Progressives Target Conservative Dems In Push For WH Budget
Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage and USAction president William McNary will join progressive blogger Jane Hamsher tomorrow to launch a media campaign against conservative Democrats who they believe could block Pres. Obama's budget.
Sources say the targeted Democrats are: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN); Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR); Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE); Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA); and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR).
Tactics, announced tomorrow during a conference call with reporters, will include:
--A broadcast ad campaign. First flight by USAction in 5 House districts. More ads expected to be announced soon by other progressive groups.
--Online and offline. Email, letter and call-in campaign reaching thousands of activists online via http://www.ourfuture.org/node/36490.
--Blog battles. Full-throttled effort to ring the alarm in the progressive blogosphere.
--Ammunition. Message points to good Democratic lawmakers and activists to fight back.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Bue dog "Democrats" are quite obviously not. The Democratic part should cut off all support. Let them scratch for money elsewhere. Why should we who have supported the election of this President continue to support a political party who supports the opposition??
What really makes me mad; all of these conservative Democrats were silent when past budgets were packed with provisions benefiting only the rich. Now that President Obama has put a budget together to benefit the average working American, these so called conservative Democrats wants to flex their muscles against the President’s budget. Where was Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) when the Republicans were pushing through budgets that benefited rich people only?