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Steve Phillips: Seizing the Time

PowerPAC Chairman Steve Phillips wrote in the Huffington Post recently about the independent groups on the progressive side, and our role in this historic 2008 election. One of the points of the piece was that unlike the "Swiftboating" that took place in 2004, and all the attempted character-assassination John McCain is engaging in this cycle, the role of independent groups this cycle is to mobilize the progressive base in key regions:

Contrary to earlier reports about the demise of independent efforts this cycle, the work in 2008 will be robust, vibrant, and more coordinated than ever before. In 2008, the progressive movement is taking on an unprecedented collaboration of grassroots groups to raise $100 million that will mobilize millions of new voters and engage them in effective organizations that will be around long after November 4.

Major donors across the country are as inspired as everyone else about this important moment, and significant investments are being made to make the most of this opportunity. In addition to widespread non-partisan work, many of these efforts will support progressive candidates up and down the ticket, helping elect Barack Obama, picking up Senate seats, flipping state legislatures and permanently reshaping the electoral landscape in key states across the country.

If we fund these efforts, we can beat the Republicans and their low-road tactics, and without stooping to the low road. If ever there was a year to execute this strategy, 2008 is it.

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