Soros-Backed Activist Group(ACT) Disbands as Interest Fades

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Soros-Backed Activist Group(ACT) Disbands as Interest Fades

By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 3, 2005; Page A06

A year ago, the liberal group America Coming Together was on the cutting edge of national politics, spending tens of millions of dollars on a massive voter-mobilization project in every presidential battleground state.<snip>

Instead, the group this week began sending e-mails to most of the 28 people who make up the remaining ACT staff warning that their paychecks would stop at the end of August. All the state offices have been, or are soon to be, closed.

The news represented a long fall for ACT and its sister group, the Media Fund. The groups had attracted such Democratic heavyweights as former Clinton aide Harold Ickes, Emily's List founder Ellen Malcolm and Service Employees International Union President Andrew L. Stern.<snip>

For now, ACT will be reduced to a research operation, analyzing strategies to turn out key blocs of voters. Rosenthal yesterday put an upbeat face on the turn of events. "We are still forging ahead; we expect to be doing very serious research in Virginia on exurban and infrequent voters," he said.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201849.html

[KoKo]

1. I wish I had seen some of those Democratic ads where I am....

It was a worthy effort. But, we needed more help in carrying through in exposing "Voting Machine Fraud." We aren't getting full support of Democratic Party on fighting for this reform. Without interest these efforts dies because you can't sustain enthusiasm when you don't have help from the "powerful" who can really force the change. :-(

Hopefully something else will come along.