Reply #79: Way I see it,

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MoveOn.org and others like it have already split the party's money and volunteers. It was blatantly clear in this last campaign. The law saying that the party and 527s can't interact at all IS A GOOD ONE. They solicited absentee ballot requests, but never followed up with them. If the party and 527s could coordinate on the ground, local organizers would be killing each other. They ran ads that Kerry had to denounce because they were so outlandish. Bush didn't have to respond to their attacks, which were few and far between. Bush only had to be held accountable to what came out of Kerry-Edwards/DNC.

They are so easily painted as the extremists that few take them seriously when they're trumpeting.

MoveOn's methods are pathetic and receive my pity. I've seen first hand the blast emails and faxes from them in a Senator's office. I've answered the thousands of calls they can get made in a day. Most emails are trashed, and most calls are unanswered or dodged. I ran into volunteers this campaign cycle who refused to help the party because they were already helping ACT or MoveOn. Their ground games were months behind the party's, but people did just because "It's not the party."

We need ONE united front - not 8. Forget these party-splitting idiots.