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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 04:54 PM
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Money worries curb GOP optimism
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33951.html

By JEANNE CUMMINGS | 3/4/10 8:23 PM EST

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33951.html#ixzz0hR5amUFx



Republicans are feeling pretty good about the midterms. Prognosticators don’t laugh anymore when they talk about taking back Congress.

But while wind at one’s back is a good thing, cash in the bank would be better, and on that score Republicans are lagging behind. Their candidates have raised less than half the $84 million that experts estimate it will take to seriously threaten the Democratic majority in the House. The situation at the National Republican Congressional Committee is even bleaker.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33951.html#ixzz0hR5hVO0B
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 04:55 PM
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1. don't they read about supreme court cases...?
Edited on Sat Mar-06-10 04:55 PM by dysfunctional press
the pugs won't be having any campaign money troubles anytime soon.
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DFLforever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 05:03 PM
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2. Looks like the "wind at their back " is turning out to be little
more than hot air fanned by the press and GOP blowhards in Congress.
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 05:27 PM
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3. Who needs money when you have ClearChannel, CNN and FoxNoise in their hip pocket?
Also I have never heard of a quiet Rethug..they always have to yell over anybody that doesn't agree with them.

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 05:44 PM
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4. And may it ever be so!
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 06:22 PM
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5. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, I don't believe it makes any difference what they have now.
Corporate supremacists can and will inundate the market with mass spending when they're ready.

Thanks for the thread, babsbunny.
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