Numbers game: since McCain-Feingold, "527s" have been invaluable to the Democrats' 2004 strategy. So what are the republicans trying to do? Eliminate them.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, March, 2004 by Meyerson, Harold
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ST. LOUIS, MO. -- ON AN ARCTIC FRIday afternoon, the Democrats' secret weapons in the 2004 election come in out of the cold. Eight canvassers for the Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition Pro Vote, for short--return to their office with another 160 or so newly signed voter registration forms, after a day spent gathering signatures on buses and in public-health clinics in St. Louis' African American neighborhoods.
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Over the preceding two weeks, the Pro-Vote canvassers have been sending in 950 new registrations a week to the St. Louis registrar. Over the preceding several months, ...
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