Dems rake in more cash than republicans

[bigtree]

October 15th, 2010

(CNN) – Polls and pundits may have Republicans winning Senate seats in the November elections, but it's Democrats who are the recent money winners - the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised $27 million in the last three months, according to a statement released Friday.

Over $15 million of that total was raised in September, a figure that trumps the $8.3 million the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised in the same month, according to their statement.

"Democrats are increasingly unified and motivated in the final stretch of the midterm elections," J.B. Poersch, Executive Director of the DSCC said in the statement. "As Republicans nominate extremists who want to return to the failed Bush economic policies of the past, Democrats are ready to fight."

The statement released by the NRSC points out that September was the Committee's most successful fundraising month in at least 6 years.

But that number still leaves them trailing Democrats. The DSCC has $25.6 million in the bank and the NRSC has $19.2 million.


read: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/15/dems-rake-in-cash/

[Jackpine Radical]

1. The big money isn't going to the parties.

It's going to the Chamber of Commerce & other orgs to be spent directly on advertising. And it's all backing Republicans.

[bigtree]

2. sure, they have more big money donors

But, Democratic funds comprise donations from more individual donors - representing a greater level of participation by Democratic voters in the money race.

[Rex]

3. So you are saying The People are outpacing the Chamber of Corporations!?

Awesome.

[Andy823]

6. Yes...

And I think it shows that the media BS that democrats aren't going to vote, but republicans are is just plain FALSE! As you said there seems to be a greater level of participation by democrats than there is by individual republicans. This could mean that republicans, not the teabagger kind but the average republican, is not happy with their own party, for whatever reasons, so they aren't donating. The vast majority of republican money is from the "BIG" donors, he corporate "people"! If the same lack of participation is shown at the polls this year, republicans may still be the "MINORITY" in both houses after the elections.

If democrats get out the vote, democrats will win, and if republicans stay home, the bigger the win! Maybe the media knows this so they have been spreading the BS about democrats hoping that democrats will just give up! This whole thing could backfire big time on the republicans! I sure hope so!

[AlinPA]

4. There are no limits now, so the republicans are swimming in money. They certainly are not going to

report the hundreds of millions that they will get from corporations.

[lonestarnot]

7. Guess they all have rent that's due.

[eridani]

5. Too bad that the Republican party is increasingly irrelevant for fundraising

Outside expenditures by C of C et al are much larger, and favor Republicans.

[Scuba]

8. Dollars help. Votes are critical.

The ONLY thing that matters at this point is getting voters to the polls on November 2nd.

You can help do that.

Volunteer down at Democratic HQ. They need people to make phone calls, knock on doors, compile lists of local events, do data entry, etc.

Help others get their early ballots in case they can't get out on election day.

Get a yard sign.

Talk to your cousin/nephew/aunt etc.

We need to focus on this or the next two years of DU will be not about how to improve the country, but about limiting damage.

thanks,

Scuba

[deaniac21]

9. We got the BIG MO, baby!