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To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43784-2002Oct17.html Anti-War Site Gives Funding Boost to Hill Democrats By Evelyn Nieves Democrats battling for political survival in races that may decide the balance of power in Congress are getting a big boost from the anti-war effort. MoveOnPAC.org, an Internet site, has raised more than $1 million in 48 hours for what it calls four "heroes" of Congress who opposed the Iraq resolution. Sen. Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota, Reps. Rick Larsen and Jay Inslee of Washington, and Rep. Rush D. Holt of New Jersey are being rewarded as "heroes of the anti-war effort" with money to fight their opponents in these last two weeks before the election, said Peter Schurman, executive director of MoveOn.org, and a spokesman for the MoveOnPAC. Since raising more than $1 million from 25,000 donors, the political action committee has added Bill Bradbury, running for Senate in Oregon, and Rep. James H. Maloney of Connecticut to its efforts. MoveOnPAC.org also plans to give the candidates practical help in the form of volunteers, Schurman said. "Over the next two weeks we'll be providing a variety of opportunities to win key races -- by volunteering, by voting, by raising money, by talking to friends -- all a variety of important steps people can take," Schurman said. "These elections are about participation and we're going to win by participating." MoveOn.org was begun by two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Wes Boyd and Joan Blades, to lobby against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. (Its name comes from its original message: "Censure and move on.") MoveOnPAC.org, a separate legal entity run by many of the same people as MoveOn.org, "enables people to make an impact on Congress by pooling their money to make a decisive impact where it can make the most difference," Schurman said. Contributions made to the candidates online go directly and instantly to the candidate's campaign. Study: GOP Didn't Eject McKinney At one point or another, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) or her father has blamed Jews, Indians, Republicans, Democrats and Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes (D) for her loss to rival Denise Majette in August's primary. A study by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution appears to have eliminated one of those groups, or at least played down its significance. The newspaper estimates that a little more than 3,000 Republicans voted for Majette -- less than one-sixth of her margin of victory. McKinney had claimed that large numbers of Republicans had taken advantage of the state's open primary laws, which allow crossover voting, in a broad, concerted effort to throw her out of office. Several of her supporters have since sued to reverse the results of the election, arguing that more than 37,000 Republicans voted for Majette and that their votes violated the right of blacks living in the district to choose their own representative. McKinney's spokeswoman declined to comment on the study. But her father, J.E. "Billy" McKinney, a state representative who also lost a reelection bid in the primary, told the paper he did not accept its findings. "It's biased, just like everything else the Journal-Constitution does," he said. Quotable National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Davis III (Va.) is known for being plainspoken, but even his own aides were taken aback when he let loose yesterday during a speech at the National Press Club. Referring to California GOP gubernatorial candidate William E. Simon Jr., Davis said, "I don't think there's a worse-run race in the country than the governor's race in California, on the part of the Republicans. This was a belt-high medium fastball, and we just seem to have booted it." Then he ripped into Democrat Stephanie Herseth, 31, who is running for the House in South Dakota. "She has not held a job longer than 14 months," he said. 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