Tar and Feather McCain Fund Comes Up Short

As the Democrats continue to eat their own in the primary battle, one of the party's ultimate goals appears to be coming up short of funds.

Tom Matzzie, a former MoveOn official, who helped create "Fund for America", reportedly told The Washington Post that the group would raise more than $100 million to support the activities of a range of allied groups. The group was expected to serve as a financial clearinghouse for progressive soft-money expenditures in the presidential election. However the group's dream of a hard-hitting campaign to "define" and tar Republican presidential candidate John McCain appears to be fizzling before its eyes due to lack of donations.

Politico reports:

"Many of the people who would normally be involved in such an effort are overly focused on the primary, which is a mistake," said Michael Vachon, a spokesman for George Soros, who is the largest individual donor to the Fund for America, which in turn has passed on at least $1.4 million to what was expected to be the main attack group, an organization called the Campaign to Defend America.

The Democratic National Committee is planning it's own "attack McCain" campaign. However it too appears to be facing its own fundraising issues. DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney said fundraising to support the effort has met "mixed" results.

In other news- Cindy McCain is widely expected to pick out a lovely pattern for the White House china collection.

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