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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 12:13 PM

    Idealists stop sabotaging your own cause!

    If Democrats had an overwhelming majority in congress and were squandering it with compromise on Iraq then I would agree with the idealists here. But the majority is really on a knife edge at the moment, especially in the Senate. Please idealists! The pragmatists want what you want. Stop sabotaging them. Please do not "go voting for Naders" on this. (I'm calling dibs on the coinage of that phrase, by the way.)

    —jackmon Read jackmon's other letters

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