Huge Cash Edge Rove Boasted Of Fails To Materialize (Dems Raise More in Oct.)

[Hissyspit]

http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/oct/27/huge_cash_edge_rove_boasted_of_fails_to_materialize

Huge Cash Edge Rove Boasted Of Fails To Materialize
By Greg Sargent | bio

Last week the ever-supremely-confident Karl Rove boasted that the GOP had a huge cash edge that would fuel the Republicans' inevitable triumph over Dems -- but the latest numbers are in, and Rove's boast has simply failed to materialize. The Associated Press reports that the Democrats' campaign committees raised a total of $15.5 million during the first 18 days in October, while Republicans raised $10.1 million. The AP tallies up the totals: the GOP has $27.2 to spend on candidates in the home stretch, while Dems have $26.7 million -- a GOP advantage of less than a million dollars. Though the GOP claims a $14 million edge held by individual Senate campaigns, that's spread across many races and will partly be offset by the massive spending of the committees.

[underpants]

1. The press will still repeat his line when explaining how the vote flipped

That was the purpose of getting that out there. That is all they do-make voting results not sound too whacked out to be believed.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. That's how to make Karl lose his Mojo. n/t

[BOSSHOG]

3. I've been sending a little bit of my Navy Retirement Check

to the DSCC and the DNC. I have never given money to any political campaign in the past. Thanks karl for motivating me to dig into my Beer Money to elect democrats.

[The Magistrate]

4. Fund-Raising, Sir, Is A Useful Indicator

That Democrats are raising more funds in the home-stretch shows there is more passion on our side than their's....

[fooj]

5. Passion, indeed.

:patriot:

[Hissyspit]

7. I believe I concur, sir. n/t

[partylessinOhio]

6. This doesn't make sense. The Decider has been out there daily

at our expense on AF1 raising money for the Repuglicans. Who stole it?

[gratuitous]

8. All signs point to what the GOP hates

A level playing field and high voter turnout, two features of an election anathema to the Republicans.

[Hissyspit]

9. .

[hijinx87]

10. just like in gambling

the smart money always finds the winner.