CAF In The News

pww.org — President Obama appealed to the people to throw their support behind his first federal budget to help pull the country out of the deep economic crisis. Speaking at his second White House news conference the President said the $3.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2010 budget is “is going to need the support of the American people,” adding that it is “inseparable” from his economic recovery program.

journalgazette.net — Opposition to a government spending bill and concerns about President Obama’s plan for limiting greenhouse gases put Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., at the helm of a group of Senate Democrats trying to nudge policies in a direction they say is more moderate.

blogs.abcnews.com — Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D), the head of a new group of centrist Democratic senators, came under fire from progressive leaders Tuesday for wanting to subject President Obama's climate change legislation to a 60 vote rather than a simple majority vote requirement in the United States Senate.

dyn.politico.com — Forget party unity in the Obama era. Liberals are fed up with moderate Democrats, and a coalition of left-leaning groups is targeting Democratic senators who have been critical of the president’s $3.7 trillion budget proposal.

politico.com — It didn’t take long for the left to come out guns ablazin’ over the formation of a moderate Democratic working group in the Senate. The Mod Dems, led by centrist Sens. Evan Bayh, Tom Carper and Blanche L. Lincoln, were attacked within 12 hours by liberal leader Robert Borosage, who labeled them “obstructionists” who are “trying to undermine” President Barack Obama’s agenda.

undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com — Liberal groups today announced a grassroots campaign pressuring moderate congressional Democrats to support President Obama's policy agenda.

huffingtonpost.com — It didn't take long for the left to come out guns ablazin' over the formation of a moderate Democratic working group in the Senate. The Mod Dems, led by centrist Sens. Evan Bayh, Tom Carper and Blanche L. Lincoln, were attacked within 12 hours by liberal leader Robert Borosage, who labeled them "obstructionists" who are "trying to undermine" President Barack Obama's agenda.

msnbc.msn.com — …the Blue Dog Democrats are about to be dogged themselves. I`m talking about those nervous Democrats who are skittish about President Obama`s big agenda of health, education and energy. Now a coalition of liberal activists, pro-Obama folk, led by the group Campaign for America`s Future is launching a media campaign to target moderate and conservative Democrats who might just block the president`s budget proposal. The target list includes Indiana`s Evan Bayh, Colorado`s Michael Bennett and Arkansas`s Blanche Lincoln, all of whom are up for reelection or election in 2010.

cq.com — Centrist Democrats pride themselves on taking bites out of spending bills and watering down some of their party’s liberal priorities.

Now progressives are snapping back.

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — With a number of major agenda items in the pipeline, will the Senate leadership and outside progressive groups fight the new moderate Democratic caucus in the Senate? Or does the group wield enough power that they're essentially immune to push back?