2010 elections

DNC Seeks The Next 'Macaca Moment' With Help From Netroots (VIDEO)

Christina Bellantoni | July 23, 2010, 5:29PM

DNC Executive Director Jen O'Malley Dillon

Las Vegas -- When liberal activists and progressive bloggers took their seats today for a panel on the 2010 elections, they found fliers with instructions about how to track Republican candidates and upload unflattering video for the Democratic National Committee to use during this fall's races.

The DNC's "Accountability Project," which we first told you about last month, allows voters to be their own trackers in races across the nation. DNC executive director Jen O'Malley Dillon told party supporters in an email announcing the new effort they could help capture the next "macaca" moment, a reference to former Sen. George Allen. Allen (R-VA) was unseated in 2006 in part because a video went viral thanks to the then-newly strong netroots movement.

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