Here is a partial listing of the left-wing groups that will spend significant sums this year to try to defeat President Bush. The figures without asterisks are estimated fundraising goals for 2004. The figures with a single asterisk are estimates from 2002; and those with two asterisks are from 2000. All figures are taken from press reports.
AFL-CIO: $52 million
AFSCME: $16 million*
America Coming Together (ACT): $98 million
League of Conservation Voters: $4 million**
MoveOn.org Voter Fund: $10-$15 million
Moving Forward America: $3-$5 million
NAACP: $10.5 million**
NARAL Pro-choice America: $7.5 million**
Partnership for America's Families: $12 million
People for the American Way $3.1 million**
Planned Parenthood: $10 million**
SEIU: $35-$40 million
Sierra Club: $9.5 million**
Ickes Media Fund: $95 million
New Democrat Network: $10-$20 million
Grassroots Democrats: $10 million
Human Rights Campaign: $2.8 million**
American Family Voices: $640,000**
Brady Campaign (Handgun Control): $5 million**
Center for American Progress: $10 million
Environment 2004: $5 million
