The Shadow Party was conceived and organized principally by George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Harold McEwan Ickes - all identified with the Democratic Party left.
As the Democratic Party becomes ever-more dependent on the Shadow Party for its funding and foot-soldiers, the Shadow Party gains leverage with which to impose its radical agendas on the more moderate Democrat rank and file.
The term "Shadow Party" derives from the fact that the network carries out campaign activities which the Democratic Party would normally perform itself.
However, the Party can no longer perform these activities effectively. Thanks to the soft-money ban enacted by the McCain-Feingold Act of March 27, 2002, the Democratic Party can no longer raise enough money legally to undertake a national presidential campaign. Most Democrat campaigning is now done by the Shadow Party, which raises its own money independently.
2006-08-19
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