Does anybody have any idea what the hell OPHTHPAC is doing? Or when did Ophthamologists form a PAC?

It's just plain weird. It's like the ADAA (American Dental Assistants Association) going after Joe Courtney or something. Bizarre.

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by: nrimmer @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 02:14:37 AM UTC

The question I should really ask - What the heck is an ophthamologist and has anyone seen one lately? Did he look mad? n/t

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by: nrimmer @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 02:16:31 AM UTC

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Eye Doctors

Maybe Loebsack supports free universal laser eye surgery for those with bad vision. thereby pissing off eye doctors?  I dunno... just a wild guess.

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by: ChadInFL @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 02:38:04 AM UTC

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someone answered this topic on another thread

Apparently Loebsack's opponent is an Ophthalmologist. So I guess their just supporting their own members

Male 21 Dem Ca's 1st  

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by: lordpet8 @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 02:46:26 AM UTC

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Thanks lordpet8. I never would have known. n/t

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by: nrimmer @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 02:48:45 AM UTC

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What a huge waste of money

They could have paid me $50 to give them poll results for their candidate:

"You lose."

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by: DavidNYC @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 03:18:23 AM UTC

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I think the chance of Democratic pickups are slipping out of reach.

Between Mumpower and OPHTHPAC, I don't no what we're going to do. Maybe we'll have a better shot in 2010.

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by: nrimmer @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 14:19:58 PM UTC

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Thank you NARPAC!

  Kanjorski is a pretty good Democrat, and I don't want to lose him.  I'm glad that the DCCC is investing in Dahlkemper in PA-03.  She's anti-choice, but she's excellent on all other issues - particularly healthcare.

24, Male, GA-05

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by: cilerder86 @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 04:12:46 AM UTC

McNerney & ObamaTravel.org

I just McNerney would be a little less lame. I fought hard for him and haven't been as happy as I had hoped - I guess he does live in a pretty conservative section of CA, though.

Also, Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark, recently wrote about this site on the Huffington Post. I thought it sounded like a great fusion of politics and technology - and worth passing along:

http://ObamaTravel.org - real grassroots democracy

"Hey, this is a good example of genuine grassroots democracy:

http://ObamaTravel.org is a platform that connects volunteers who want to travel to a swing state with financial sponsors and swing state host families. It's sort of a political hybrid of craigslist and Team-in-Training - volunteers post profiles and solicit sponsorship from their family and friends. Sponsors can see their donations in action by following the activities of their volunteers.

... and let's remember that "community organizing" is pure grassroots democracy."

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by: sweetal009 @ Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 05:53:36 AM UTC