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MoveOn: We Have $3.5 Million Pledged For Primaries Against Dems Who Filibuster Health Care
MoveOn is serious about opposing Senate Democrats who join Republicans to block health care reform, announcing yesterday that they've built up over $3.5 million in pledges to fund primary challenges against any of them. While no specific Senator is mentioned, it should be noted that Sen. ...
MoveOn Steps Up Pressure On Senators Threatening To Filibuster Health Care Reform
pol.moveon.org — MoveOn Steps Up Pressure On Senators Threatening To Filibuster Health Care Reform Nov. 3, 2009 - Today, MoveOn.org Political Action released new radio ads calling on Senators Lincoln and Landrieu not to stand with obstructionist Republicans to block ... (more) MoveOn Steps Up Pressure On Senators Threatening To ...
RNC To On Blanche Lincoln: Don't Make Us Turn You Into John Kerry
RNC To On Blanche Lincoln: Don't Make Us Turn You Into John Kerry
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — As the full focus of the health care debate shifts to the Senate, the GOP has a tough job targeting nervous moderate Democrats. The easy part is taking advantage of Democratic Party rifts. Explaining the rules of parliamentary procedure? That's hard. ... (more) RNC To On Blanche Lincoln: Don't Make Us Turn You Into ...
LINCOLN'S NUMBERS TAKE A DOWNTURN
talkbusiness.net — From July to October, Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s poll numbers slipped according to our Talk Business Quarterly Poll of 600 likely Arkansas voters. Lincoln had a favorable rating of 42% in our most recent poll and an unfavorable rating of 46%. Ten ... (more) LINCOLN'S NUMBERS TAKE A DOWNTURN
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Weekend Opinionator: Are Democrats, Too, Facing a Civil War?
Opinionator — ... will start to wonder what will happen to their positions if they strike down the old rules. Robert Byrd will totter up and make a passionate speech evoking the sacred rules of the Senate and caucus and the move will die. But, by all means, let’s have Moveon.org get out there and run ads attacking their own members and running primary challenges. We’ll see if the media regards that with as much simulated dismay as they regarded the move to push out Dede Scozzafava. While MoveOn isn’t naming names at this point, Eric Kleefeld at TPM has a good guess: “While no specific Senator ...

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