Reply #44: Lordy, I think I figured out why they want to do this

[Love Bug]

Here's a quote from an American Prospect Online article about the possible candidacy of Al Gore in 08:

To be clear, there is no sign that Gore is preparing for a campaign. His spokesperson, Josh Cherwin, assured me that “there is no ’08 story.” MoveOn’s Wes Boyd notes that Gore has not parlayed his association with MoveOn into a fund-raising list. He has built no personal Web site, and Markos Moulitsas Zunigas, founder of DailyKos, the largest progressive political blog, noted in an e-mail that Gore has made no effort to engage with the netroots save for his association with MoveOn. “I’m personally focused on elections,” he wrote, “and in that regard, he’s yesterday’s news and will remain so unless he decides to reenter electoral politics.”

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=11299

Krikey, they want to make sure Gore, or any other Dem candidate, can't rely on DailyKos and MoveOn's "clout" to help their candidacy. I'm sure this is not a concern for repukes because they'll just cheat anyway, but if these rules pass, DailyKos, MoveOn and even DU will be monitored closely and accused of taking money from candidates in order to justify shutting us down. That's my take on this.