Financial Picture Brightens for Democrats

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=3&u=/ap/20040401/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_money
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Democratic Party finds itself in its most confident and comfortable financial position in years, though it still trails Republicans in almost every fund-raising category.

The Democrats' efforts to whittle away at the GOP's spending advantage has been aided by presidential nominee-to-be John Kerry (news - web sites)'s decision to skip public financing and its spending limits, anti-Bush sentiment over the Iraq (news - web sites) war, elimination of the party's debt, the formation of outside Democratic fund-raising groups and Howard Dean (news - web sites)'s Internet fund-raising explosion.

[Cocoa]

1. that's why the RNC is suing

no way they can win in a fair fight.

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2. Will law suits do any good ??

This late in the game? I mean we're 6 months or so until the election. Any kind of litigation would probably take a long time to settle..so SCREW THEM. We're probably not breaking any laws anyway.

[Cocoa]

3. it will get laughed out of court

frivolous lawsuit, baby!

[David Dunham]

4. I hope you are right.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Aren't they pursuing a fasttrack approach?

I don't know the details, but I thought I read something that said such a case would be decided quickly.

The Repub's worst fear is to have a level playing field.

[murielm99]

6. They have asked for it to be fast tracked, i.e.,

taken out of the hands of the FEC and sent to the courts immediately. However, the courts could just decide to kick it back to the FEC.

I think this could backfire on them. We are better organized then we were before. And remember, Kerry and Soros both have lawyers. They could appeal, or find some way around it.