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Monday, April 07, 2008

Protracted Democratic Contest Hurting Anti-McCain Groups

Politics

The primary and caucus battles between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, which has left no clear winner and promises to continue for moths, is not only helping John McCain and hurting both Democratic candidates but it is also causing trouble for anti-McCain groups that were hoping to garner enough money to spend on campaigning against McCain.

Democratic talk of an early, hard-hitting campaign to "define" and tar Arizona Sen. John McCain appears to have fizzled for lack of money, leading to a quiet round of finger-pointing among Democratic operatives and donors as McCain assembles a campaign and a public image relatively unmolested.

Despite the millions of dollars pooling around Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, anti-McCain funds have fallen far short of the hopes set in November, when a key organizer, Tom Matzzie, reportedly told The Washington Post that the "Fund for America" would raise more than $100 million to support the activities of a range of allied groups.


Looks like Soro's isn't as effective as he used to think he was.

"Many of the people who would normally be involved in such an effort are overly focused on the primary, which is a mistake," said Michael Vachon, a spokesman for George Soros, who is the largest individual donor to the Fund for America, which in turn has passed on at least $1.4 million to what was expected to be the main attack group, an organization called the Campaign to Defend America.


The infighting within the Democrats party continues, and article after article is being written dealing with one problem after another, and the polls continue to show John McCain rising, all with no end in sight, and all of this is making it impossible for these groups that want to target McCain to do so...because the supporters for each individual Democratic candidate are too busy fighting for their candidate to become the Dem nominee.

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