Astroturf gets mowed.

• Position: On the Line - Brief article

The "Campaign to Fix the Debt," the brainchild of billionaire Pete Peterson, is packing up its austerity charts after grassroots pressure convinced President Obama to change course on proposed cuts to Social Security.

Fix the Debt's outreach to college students, "The Can Kicks Back," is broke. No surprise after the group launched a bus tour of college campuses in a Mercedes van. E-mails from the group indicate they collected 800 tin cans on their tour at a cost of about $3,000/can. Priceless.

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