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Activist Class War And Laughable Big Donor Threats

March 28, 2008 in Campaign 2008, House of Representatives by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Open Left.)

The funniest thing about the Liebercrat letter threatening Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC is the inflated sense of influence these donors think they have. 20 big donors threaten to pull their support for the DCCC, eh? Let’s just assume for a moment that all 20 maxed out to the DCCC in 2005-2006, collectively raising $500,000 for the organization. That’s pretty unlikely, but let’s just assume it for now.

For starters, in 2005-2006, the DCCC raised $140,000,000, and $500,000 a drop in the bucket. Second, small, online donors now completely swamp a handful of big donors in contributions to the party. In the month of February alone, small online donors raised $75,000,000 for Obama and Clinton combined, putting up, in one month, 150 times the entire amount these donors could have potentially (but didn’t) contribute to the DCCC in the 2006 election cycle.

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MoveOn takes on Clinton’s moneyed supporters

March 28, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via CNN.com.)

MoveOn.org, a grassroots powerhouse that supports Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, launched a fundraising drive Thursday to counter Sen. Hillary Clinton’s wealthy supporters.

Her supporters have recently argued with their checkbooks that superdelegates should vote their conscience at the Democratic National Convention in August.

MoveOn’s drive sets up a face-off that illustrates the widening gap in the Democratic Party between some of its traditional financial backers, many of whom support Clinton, and a Netroots donor base that leans toward Obama.

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