CNN's Jessica Yellin profiles two Karl Rove-founded outside spending groups focused on unseating President Obama.
Eli Pariser made his mark on the Internet as the executive director of MoveOn.Org, the liberal group that was perhaps the first to turn the Web into a tool for massive political action.
A coalition spearheaded by liberal advocacy group Moveon.org held rallies across the country Saturday in support of public employees and others outraged at the Wisconsin budget-cutting bill they consider an attack on unions.
Outside the Kentucky Senate debate, a woman representing liberal group MoveOn.org was pushed to the ground and stomped.
A campaign volunteer for Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul was identified by police Tuesday as a suspect in the stomping of a woman outside the venue of a televised debate Monday night.
Health care reform is a signature issue for Democrats, but the attempt to overhaul the nation's health system has pitted liberals against centrists, exposing fissures 11 months before the 2010 midterm elections.
CNN's Dana Bash reports on the Senate Democrats' tentative deal on health care reform.
DailyKos, MoveOn and other Democratic activists vow to target Democrats who represent corporate America's interests.
The Gossip Girl stars jokingly warn in the campaign commercial of the risks of voting for John McCain
MoveOn.org turned 10 last week, and as part of its "celebration," the organization compiled a list of favorable quotes attesting to its effectiveness.
CNN's Mark Preston speaks with moveon.org's Eli Pariser about their efforts in the 2008 campaign.
MoveOn.org has its sights set on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's unexpectedly competitive contest for re-election in North Carolina, spending nearly half a million dollars on an ad accusing the North Carolina senator and fellow Republican John McCain of being "in the pocket of Big Oil."
Sen. John McCain is looking to make the most of a golden opportunity this week in a string of battleground states, while the fight drags on for the Democratic presidential nomination.
MoveOn.org, a grassroots powerhouse that supports Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, launched a fundraising drive Thursday to counter Sen. Hillary Clinton's wealthy supporters.
Business Week's Catherine Holahan discusses Amazon's "Kindle" e-book reader.
Jack asks: What should Congress focus on instead of MoveOn.org ads and Rush Limbaugh's comments?
The top Democrat in the Senate slammed Rush Limbaugh Monday over his recent controversial "phony soldiers" remark, despite the conservative talk-radio host's protests that his words have been taken out of context.
Move over MoveOn.org. Back off Blackwater.
Bill Clinton weighs in on the controversy over MoveOn.org's "Betray Us" ad.
New York Times public editor slams paper for violating policy in publishing anti-Petraeus ad. CNN's Ed Henry reports
The public editor for The New York Times slammed his employer Sunday in a column, saying the newspaper violated its policies by cutting MoveOn.org a deal on a controversial ad criticizing the top U.S. military commander in Iraq.
President Bush reacts to an ad by MoveOn.org that targeted Gen. David Petraeus.
A MoveOn.org political advertisement that criticized the top U.S. commander in Iraq was "disgusting," President Bush said Thursday, accusing Democrats of being afraid to criticize the anti-war group.
Five days after setting off a political firestorm with an ad in The New York Times attacking the top U.S. commander in Iraq, MoveOn.org has set its sights on President Bush.
Republicans have seized on a liberal advocacy group's print ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus and have called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to denounce it.
Democrats are trying to have it both ways on the Iraq funding vote. It will be interesting to see if they can do that.
Democrats in Congress face a tough decision on a bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that does not include a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops.
"What's the best and fastest way to end the war in Iraq?'' That's the question put to presidential candidates by MoveOn.org, a Web-based organization of 3.2 million grassroots progressive activists.
A Nevada Democratic presidential debate that was to have been co-hosted by Fox News Network was canceled by organizers, in part because of a joke by Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes about presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama.
Thousands of mothers and families, feeling squeezed by the growing demands of work while trying to care for children, are joining together in a new organization called Moms Rising.
We're about 40 days away from November's critically important midterm elections, and the campaign volume is rising.
Yahoo! and America Online's plan to start charging businesses to send commercial e-mail messages has spurred a protest, according to a report Tuesday.
The Democratic National Committee spent $27.2 million on behalf of John Kerry's campaign for president in the first 18 days of October, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Marygate updated: Fri Oct 15 2004 09:31:00
"Get a smile on your faces, everybody!" President Bush told reporters on Air Force One last night. "Eighteen days left!"
Forty-five minutes into the first presidential debate, Bruce Springsteen wandered into the craft services room of the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia where two dozen roadies and a few members of his E Street Band were silently gathered around a TV. "How we doin'?," he asked, pointing to the screen. There was no response. Next he tried a few inquisitive gestures. Thumbs up? Way up? Down? No one shifted his or her gaze. Finally, smiling wryly in recognition of his relative unimportance, Springsteen pulled up a chair and watched with the others.
Fortune: By the Numbersupdated: Mon Oct 04 2004 00:01:00
This election cycle, 527s have replaced PACs as the political money-handlers du jour. Groups like MoveOn.org, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and a new group running ads that attack Bush's military ...
In a normal year, Bruce Springsteen and Ted Nugent would probably be more worried about record sales.
Bush and Vietnam updated: Fri Aug 27 2004 17:21:00
It's an issue that has dogged the president almost since the day he first entered the political arena, as illustrated in a MoveOn.org add that said, "George Bush used his father to get into the National Guard, was grounded and then went missing."
A tour by leading artists including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks this October could bring in revenues of $44 million, according to a published report, with the profits going to help elect Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
The liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org has already proved to be a force in the campaign to defeat President Bush, but it is about to get a big infusion of help from Hollywood.
When the history of the Internet's role in U.S. politics is written, the chapter before the one on Howard Dean will belong to MoveOn.org. Founded in 1998 by a married Berkeley couple, Joan Blades a...
Al Gore lashed out at his rival from the 2000 election Wednesday: "How dare they subject us to such dishonor and disgrace! How dare they drag the good name of the United States of America through the mud of Saddam Hussein's torture prison."
Former Vice President Al Gore on Wednesday called for the immediate resignations of several Bush administration figures, blaming them for "the catastrophe that we are facing in Iraq."
When is a special-effects-laden disaster film not just a potential summer blockbuster?
The McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, enacted in 2002, banned the large unregulated contributions to political parties known as soft money. (So-called hard money--individual donations of up to ...
John Kerry has hired an Internet-savvy Democrat to run his presidential campaign's online communications, a move that raises new questions about the link between his campaign and the independent groups that run TV ads on his behalf.
Aren't we all glad April Fools' Day is over?
For the second time in two weeks, Howard Dean returns to the political spotlight on the same day John Kerry goes dark. Coincidence? Yeah, probably.
The Bush-Cheney re-election campaign plans to file a complaint Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, charging that a $5.1 million anti-Bush ad campaign in key battleground states violates the new campaign finance reform law, spokesman Terry Holt said.
A look at '527s'updated: Mon Mar 08 2004 19:05:00
Political ad spending has ignited a controversy over whether some groups are circumventing the spirit -- if not the letter -- of new campaign finance laws.
With ads by the Bush-Cheney campaign and the liberal grass-roots group MoveOn.org already battling it out on the airwaves, another set of ads was rolled out nationwide Monday, the first conservative attack ads against presumptive Democratic candidate John Kerry.
Despite public calls from some firefighters and relatives of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign said Sunday it is not considering pulling or changing television ads that include images of devastation from the attacks.
The Republican National Committee is warning television stations across the country not to run ads from the MoveOn.org Voter Fund that criticize President Bush, charging that the left-leaning political group is paying for them with money raised in violation of the new campaign-finance law.
The cash realities of the 2004 campaign hit home Thursday for Democrats when Republicans launched a heavy first round of glossy TV ads, an opening shot that indicates Sen. John Kerry and his allies will have to work overtime to make sure they'll have the money to compete over the next eight months.
Ad warsupdated: Wed Mar 03 2004 16:46:00
From Wolf Blitzer Reports' Brian Todd in Washington:
From the "Wolf Blitzer Reports" staff in Washington:
My favorite political website--hands down--is Opensecrets.org, a financial database run by the Center for Responsive Politics. With a few keystrokes, visitors can find out anything, from which Hous...
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