WP: MoveOn to Stoke House Races

[DeepModem Mom]

MoveOn to Stoke House Races

One of the biggest obstacles facing Democrats in their quest to capture control of the House in November is the relatively limited number of competitive seats. MoveOn.org, the liberal grass-roots activist organization, hopes to help make the playing field bigger.

Beginning in April, MoveOn will begin bombarding five congressional districts with advertising campaigns aimed at turning second-tier targets into competitive contests, all with the goal of generating the kind of anti-incumbent sentiment that will topple the Republican majority.

"If we can put enough districts in play that say the House is up for grabs, that will open the floodgate in terms of energy from our members and in terms of money from donors who otherwise might be reticent to give to many different races," said Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn's political action committee. "The earlier that we can flip that switch where someone says that, the better off we believe we are in terms of the amount of energy that people are going to put into the election."

Pariser won't say which five districts will draw the initial advertising, only that the commercials will attempt to connect a local House member's votes to sentiment that lobbyists and corporate interests have too much sway with the current Congress. Nor will Pariser say whether MoveOn will seek to go into additional districts if the first ads prove successful....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500815.html?nav=hcmodule
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[Lefty48197]

1. Go get 'em MoveOn!

...and thanks for everything you do.