Feingold compares new Obama fundraising group to Karl Rove

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/29/feingold-compares-new-obama-fundraising-group-to-karl-rove/

Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) on Friday tore into Democrats for launching a new outside group to aid President Barack Obama's re-election efforts in part by raising undisclosed funds.

"Democrats who mirror the right-wing tactics of Karl Rove and David Koch do our nation no favors," said Feingold, a longtime opponent of industry-funded elections who now helms Progressives United, according to Politico's Ben Smith. "Our democracy is best served by rejecting the fundamentally corrupt strategy of embracing unlimited corporate influence."

The group, Priorities USA, is poised to receive the kinds of unlimited, undisclosed donations that Obama has spoken out against. It's similar in some respects to Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, which spent millions in anonymous money trying to defeat Democratic candidates last year.

"It has everything to do with Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers," former Obama White House spokesman Bill Burton told The Associated Press. "As long as they play by one set of rules, we're not going to be boxed in by a double standard."

The Democrats have to be careful who we take money from.

I love Russ but, you are right, like taking a spork to a gunfight!!

that Karl Roves methods will lose...

And the guy across the table from you just up and punches you in the nose ... you are no longer playing checkers!

Greg Sargent of the Washington Post has an interesting piece about Democrats forming Priorities USA as a progressive counter-weight to try to balance the scales out a bit. The kicker is that it, too, will consist of undisclosed big-time donors. Sargent asked Paul Begala, one of the founders of Priorities USA, to defend his actions against charges of hypocrisy:



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/paul-begala-youre-damn-right-well-spend-undisclosed-cash-to-battle-the-right/2011/03/03/AFem5LFF_blog.html