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thehill.com - 26 days ago
Liberal groups threatens centrists with primaries
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Liberal groups announced today that they've raised millions of dollars to fund primary campaigns against any Democratic senator who joins Republicans in filibustering healthcare reform. MoveOn and Democracy for America (DFA) told supporters in an email that they've raised over $3 million to ...

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SSP Daily Digest: 11/6
Swing State Project — ... ? Primaries: MoveOn and DFA are allocating millions of dollars to potential primary challenges against any Democrats who join a Republican filibuster on health care. (The only one who's on the fence about that and actually up in 2010 is Blanche Lincoln, and nobody of consequence has stepped up to primary her from the left yet, although Lt. Gov. Bill Halter has alluded to the idea.) ...

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