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Whither the ward heelers? The democratic "527s" all but supplanted the party, but does ACT have a second act?(AMERICAN DEMOCRACY)(America Coming Together)
American Prospect, The, January, 2005 by Meyerson, Harold
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SHORTLY AFTER THE McCAIN-FEINGOLD BILL passed Congress in 2002, the smart money was all on the big money: Mega-wealthy donors to the new "527s" would dominate the new political era just as they had dominated the last. Sure enough, such progressive donors as George Soros did make huge contributions to the 527s. But the smart money was wrong: The 527 era has turned out to be one of renewed grass-roots activism and small-donor participation.
Groups like America Coming Together (ACT) ended up inspiring an intense devotion among their activist cadres. Partly that was due ...
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