Left’s cash crushing right
By Alexander Bolton
Posted: 06/03/08
The Hill
Democratic voter enthusiasm, which has fueled their candidates’ presidential campaigns, has also stuffed the coffers of liberal groups that will spend tens of millions of dollars to swing the November elections.
Left-wing fundraising is crushing the efforts of their counterparts on the right.
“Conservatives are completely outmanned, outnumbered and out-financed,” said David Bossie, president of Citizens United, one of the few conservative groups that has announced plans to spend millions this fall. “We have to work harder.”
Bossie ticked off a list of pro-Democratic groups such as MoveOn.org and the Center for American Progress: “They’ve put together an incredible operation to try and win the White House back.”
Liberal groups such as these are preparing to shift to general-election campaign mode as Democrats finish a grueling five-month primary season.
The protracted battle between Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has split the party along lines of race and class, but groups funded by labor unions, trial lawyers and environmentalists have kept a singular focus: winning the White House and expanding the Democratic majorities in Congress.
Major Democratic allies such as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the AFL-CIO are planning to spend record amounts to elect Democrats to Congress and the White House.
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Posted: 06/03/08
The Hill
Democratic voter enthusiasm, which has fueled their candidates’ presidential campaigns, has also stuffed the coffers of liberal groups that will spend tens of millions of dollars to swing the November elections.
Left-wing fundraising is crushing the efforts of their counterparts on the right.
“Conservatives are completely outmanned, outnumbered and out-financed,” said David Bossie, president of Citizens United, one of the few conservative groups that has announced plans to spend millions this fall. “We have to work harder.”
Bossie ticked off a list of pro-Democratic groups such as MoveOn.org and the Center for American Progress: “They’ve put together an incredible operation to try and win the White House back.”
Liberal groups such as these are preparing to shift to general-election campaign mode as Democrats finish a grueling five-month primary season.
The protracted battle between Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has split the party along lines of race and class, but groups funded by labor unions, trial lawyers and environmentalists have kept a singular focus: winning the White House and expanding the Democratic majorities in Congress.
Major Democratic allies such as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the AFL-CIO are planning to spend record amounts to elect Democrats to Congress and the White House.
(Continued here.)
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