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February 07, 2006

Like, Totally Bummer

Irritating, relentlessly left-of-center icon "Rock The Vote" is circling the drain:

...as it moves into its 16th year, Rock the Vote itself is being rocked by crisis.

Saddled with about $700,000 in debt, the group has cut its staff from more than 20 people in 2004 to just two today. Its president, who left last summer amid disagreement about the organization's direction, has yet to be replaced. And last month, Rock the Vote was sued for the second time in just eight months.

It's a story that reads a lot like the Air America saga; a bunch of kids with lots of wonk cred and ideological chops, trying to run a business.

Worth a read.

Posted by Mitch at February 7, 2006 06:27 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Isn't there a Boy's and Girl's Club somewhere they can get a "loan" from?

Posted by: Kermit at February 7, 2006 08:34 AM

Where is George Soros when you need him?

/sarcasm off

Posted by: Greg at February 7, 2006 10:23 AM

I wonder how much they were paying the celebrities.

Posted by: davod at February 7, 2006 07:23 PM

I imagine their "I (heart) social security" campaign penetrated the minds of young voters like a pickle fork in the eye socket.
http://www.rockthevote.com/socialsecurity/index.php

Posted by: Terry at February 8, 2006 01:31 AM
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