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The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, Ralph Z. Hallow will report Friday in The Washington Times.

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TechnologyExpert
May 31, 2007, 11:34 p.m.
Faced with an estimated 40 percent fall-off in small-donor contributions and aging phone-bank equipment that the RNC said would cost too much to update, Anne Hathaway, the committee's chief of staff, summoned the solicitations staff last week and told them they were out of work, effective immediately, the fired staffers told The Times.
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DoseASpinoza
June 1, 2007, 9:03 a.m.
Well, finally public opinion may be showing up in the one way that makes 'em listen.
Over the last month or so we've all dedicated a huge chunk of cyberspace to talk of political reform, writing letters to congressional reps and voting. This is the one thing that will reach politicians -- when former supporters cut off the donations.
Maybe this will launch another angry GOP delegation to the Hill. In any case it's likely to make the discussion of amendments lively when Congress reconvenes.
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agentX
June 1, 2007, 11:36 p.m.
I'd like to feel sorry for them, but hey, you lie with snakes, you get bit.
Nonetheless, people's anger about this issue is very strong. I bet that this issue will come up in the debates this weekend and how the candidates answer will affect their campaign.