Democrats Lead By $100 Million In Money Race

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Source: Wall Street Journal

Democrats Lead By $100 Million In Money Race
By MARY JACOBY and BRODY MULLINS
July 23, 2007; Page A1

WASHINGTON -- With more than a year to go before the 2008 elections, Democratic candidates have raised $100 million more in campaign contributions than Republicans, putting them on track to win the money race for the White House and Congress for the first time since the government began detailed accounting of campaign fund raising three decades ago.

Democrats have taken the lead by exploiting widespread disapproval of President Bush and the Iraq war to develop a more robust online network of new, small donors, as well as to gain traction with deep-pocketed business contributors.

If their fund-raising advantage continues -- so far, Democrats have been pulling in about 58% of overall donations to federal-office seekers -- they will have more resources for pricey advertising, organization building and voter outreach next November to buttress their edge in the polls. Moreover, Democrats' focus on small donors leaves them room to raise more cash over the next year, since many contributors have yet to hit the legal limit of $2,300 per candidate per election, and could potentially keep giving.

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So far in the 2008 campaign, Democratic candidates for the White House and Congress, along with the Democratic National Committee and other party committees, have raised a total of $388.8 million, compared with $287.3 million for Republicans, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The figures include reports filed Friday by the House and Senate party committees for fund raising through June 30. Should that gap persist through the end of next year, it would be the first time in the 30-year history of the FEC that Democrats outraised Republicans overall in federal elections, says FEC spokesman Bob Biersack.

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1. That's no tiny matter. Expect corporations to pour their love(wealth)

on the most likely candidate - dem or republican. I bet they can't get to obama and kucinich fast enough. Obviously they already got to Hillary.

Anyway, this is good news and I expect it to keep going up. The only problem is where all that money comes from.

[Kolesar]

2. If the gops cannot finance expensive campaigns w/ staffers &TV they will be fucked

They certainly don't have the public on their side with the issues. They make up for it with get-out-the-vote phone canvassing and plenty of paid TV marketing.

I think that corporate America knows which way the wind is blowing and they are funding the Dems. I expect they are hedging their bets and funding both parties.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. What does it matter if we don't have elections?

I wouldn't put it past the bastards to suspend the elections and confiscate the Dems' money because they oppose the Iraq occupation under that damn "executive order."