Now unopposed Senate Dems in safe seats...84 million in hand.

[madfloridian]

Senate Democrats (in Safe Seats) Sitting on $84 Million in Cash on Hand!

"Most of you read or heard about Carville's and Cook's contention that Democrats could bolster their chances at engineering an electoral tsunami by borrowing between $5-$10 million dollars for competitive House races. Also, Republicans expect to have a $55 million cash advantage heading into the final three weeks of the campaign. Kos's recent post about DCCC dues got me wondering how much money Senate and House Democrats are actually sitting on.

What exactly qualifies as a 'safe seat'? Obviously my categorization is subjective, but I think we can all agree that Democrats coasting to blow out wins in '06 (25 points or more) or incumbents who have been elected atleast twice or those in the bluest of blue seats should be counted as occupying 'safe seats'. Turns out, Democrats who meet this criteria have $84 million dollars in their collective warchests."

"Are there good reasons for sitting on all this money? I know very little about the actual mechanics of running a campaign, and therefore can't tell if those Democrats in 'safe seats' need all the money they currently possess. Still, tapping these Democrats for a fifth of their current campaign accounts would give the committees $17 million that they currently don't have. Can these Democrats be persuaded to break off a sizable chunk of their warchest and make it available to the DCCC (or the DSCC)? "

You need to scroll down to see the chart he made. As with the House Dems which I wrote about in another thread:
Unopposed House Democrats Sitting On $26,288,418

There are always exceptions to be made in various cases.

[OzarkDem]

1. There's no need to borrow

Emanuel probably has enough in his own campaign coffers to fund the rest of the races.

Why are Carville and Emanuel trying to run this scam?

[madfloridian]

2. Combine the House and Senate....112 million approximately.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/441

That sure could help a lot of candidates.

[madfloridian]

3. I can't find expenditures for the DSCC

http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/expend.asp?Cmte=DSCC&cycle=2006

Open Secrets does not have them. I tried the FEC site, but it appears very busy right now.

Just curious. There is a little bit about contributions, but not much.

http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/contrib.asp?Cmte=DSCC&cycle=2006

"The DSCC is the Democratic Party's chief fundraising committee dedicated to electing Democratic candidates to the U.S. Senate. Totals here include expenditures made both by the main committee and by all its affiliated committees. Senate committees lack expenditure information because they do not file electronically."

All DCCC and DNC info is readily available.