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Betsy's Page: Moveon's war on Democratic moderates
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They'll eat their young. MoveOn seeking $$$ to fund challengers against Dems who #killbill http://bit.ly/3It8T9 11 days ago |
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Democratic civil war update: MoveOn raises $3.6 million to attack party moderates http://bit.ly/3It8T9 #tcot 13 days ago |
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RT @davidmesaaz: RT @Senate_GOPs: Far Left goes after moderate Senate Democrats: http://bit.ly/1HW0S2 || EAT YOUR OWN, DEMS. #dnc #tlot #p2 14 days ago |
Moveon's war on Democratic moderates
Betsy's Page —
While we pause from the wall-to-wall coverage of the "war within the Republican Party," we can pause to notice that there is a little internecine conflict over on the left. Byron York reports that Moveon.org has raised money to target Democratic moderates. They should acknowledge what the Republicans are starting to learn. Certain districts aren't ideologically one way or the other. The only way a candidate will win there is to play to the middle. Just as the Republicans should accept a Mike Castle in Delaware or a Mark Kirk in Illinois as the best they can do to win in those ...
STOP Pushing Out the Party’s Moderates!
RedState —
The extremists are taking over the party!
A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support “health care reform with a public option.” Now there’s an update: MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben says the group has raised $3,578,117 for the project and is thinking of new ways to punish errant Democratic lawmakers.
Haven’t we heard this somewhere before? ...
Democrats' Civil War, Continued
Power Line —
... Byron York has been following MoveOn.org's effort to enforce left-wing conformity on the Democratic Party. The latest news is that MoveOn has raised nearly $3.6 million to defeat any Senate Democrat who has the temerity to vote against government takeover of health care. Then there's this: ...
“Tolerance For Ye, But Not For We”
Shot in the Dark —
... : whenever liberals attack or mock anything about Republicans or (especially) conservatives, they are projecting or distracting. Two key Dem memes since the immediate aftermath of the 2008 elections have been…: What does Berg’s Seventh Law tell us? Yep. Projecting and distracting : A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support “health care reform with a public option.” Now there’s an update: MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben says ...
So, which party is riven by ideological disputes?
GayPatriot —
... opposition to the Speaker’s health care bill.” The party’s leadership may delay the vote slated for tomorrow on the bill as they struggle to find enough votes to pass it. No wonder they’re doing what they always do when they’re in a jam: blame Republicans.
Yeah, but if Republicans are so divided, um, how come they’re unified in opposing this big-government boondoggle?
As a further sign of discontent on the right, er, left, let’s not forget that
left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending ...
Weekend Opinionator: Are Democrats, Too, Facing a Civil War?
Opinionator —
... in Florida and elsewhere, as proof of deep, and perhaps disastrous, divisions inside the GOP. One publication recently dubbed it a “nightmare scenario” for Republicans. But MoveOn’s new threat of primary attacks on Democratic lawmakers suggests that the story might be a bit one-sided. Democrats who stray from progressive orthodoxy might be in for big trouble — and the divisions inside the Democratic party might be just as big a deal as the problems inside the GOP. By Friday, York had more details: MoveOn executive director Justin Ruben says the group has raised $3,578,117 ...
National Bung Pucker
Theo Spark —
... the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him? Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur. Democratic Civil War Update: MoveOn Raises $3.6 million to Attack Party ...
Dissecting Leftism — ... Ruben continues. "So if a member of the Democratic Congress joins with Republicans in the most important vote in a generation, then they certainly don't deserve a position of power controlled by Democrats." The latest statements from MoveOn and Democracy for America come amid continued media analysis of divisions in the Republican party. MoveOn's threats -- backed by millions of dollars and tens of thousands of progressive activists -- have received far less attention. SOURCE ***************** Heartburn for Obama On Tuesday evening, the ...
The obligatory “Newsweek dumps all over Palin” post
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . Not so for many of his friends in establishment media, who’ll be clucking in agreement with this sentiment tomorrow morning despite not worrying terribly much last November that Democrats might use their huge majority in Congress to ram through a Great Society II agenda. Funny how the virtues of moderation seem to reveal themselves only when it’s conservatives who are behaving immoderately. (Which, these days, it isn’t .) I wonder, does the fact that independents are starting to break big ...
