June 01, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:This is a treasure from
This is a treasure from TNR:
But no matter how the ASDC is reorganized, it's unlikely to have the money to conduct the extensive issue ad campaigns on which both parties have lavished millions since the days of Dick Morris. It's here that Democrats hope liberal interest groups will pick up the slack. The problem, of course, is that a wave of chaotic, uncoordinated ads funded by a variety of liberal groups interested in different issues could do nearly as much harm as good. Enter Mike Lux, a veteran of People for the American Way and of Bill Clinton's Office of Public Liaison. Last year, long before it was clear McCain-Feingold would pass, Lux set up a group called the Progressive Donor Network to improve the electoral coordination and efficiency of liberal groups like the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). And McCain-Feingold's passage makes Lux's network much more powerful. "We're always going to do independent work," says NARAL's Kate Michelman. "But Mike Lux's group could help us think carefully about the issues that really are most mobilizing. We can save ourselves from duplicating efforts and coordinate where each of us is going to be."
Explain to me, please, how moving soft money from the Democratic party to a closely allied PAC is going to revolutionize our campaigns, except by making them less accountable? Posted by Jane Galt at June 1, 2002 01:50 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links