
MoveOn.org's Washington director, Tom Matzzie, responded sharply to Emanuel's criticism, saying the group had made an early impact in key races and plans to spend $25 million this year.
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When the GOP holds on to both houses in 2006, Dems should learn that there is a God in heaven.
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Amen
Either that or they realize that the electorate won't like what they see should the Dems take one or both chambers and queer the deal for HRC in '08.
nerd here.
I have to say, though, that Agamemnon dying was one of the good things about the aftermath of Troy....geez what a loser.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691904/posts
From a thread posted earlier, bad news for the Drats,
from none other than the NY Slimes.
Rahm and Schumer define gutter politics.
typical dim mantra... 'gimme, gimme, gimme, then gimme some more'
Thanks for the link to the maps. That is good news.
LoL.....
"MoveOn goes into four districts, advertises, does a great job in each of those districts, and they literally moved on.
MoveOn moved on..........who'd a thunk?
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