Amid backlash from a Cherokee group MoveOn.org may pull support for Elizabeth Warren

  The more that Elizabeth Warren tries to ignore CherokeeGate the worse the news gets for the beleaguered Senate hopeful. Real Cherokees are just a little bit upset with Elizabeth Warren and earlier today one Cherokee group launched a new website called “Cherokees Demand Truth from Elizabeth Warren.”

  Elizabeth Warren’s press secretary poo pooed the new website, once again stating it was time to move past the controversy:

Over the past month Elizabeth has answered countless questions openly while the people who recruited her have made it clear it was because of her extraordinary skill as a teacher and a groundbreaking scholar. She is proud of her family and her heritage, and it is something that her family talked about often when she was growing up,” Harney said. “The fact that Elizabeth noted her heritage in a professional publication has been made public and addressed by Elizabeth on multiple occasions. It’s time to focus on the important issues facing Massachusetts. There are real issues middle class families are dealing with every day and that’s where Elizabeth is focused

  Needless to say, this did not sit well with the Cherokee group which responded by saying Elizabeth Warren basically “spit in their faces.”

“She just ‘virtually’ spit in our faces. She has not admitted the truth about her ancestry. Until she does, we will not be silent.”

  Amid this news come more bad news for Scott Brown’s would be successor because MoveOn.org has announced it may be forced to pull support for Elizabeth Warren as well:

Without a rush of new cash, MoveOn says it will have to give up efforts to elect Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, help the recall fight against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and energize younger voters who’ve soured on Washington.

“It’s like picking which of your kids you love the most. I just can’t do it,” said MoveOn in an email plea. “If we can’t increase our budget, we might have to dramatically scale back or pull the plug on some of MoveOn’s most important election efforts this year

  MoveOn.org doesn’t mention CherokeeGate as the reason behind this potential decision but rather a lack of fundraising on its part. The fact that MoveOn.org is having trouble raising money in this all important election year is great news in and of itself, but when chosing which candidates the organization will send money to CherokeeGate has to have been included in this decision.

  If this controversy hadn’t blown up into a full scale scandal it is highly unlikely in my mind that MoveOn.org wouldn’t do everything within its power to unseat Scott Brown in the heavily Democratic state. Whether Elizabeth Warren likes it or not she is going to have to hold a press conference and address this issue. Until she does it will only get worse for her and while holding a press conference might not help to stop the bleeding because the damage has already been done, it really is her only option.