More details about DNC fundraising. 7 million to VA and NY.

[madfloridian]

This is really quite good, actually. Tim Tagaris has a good write-up about it today.

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/01/record_fundrais.php

Was it only less than two months ago? Page A1 of the Washington Post, a piece criticizing the DNC's fundraising efforts since Governor Howard Dean took the helm nearly one year ago. That's what you get when the article includes more anonymous "aides," "critics," "several Washington Democrats," and "sources close to the DNC" than actual people and hard facts. And what a difference those pesky facts can make.

From yesterday's Hotline Blog:

"The Democratic National Committee raised more than $51M in 2005, a record for an off-year and twenty percent higher than the comparable period in 2003."


1.) The DNC raised more than $51 million in 2005 – a record for a non-election year and a 20% increase over the total raised in 2003.

2.) More than 30,000 Americans have invested in the future of the Democratic Party through the Democracy Bonds program. At an average contribution of $20 a month that's roughly $7 million a year in recurring small-dollar contributions.

3.) To date, the DNC has hired talented, experienced, diverse political professionals in 43 states. Thirty of those states have sent their staffers to Washington, DC for several days of training from top Democratic operatives about how to effectively organize Democrats in their communities.

4.) Governor Dean and the DNC invested more than $7 million to elect new Democratic governors Jon Corzine in New Jersey and Tim Kaine in Virginia. Democrats also reaped important ballot box victories at the local level in places like Mobile, Alabama, St. Paul, Minnesota and King County, Washington.

5.) Governor Dean has traveled to 34 states and territories during his first year as chairman to talk about Democratic values and raise money for the local parties. Those states, red, blue, and purple, include:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

So why is there so much misinformation and anonymous discontent out there? The truth is, much of it is not intentional. This is a new way of doing business, re-building the party from the grassroots up, organizing in every state, and asking Americans from Main Street, not K Street, to sustain the party via their small dollar contributions. Unfortunately, there will be the contingent of those who are threatened by the new shift in balance... and those are often the ones cited anonymously on page one of the Washington Post when inaccurate stories about DNC fundraising come out.

[wakeme2008]

1. IMHO, the Democratic Party can be weaned off K-St

easier than the other guys :)

[Old and In the Way]

4. It would be smart politics for Democrats to legislate contributions

reform to federal politics. Clean Elections - and financed by citizens (the breathing kind) only. Get our elections back to a battle of ideas on how to optimize our country based on the collective needs of the bottom 90%. 10% of Republicans finance 90% of the Party. The other 90% are window dressing, allowed to wear the badge but not at the feeding trough.

Too bad that the 90% minority shareholders in the Republican vision can't transcend their self-ascribed label and see how they've been manipulated by a lifetime of divisive politics, driven by identity hate: "hate the commie-pinko-leftie-hippie-liberal-Clinton-not me,etc". They can't help themselves. TV, Rush, BO, the lamestream media have spent 20 years programming their audience to salivate when pictures of Bush are shown and barking hsterically at Kerry's image.

Until this block of Americans recognize their failure to comprehend that they are voting against their best interests....and take the action of joining us, the crooks with their crooked e-votes are going to have the cover to continue the looting of the country formally known as the USA.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Kind of interesting to compare the key sources for getting political

funding. On the one hamd you have Dean getting recurring donations from the Democratic grassroots. OTOH, you have the Republicans using Abramoff and a bunch of phoney grassroots organizations funneling corporate $ into the RNC political machine.

[Cha]

3. I'm looking forward to

the day when it can be written that Dean has made a visit to all 50 States and raised money for the local parties.

Feb 12, 2006 will be Dean's one year anniversary as Chairman..that should get some good money flowin' in!

Too bad bigheaded doesn't read..he could learn that Dean has raised a record amount for Dems in an off election year.

[Justitia]

5. Lovely. He walks the walk. I love all those recurring, small donors (aka

ordinary Americans).

Go Good Doctor!