MoveOn.org, the progressive grassroots organization founded by screen-saver magnates Wes Boyd and Joan Blades, is planning to launch a virtual Democratic presidential primary. (Who's Who).MoveOn.org, the progressive grassroots organization founded by screen-saver magnates Wes Boyd Wes Boyd (b. ca. 1960) and his wife Joan Blades were the cofounders in 1987 of Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company. After selling the company in 1997, Boyd and Blades went on to found the liberal political group MoveOn.org. and Joan Blades Joan Blades (b. ca. 1956 in Berkeley, California) was the cofounder in 1987 with her husband Wes Boyd of Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company known for marketing the After Dark screensaver and the You Don't Know Jack trivia game. , is planning to launch a virtual Democratic presidential primary. According to a June 11 email sent out by Boyd, if the group's 2 million members coalesce co·a·lesce intr.v. co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing, co·a·lesc·es 1. To grow together; fuse. 2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite: around a candidate, MoveOn.org will "endorse and immediately begin doing work to elect that candidate." That could provide the lucky candidate with a major advantage both during and after the primary: Political insiders tell Who's Who that MoveOn.org thinks it can raise as much as $50 million for the 2004 election, nearly as much as Al Gore's fundraising total in 2000. Howard Dean's insurgent INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes the tyranny of constituted authorities. campaign is taking note, and has already launched an effort to win the group's endorsement. |
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