http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/ en Copyright 2008 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:40:05 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss With 15 days to go until the election, MoveOn.org is asking Democratic members of Congress to reach deep into their own pockets to fund campaign activities in the widening playing field of competitive races. Seventy Democratic incumbents with a total of $50 million in their campaign accounts are the targets of the campaign, in which MoveOn members living in the districts of cash-rich lawmakers are urged to call on their representative and ask for a significant donation from his or her warchest to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Take Rep. Marty Meehan (Mass.), for example. At the end of September, Meehan had $4.89 million in his campaign account and no Republican opponent. "Chances are that when you call, Rep. Meehan's staffer will tell you, 'we already gave,'" reads the MoveOn e-mail. "We want to send a clear signal to safe House Democrats: Keeping 100 percent of excess funds gets them http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/10/moveonorgs_money_message.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/10/moveonorgs_money_message.html House Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:40:05 -0400 LAS VEGAS -- Howard Dean came home today. The Democratic National Committee chairman delivered a call to action this morning at the Yearly Kos convention, urging attendees to avoid slipping into partisan attacks and rather to focus on broadening their own circles of influence. "What Americans want is to not just beat up on the right wing," Dean said. "People want a unified country again." Dean was greeted as a conquering hero to a packed ballroom at the Riviera hotel -- despite the early hour (8 a.m. PDT) of his speech. He received several standing ovations, and one woman who rose to ask a question admitted to being "so nervous." For many of the people gathered here this weekend, Dean's 2004 presidential campaign was the official birth of the online progressive movement. When he initially entered the contest, Dean was the longest of long shots - a little known former http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/06/dean.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/06/dean.html Democratic Party Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:31:52 -0400 http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/05/insider_interview_chris_esposi.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/05/insider_interview_chris_esposi.html Insider Interview Mon, 08 May 2006 08:45:13 -0400 As any loyal Fix reader knows, we continue to believe former vice president Al Gore might decide to run for president in 2008 despite his repeated assertions to the contrary. Al Gore isn't categorically ruling out another White House run. (AP Photo) The latest piece of evidence? Gore will join Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and former president Bill Clinton in New York City tonight for a fundraiser expected to raise $1.3 million for the national committee. Gore will also attend a VIP reception prior to the larger event. Gore is featured on the cover of this month's "Green Issue" of Vanity Fair, which describes him as the "unlikely 'It Boy' of this year's Sundance Film Festival." Gore's quest to focus attention on the dangers of global warming is the subject of "An Inconvenient Truth," a documentary by Davis Guggenheim due out in May (along with a book by http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/04/more_gore.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/04/more_gore.html Eye on 2008 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:56:11 -0400 http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/01/america_votes_loses_its_leader.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2006/01/america_votes_loses_its_leader.html Democratic PACs Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:09:00 -0400