Remember this picture? This was up on the new Working for Us PAC website at Monday’s launch. It was written up on Calitics here and here with a bonus mention when Tauscher spokesman Kevin Lawlor punked the press.
Only now, it is gone.
Yes, just like Tauscher’s scrubbed photos with George Bush and Joe Lieberman, it has been disappeared.
I don’t know what happened, but it looks like the very people who whined about sell-outs, well…
Josh Richmond has the scoop:
A new liberal Democratic lobbying and political action coalition was launched this week, naming Rep. Ellen Tauscher its “top offender” potentially targeted for a 2008 primary election challenge.
By Wednesday, however, Tauscher, D-Alamo, and two other House targets had been removed from the Working For Us PAC’s Web site. PAC treasurer and organizer Steve Rosenthal — also president of the They Work For Us lobbying entity affiliated with the PAC — didn’t return calls Wednesday and Thursday seeking comment.
Not only did they say that the person who was the Worst Offender on Monday is off the list by Wednesday, but they teed up another whopper from the credibility-challenger spokesman for Tauscher:
“I guess they realized what Rep. Tauscher’s constituents in the 10th District and her colleagues in Congress have known all along — that she is a loyal, hard-working and committed Democrat,” Tauscher press secretary Kevin Lawlor quipped Thursday.
I appreciate the way they covered the backs of those who realize that Tauscher isn’t loyal or committed:
Moulitsas and other bloggers, particularly at Calitics.com, have decried Tauscher as out of step with an increasingly liberal district.
I’m hoping I’m wrong, but They Work For Us appears to be another DC-centric circle-jerk that talks tough until they pull of their hold-up maneuver.
UPDATE: I think the moral of the story involves the glass houses and selling out. From Working for Us PAC’s very first blog post, on website scrubbing:
Then a funny thing happened on Tauscher’s Congressional website. Her picture with Bush disappeared. Gone. Like it never happened. But it did.
Indeed. Just like Working for Us it was disappeared. Gone.
Update II: I spoke with one of the Orgs involved who seems to think that this isn’t a story and said, “Nobody is backing off.” I’m waiting to hear more, there are lots of emails going around, hopefully we’ll have a better idea tomorrow.