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Originally posted by onetime2
The NRA is not the same as MoveOn et al. They are two separate types of groups. Notice I haven't dug on the AFL CIO either? That's because they are equivalent to the NRA.
As far as the argument that the lack of coordination between the DNC and the Kerry campaign puts them at some sort of disadvantage that's completely off the mark, IMO. They are at least as well organized if not more organized than the Bush campaign. This arrangement lets the 527s act as attack dogs while the Kerry campaign can appear above the fray. And when certain aspects of the 527's strategy pan out, the Kerry campaign can capitalize on them while letting the failed efforts falter without the campaign getting the blame for a failed strategy.
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I think you are getting caught up in semantics. I do not think MoveOn and the NRA are the same. They are vastly different, but to simply say that the poor downtrodden Republicans have no one out there helping Bush get reelected is a complete farce. Has the Democratic party done a better job than the Republicans in regards to 527s? Yes they have - necessity is the mother of invention.
As far as the "message" issue, we can agree to dissagree on that one and I guess well find out in November. I do know that several friends who work on the Kerry campaign have said that while the do like the support, they often have to go "off message" to address isssues that the various 527's have brought up in a commercial and they believe it is part of what is preventing Kerry from getting out a complete message to the American public.