The group plans a $75 million effort to defeat Bush and \"elect progressive officials at every level in 2004,\" targeting 17 key states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

\"The fate of the world depends on the United States, and President Bush is leading us in the wrong direction,\" Soros said in a written statement. \"ACT is an effective way to mobilize civil society, to convince people to go to the polls and vote for candidates who will reassert the values of the greatest open society in the world.\"

fantomas:
George Soros--I love it!  Finally some folks with megadollars to get this trainWreck of an administration off the presidential tracks in 2004!

\"What you're seeing is that, as the Center for Responsive Politics pointed out, that 90 percent of donations of over $1 million went to the Democratic National Committee,\" Mr. Dyke said. \"Now you're seeing these large donors giving to special-interest groups to elect Democrats.\"

Charlie in the Trees:
 Fantomas, you know full well that the fattest of the fat cats have been contributing to the Democrats for years. The Democrats are far more reliant on fat cat contributions than are the Republicans. As the quote in the article indicated:
I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm not saying it's a good thing. Just pointing out that, in recent years, the Dems have been far more dependent on the mega-donations of the mega-wealthy.