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Friday, March 23, 2007 12:00 AM

MoveOn moves in with Pelosi

The netroots group's support proved crucial to passage of the Democrats' Iraq spending plan. But antiwar activists say MoveOn has been co-opted by its access to power.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Friday, March 23, 2007 03:48 PM

    Move-On's role

    What is it with the purist kvetches who insist that MoveOn should have "educated" their members about the bill before daring to ask their opinions? Just a wild guess, but I suspect the average MoveOn member is like me: a politics-and-news junkie who is very well informed about the issues without any need of "education" from an ADVOCACY organization. I'm with the majority of commentators on this story: antiwar purity is for the birds. After 6 years of Bush (and 6 years of Republican partisanship in the House before that), all I want to see is some practical action that will build towards a real change in 2008.

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