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• Reader Comments (3)

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  move-on did a fantastic job, they deserve nothing but praise as far as i can see. if anyone knows to the contrary let’s hear it.

  Posted by hawaii jack on Jan 3, 2007 at 7:59 PM

  Some campaign finance reform proposals recommend prohibiting money being raised outside of the district represented by an elected official. Would national call programs, such as MoveOn’s also be prohibited?

  I’ll throw out a couple possibilities for the effectiveness of the MoveOn calls. One, people might be happy to learn that anybody is paying attention to the campaign. Two, people are used to national call centers.

  Were the callers identifying themselves as MoveOn volunteers? Were the calls focusing on some well-publicized slip? My concern with instant call strategy changes would be that the calls did not play up issues of government but merely issues of high publicity.

  Posted by SillyLeftist on Jan 5, 2007 at 2:19 PM

  I’d be opposed to the first idea you list because the voters in a given district might be backward fools and big local money could always control the outcome. Campaign finance reform might bring up more problems than it solves. Sometimes you need to spend big time in order to defeat an entrenched incumbent. You need power to fight
  power. Nixon was not brought down by the High School Bugle.

  Posted by hawaii jack on Jan 5, 2007 at 8:16 PM

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