Hillarysworld

This is just a short article, but this is major stuff, especially the part about Harold Ickes.

http://mobile.cleveland.com/advcleve/pm_100804/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=0AA3E37138FE92AD8E7C69B2BF92B7C6?contentguid=yzggkWt1

Frustrated by what they see as President Barack Obama's weakness in battling Republicans, leading Democratic donors and tacticians have begun independently plotting their political recovery -- including building a network of outside fundraising and campaign organizations to compete with those formed this year by Republicans.

This week, more than 100 wealthy Democrats held a meeting at a Washington hotel at which participants repeatedly called for Obama to be more aggressive in his agenda and tactical combat with the Republican right.

"I am used to fighting losing battles, but I don't like losing without a fight," said George Soros, a longtime donor to causes on the left, who made a call to arms in private conversations at the post-election meeting of the Democracy Alliance, an organization of wealthy Democrats that provides funding to liberal groups.

So Soros is giving up on Obama? Ya think? I don't trust Soros in any event. The man is evil.

But onto this, the main reason why I posted this article:

In another sign of Democratic unrest, a dozen prominent Democrats -- including longtime Bill Clinton adviser Harold Ickes, labor leader Andy Stern and representatives of influential interest groups -- will meet Monday to discuss whether to form a new operation to combat the many outside groups launched this year by Karl Rove and other Republican strategists, according to multiple participants.

Such a move by Democrats comes despite Obama's long-standing opposition to political spending by outside groups, particularly those that refuse to disclose their donors, and underscores the deep dissatisfaction with the White House's strategy on several fronts.

The White House declined to comment.

Many disaffected Democrats complain that the Obama administration needs to be more aggressive advocating positions to rally the party's base and differentiate it from the Republicans.