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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-04-07 08:19 AM
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Political Operatives Forcing Democrats Off Ballots
Edited on Wed Apr-04-07 08:20 AM by wyldwolf
The day after New Year's 1996, operatives for the DLC filed into a barren hearing room of the Board of Election Commissioners.

There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of a longtime progressive activist from the city's South Side. And they kept challenging petitions until every one of their four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-04-07 08:22 AM
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1. Sources?
Edited on Wed Apr-04-07 08:22 AM by MaineDem
And isn't this past tense?
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-04-07 08:26 AM
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2. ooops! I got it all wrong
This story isn't about the DLC, it's about someone doing what the DLC is always accused of doing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070403obama-ballot,1,4762574,print.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

But I admire this trait in him.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-04-07 08:44 AM
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Can you give more details please.
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