rssDNC Has Its Biggest Month in Nearly a Decade
Monday, October 04, 2010 at 9:00 am
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Compounding reports from the weekend that Democrats, one month out from election day, are experiencing a miniature resurgence of sorts is the news that the Democratic National Committee hauled in $16 million in September. The total represents the biggest month of the 2010 election cycle (or, for that matter, of any midterm election in nearly a decade) for the DNC, notes The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza. More than 80 percent of it was raised from online and direct-mail donors, giving Democrats cause to argue that their base is rapidly reawakening.
The Republican National Committee, which has struggled in recent months to keep pace, has yet to release its own September numbers, but campaign ad spending by outside groups — which at this point totals $80 million and has favored Republicans by as much as 7 to 1 — promises to keep the overall spending totals for both sides roughly on par.
Campaign finance law places strict limits on the size of individual donations to party committees, however, indicating that the DNC is taking in a greater number of small donations than Republican campaigns are getting from new conservative-leaning outside groups like American Crossroads, which face no comparable restrictions. Indeed, groups like American Crossroads have registered with the FEC under the new designation of an “independent expenditure committee,” which means than can raise unlimited amounts of cash as long as they promise to spend it all on independent ad buys. They’ve since raised the majority of their funds from a couple of billionaires.
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Comment posted October 4, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
It's because all the buzz and false memes about the supposed republican “ascendancy” are lies propagated by the media, who are under the control of the Koch bros, and Rupert Murdoch. Somehow the media has been trying to “get back” at Obama for calling them out and putting them in their place so many times. The reports of the republicans being “ahead” are all lies. In truth, Americans would have to be complete idiots to allow the very republican party that created this economic catastrophe to take over the Congress again. All that will do is deadlock all legislation and nothing will change. Yes indeed, Democrats are alive again and are ahead in the polls. Watch for the Dems to lose some seats as is normal for the party in power, but to maintain control of both Houses of Congress. Americans simply do not like the primitive and idiotic minded republicans and all their gun and war playing stupidity.
Comment posted October 4, 2010 @ 2:26 pm
Did you really honestly think that Americans are going to replace brilliant Democratic thinkers and doers with the Sarah Bin Palin or Glen Hitler Beck crowd?
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Comment posted October 4, 2010 @ 3:52 pm
Hahahaha, u may want to put down whatever it is you're smoking and come join the rest of us here in a place we like to call reality. Democrats r about to get their lying socialistic anti American you know what's handed to them in November. Maybe u can go crying to Chris crockery and Perez Hilton when they do because they seem to be the only other people on this planet as moronic as u.
Comment posted October 4, 2010 @ 3:57 pm
Keep trying to reshape history wth your lies magik. U and the rest of your liberal Democratic filth will be eating sh-t in November and then again in 2012 when we vote your beloved dictator Obama out of office. Time to take this country back and restore its economy ad dignity from the Democrat trash.
Comment posted October 4, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
Praying that the american base isn't as dumb as the RNC would like them to be. The biggest spenders have always been Republicans, they just buy war toys instead of feeding the poor. Compassion, understanding, and addressing the real issues that face every day Americans, this is what the DEMS try to do. Tax cuts, creating war playgrounds for the Halburton's of the world to rake in billions… that's what the Republicans try to do. Make a stand… we won't tolerate hate mongering any more.
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