Conservative group with WH ties plans to spend $250 million against Dems in 2008 campaign

[rox63]

Holy shit! We'll have to fight off this behemoth as well as the RNC and other RW attack machines in this election.

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Freedom's Watch has loudly announced that there will be no limits to what it might do. From its $15 million summer ad campaign defending the Iraq strategy to its six-figure effort in the House special election in Ohio, the group has put Democrats on notice that its agenda will go far beyond the conservative principles of its largest financial backers.

"We're a permanent political operation here in town. We're not going to be Johnny One Note," said Joe Eule, executive director of the expanding group, a nonprofit organization that many are describing as the MoveOn.org of the right.

The current Freedom's Watch staff of about 20 will be more than doubled in the coming months. In December, the group lured Ed Patru, the message chief for House Republicans, away from Capitol Hill to run its aggressive communications arm.

The group's offices, above the posh Caucus Room restaurant downtown, are being outfitted with a modern studio so the staff can send ads to TV and radio stations across the country on a moment's notice.

And Freedom's Watch will have money -- a lot of money. While initial reports suggested a budget of $200 million, people who have talked to the group in recent weeks say the figure is closer to $250 million, more than double the amount spent by the largest independent liberal groups in the 2004 election cycle.

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Read the whole article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/19/AR2008011902309_pf.html

[DesertFlower]

1. that's when i'm going to open my checkbook.

we're going to have to fight back with every thing we have.

[DJ13]

2. ........aimed straight at a Hillary nomination

The GOP has been salivating for years about running against her.

They must think they have enough ammo to go after her.

[HughMoran]

Yep, they will just succumb to any other Dem

:eyes:

[Metric System]

6. Oh, please!

The ammo is ready for ANY Democratic candidate. Do you already forget the way they went after Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry? Yes, they will obviously go after Hillary, but they will also be going after Obama if he's the nominee and don't think otherwise.

[rox63]

7. I agree - They will try to crush the Dem nominee like a bug - whoever it is n/t

[DesertFlower]

9. yes. they have.

they're going to bring up all the old crap, i.e., clenis, whitewater, vince foster's suicide.

[sharp_stick]

10. Jesus this is getting lame

I can't wait for this kind of drivel to end

[HughMoran]

3. Hmmm, looks like war

They better fucking watch what they say and do - I will not tolerate this election getting co-opted by a RW group again. I will fight them in any and every way necessary to ensure a fair election.

[movonne]

4. Some of us think this election is rigged....mccain and lieberman...

[Inuca]

5. Scary and an eye opener

as a side note, their pro-war were extremely well done.

[jakefrep]

8. This is old news...

The DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen pointed this out a month ago. The money isn't targeted just for the presidential race - it's targeted against Democrats at all levels.

[rox63]

12. The Dems will need some big-money allies on their side to fight off these assholes n/t

[Lucinda]

11. Unless they can erase the minds of every American for that 250 mil

it won't be enough. :)