Democrats Grabbed By The Short Hairs
Left wing extremist group MoveOn.org is threatening all Democrat Senators running for POTUS, that if they don’t filibuster the bill that funds the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, without a timetable for withdrawal, MoveOn.org is gonna throw a hissy fit and defund the Democrats—which could REALLY hurt.
Jeez, do we really want MoveOn.org running the country? If you do, be sure to vote for a Democrat.
Sheesh!
Or, alternately, if you did not want the Democratic politicians beholden to MorveOn.org one could give more money and support to the Democratic candidates than MoveOn.org had.
Comment by Dave Barrett | December 10, 2007
This was a bad politically public move by Moveon. No matter how it all follows its puts the Democrats, who have been screaming how Republicans are bought and sold by special interests, in a bad light.
Comment by thescoundrel | December 11, 2007
I agree this was a really stupid move by MoveOn and it puts the Dems in a bad spot.
If they do filibuster, the Dems will be seen as caving to special interests and as pawns and tools of the extremist wing of their party.
If they don’t back a filibuster, MoveOn will probably finance some one to run against them—-or maybe something worse.
I don’t think the lack of MoveOn moolah would hurt Obama or Hillary much—-they’ve got boatloads of cash, but it could hurt Dodd and Biden, not that they’re exactly in the hunt.
No matter, it was a bad move to make these threats public.
Comment by qcexaminer | December 11, 2007