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In reply to the discussion: Alan Grayson: attacking Syria is the "wrong decision," Obama "boxed himself in" w/the "redline" [View all]railsback
(1,881 posts)Grayson has an image to uphold as the anti-establishment representative, so that means no big corporate monies. Grayson will always be a target of the Right, so he needs a big war chest to fight them off. He learned that lesson his first stint, much like Clinton learned his first term that he wasn't going to be the uber liberal president he wanted to be when faced with Congressional realities. Grayson can't raise enough money off his constituents, so he uses national fundraising sites. And what better way to raise funds than to come to a place like this and tap into the anger? Note he shows up at sites after a few days of the priority 'scandal', and parrots everyone's fears.
He tried to lead the charge against the anti-ACA crowd and paid for it. Now he sits back and lets the meme be written first. Tell me you wouldn't do the same thing?
Don't get me wrong, I like Grayson. I just realize that he's being smarter about keeping himself in office.