Maybe They Need To…No, That’s Too Easy

MoveOn.org – an early adopter in the “mobilize low-information voters behind vague but simple chanting points” market – is claiming it’s going to need to triage its races:

MoveOn, a giant in the progressive political world and an early endorser of Barack Obama in 2008, warns that it might have to “pull the plug” on key campaigns to help Obama and Senate Democrats if its 7 million members don’t pony up with at least $5.

Without a rush of new cash, MoveOn says it will have to give up efforts to elect Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, help the recall fight against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and energize younger voters who’ve soured on Washington.

On the one hand, I suspect MoveOn is trying to scare its base into action.  There is no way they’re short of money; someone, George Soros or Paul Allen or Warren Buffett, will pony up.

On the other hand, Democrat enthusiasm can’t be especially high; even “progressives” aren’t better off than they were four years ago.

The homepage of MoveOn, which helped organize the 2004 anti-war movement, includes a “chip in” button preset at $8.

Hearing that MoveOn might be short of money is like hearing the mullahs have a computer virus problem.

One thought on “Maybe They Need To…No, That’s Too Easy

  1. …or that (per Dan Rather, no less) Hugo Chavez is no more than a coupla months away from a dirt nap.

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