Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Kerry using election money to control the party.
There is a civil war in the Democratic party, Centrists and the Republican lites and Progressives.
This has been floating around today and so far everyone agrees with each other on this very important matter:
1. Kerry is saving money for a run in 2008 and stacking the DNC to assure smooth sailing for the nomination
Watching a small bit of an interview of Kery earlier it became cemented that Kerry developed an ego about the election and he's playing the game and stacking the deck so Hillary or Edwards cannot run and guys like Dean aren't involved in the party.
This money could go very far instead it's in his pocket for his next bid.
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There is a civil war in the Democratic party, Centrists and the Republican lites and Progressives.
Democratic Party leaders said Wednesday they want to know why Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) ended his presidential campaign with more than $15 million in the bank, money that could have helped Democratic candidates across the country.
Some said he will be pressured to give the money to Democratic campaign committees rather than save it for a potential White House bid in 2008.
"Democrats are questioning why he sat on so much money that could have helped him defeat George Bush (news - web sites) or helped down-ballot races, many of which could have gone our way with a few more million dollars," said Donna Brazile, campaign manager for Al Gore (news - web sites)'s 2000 presidential race.
Brazile is a member of the 400-plus member Democratic National Committee (news - web sites), which meets early next year to pick a new party chairman. One high-ranking member of the DNC, speaking on condition of anonymity, said word of Kerry's nest egg has stirred anger on the committee and could hurt his chances of putting an ally in the chairmanship.
Congressional Democrats and labor leaders also privately questioned Kerry's motives. One said he would personally ask the Massachusetts senator to donate some of the money to the Democratic House and Senate campaign committees.
Three former Kerry campaign aides, also demanding anonymity out of concerns about alienating their former boss, said they were surprised and disappointed to learn that he left so much money in the bank.
This has been floating around today and so far everyone agrees with each other on this very important matter:
1. Kerry is saving money for a run in 2008 and stacking the DNC to assure smooth sailing for the nomination
Watching a small bit of an interview of Kery earlier it became cemented that Kerry developed an ego about the election and he's playing the game and stacking the deck so Hillary or Edwards cannot run and guys like Dean aren't involved in the party.
This money could go very far instead it's in his pocket for his next bid.
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