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{{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 [[Journalistic malpractice|media manipulation]]. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by [[George Soros]], [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Harold M. Ickes|Harold 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 [[Journalistic malpractice|media manipulation]]. The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by [[George Soros]], [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Harold M. Ickes|Harold Ickes]].<ref name="discover">[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6706 Shadow Party] Discover The Networks</ref>}}

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" />  

{{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>}}

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[George Soros]]

* [[George Soros]]

* [[Media Matters]]

* [[Media Matters]]

[[Category:Democratic Party]]

[[Category:Democratic Party]]

==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106448 AP to distribute Soros-funded 'journalism', WND, August 09, 2009]

* [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106448 AP to distribute Soros-funded 'journalism', WND, August 09, 2009]

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