MoveOn To Reid And Van Hollen: Sorry, We’re Not Backing Off

[babylonsister]

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/president-obama/moveon-to-reid-and-van-hollen-sorry-were-not-backing-off/

MoveOn To Reid And Van Hollen: Sorry, We’re Not Backing Off


MoveOn has a message for Harry Reid, DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen, and anyone else who may want the group to stop pressuring moderate Dems to support the President’s agenda: Forget about it.

MoveOn officials privately told people close to Van Hollen that they will keep targeting moderate Dems with ads, calls, and emails when circumstances warrant, according to a source familiar with their discussions.

Both Reid and Van Hollen recently signaled displeasure with outside groups such as MoveOn and Americans United for Change, questioning the pressure they were putting on moderates to back Obama’s budget. Reid called it “unwise and unhelpful,” while Van Hollen warned of a “circular firing squad.”

In MoveOn’s first public response to Reid and Van Hollen, MoveOn’s executive director, Justin Ruben, politely rejected their admonitions and pointed to the high-levels of Dem unity in passing the budget yesterday.

“Our ads, calls, and e-mails had one simple goal: Encourage constituents to call their Member of Congress and support legislation that’s critical to reviving our economy,” Ruben said in a statement emailed my way. “Educating and engaging citizens around key issues like the budget is an important part of the Democratic process, it’s core to MoveOn’s mission, and we’ll continue to use these tools to make change.”

“We will continue to advocate on our issues with moderates,” added Lauren Weiner, a spokesperson for Americans United for Change.

MoveOn officials argue that the groups ran ads and calls pressuring key moderate, wavering Dems who eventually backed Obama’s budget, including Senator Mark Warner, Rep Baron Hill and others. While it’s unclear whether the ads swung their votes, MoveOn officials argue, they certainly didn’t hurt the cause.

So expect more like this.

[MzNov]

1. Yes!

No spineless wimps in MoveOn. :bounce:

I've been impressed with them for a long time. We are lucky to have them on our side.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Good!

[newtothegame]

3. What happened to MoveOn.org's anti-war mission? n/t

[Occam Bandage]

5. It's shifted to domestic priorities. They've shifted their major focus several times.

Keep in mind that they are, after all, called "MoveOn;" they were founded as a "shut up about Monica already" Clinton-defense organization.

[lyonn]

4. Yup, give Obama a chance

He appears to be doing what we elected him to do. He couldn't possibly mess things up as bad as the RW and so far he is looking stellar! We don't need a handful of Dems trying to stop the momentum. The dissenters should have run for Pres and Win..... that's the trick.

[Juche]

6. I just donated to moveon

I haven't been donating to political causes since the election ended, but this was worth donating to.

[derby378]

7. I got a list of demands...

Just because the election is over doesn't mean it's time for me to sit down and shut up.

http://www.spike.com/video/list-of-demandssaul/2656171

[gizmo1979]

8. Excellent

let the rats fry!They're worse then the republicans,at least we know where we stand with them.

[lyonn]

9. I suspect they are more interested in being re-elected

in their State than truly representing their country that is drowning. So they may disagree on some issues, does that mean they sink the ship (Obama's goal of raising our economy from the bottom up). Trickle down has never worked.

[Skidmore]

10. I want them to go one step further and to inform them that if

we learn of corruption by members of Congress on our side we will replace them. Period. I've been saying this on these forums for years now. We need to clean house. That's why we end up with the drivel we get for legislation. Clean house.

[Canuckistanian]

11. I wish they'd stop using the term "moderate Dem"

Obama is a "moderate Dem"

These Blue Dog idiots are full-blown Right Wing and a disgrace to the people who voted for them. If they had wanted Repubs, they'd have voted for a Repub.

[wroberts189]

15. Clever trick eh? ..paint themselves as "centrist" "moderate" spin spin spin....

CONSERVADEMS
CONSERVADEMS
CONSERVADEMS
CONSERVADEMS
CONSERVADEMS

[TornadoTN]

12. Good for MoveOn - no more donations to the DCCC and other groups

Especially that spineless urchin Harry Reid. Just got a call a couple nights ago from the DCCC begging for money to fight the right-wing. I told them that they had better clean their own house of the turncoats before they go after Republicans.

My money will be going to MoveOn & groups supporting the President's cause.

[bvar22]

13. MoveOn is also pushing for Single Payer.

Please go sign the petition!

Stand With Dr. Dean

During the election, President Obama proposed a health care plan that would give every American the freedom to choose between keeping their private insurance—if they have any—and choosing a universally available public health insurance option like Medicare.

But for-profit insurance companies and HMOs are already working hard to strip this public health insurance option from any upcoming health care bill. They don't want us to have a choice, and they'll stop at nothing to kill real reform. Trouble is, some in Congress are siding with the insurance companies—and against what's best for the rest of us.

Today, we draw a line in the sand. A public health insurance option is the only way to guarantee health care for all Americans. And to show that we mean business, we all need to tell Congress we won't settle for less.

If 250,000 of us sign this petition, Dr. Howard Dean will personally deliver it to Congress.

A compiled petition with your individual comment will be presented to your Senators and Representative.


http://pol.moveon.org/standwithdrdean/?rc=homepage

[wroberts189]

14. knr and btw they are called conservadems. nt