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| − | {{cquote|[The] '''Shadow Party''' is a nationwide network of more than five-dozen unions, non-profit activist groups, and think tanks whose agendas are ideologically to the left, which are engaged in campaigning for the Democrats. Its activities include fundraising, get-out-the-vote drives, political advertising, opposition research, and media manipulation. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Harold McEwan Ickes<ref name="discover">[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6706 Shadow Party] Discover The Networks</ref>.}} | + | {{cquote|[The] '''Shadow Party''' is a nationwide [[liberal]] network of more than five-dozen unions, non-profit activist groups, and think tanks whose agendas are ideologically to the left, which are engaged in campaigning for the Democrats. Its activities include fundraising, get-out-the-vote drives, political advertising, opposition research, and media manipulation. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by [[George Soros]], [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Harold Ickes]].<ref name="discover">[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6706 Shadow Party] Discover The Networks</ref>}} |
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| | Soros and his wife, Susan, contributed $13 million to the Shadow party cause in 2004<ref name="discover" />. | | Soros and his wife, Susan, contributed $13 million to the Shadow party cause in 2004<ref name="discover" />. |
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| | {{cquote|The Shadow Party emerged from the dense thicket of campaign finance reforms engineered by Senators [[John McCain]] and [[Russ Feingold]]... This created an imperative that found its inevitable loophole [in soft money]... McCain-Feingold deprived the Democrats of their soft money, but the Shadow Party has provided an alternate channel for collecting unlimited contributions... under McCain-Feingold, they may no longer pass that money along to the [[Democratic]] Party, at least not directly. The solution? They give it to the Shadow Party instead<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1C995DDB-9F7D-4EB7-83A2-5304F950EB41 The Shadow Party: Part I] Front Page Magazine, October 6, 20004</ref>}} | | {{cquote|The Shadow Party emerged from the dense thicket of campaign finance reforms engineered by Senators [[John McCain]] and [[Russ Feingold]]... This created an imperative that found its inevitable loophole [in soft money]... McCain-Feingold deprived the Democrats of their soft money, but the Shadow Party has provided an alternate channel for collecting unlimited contributions... under McCain-Feingold, they may no longer pass that money along to the [[Democratic]] Party, at least not directly. The solution? They give it to the Shadow Party instead<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1C995DDB-9F7D-4EB7-83A2-5304F950EB41 The Shadow Party: Part I] Front Page Magazine, October 6, 20004</ref>}} |
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| | + | ==See Also== |
| | + | * [[George Soros]] |
| | + | * [[Media Matters]] |
| | + | * [[Center for American Progress]] |
| | + | * [[MoveOn]] |
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| | ==Books== | | ==Books== |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| − | [[Category:Political Terms]] | + | [[Category:Political Organizations]] |
| | [[Category:Liberals]] | | [[Category:Liberals]] |
| | + | [[Category:Democratic Party]] |
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| | '''Bold text''' | | '''Bold text''' |
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| | + | {{liberalism}} |