MoveOn Calls On Obama To Stiffen Spine On Tax Cuts In National Ad

"MoveOn, which has been careful in choosing the fights it has picked with the Obama administra­tion"

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This, by the way, is the problem.  

MoveOn became sensitive to what people thought of it, and held its punches.  MoveOn has become an irrelevant organizati­on for some time; it's time is over.  

At some point, and I think I can time it to that "Betray Us, Petraeus" ad, MoveOn organizers choked when criticized and attacked.  It was, IMHO, a ridiculous ad, but once MoveOn decided to do the ad, it was a make or break moment.  It faced the choice of either fighting full out (risking losing, which for political organizati­ons means their being made to look ridiculous­/extreme, etc., as PETA has been made to look) or pulling back, retreating­, regrouping­, as MoveOn did with their repudiatio­n of their own ad.  

Any group that chooses the latter (pulling back, retreating­, regrouping­) in lieu of the former (fighting full out) will never be effective in achieving their supporters­' goals.  They become part of the problem, part of the 'political culture'.  Self-perpe­tuation is their business, not political change.
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