X-Post: How does this graphic make you feel about the upcoming elections?

[Turborama]

For context, it was featured in this segment on MSNBC...

Woodhouse: GOP's Plan to Return to Bush Scares Voters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0x8Mb2Dck4&playnext=1

Open Secrets' website: http://www.opensecrets.org/

(Cross posting from GD to get feelings from across DU's political spectrum)

[yurbud]

1. it depends on who the money is coming from

[Skittles]

2. disgusted

[scheming daemons]

9. Would you be happier if the Democratic number was lower?

Might as well fight them without any ammunition, eh?

:eyes:

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[WonderGrunion]

11. Heaven forbid we have enough money to fight off the Repukes

This is why the 'far left' has not won any elections or passed any legislation in over 3 decades.

To quote Barney Frank: "What color is the sky in your world?"

[karynnj]

13. Care to look at where even PAC money is coming from?

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/toppacs.php?Type=C&cycle=2010&Pty=D In one word - unions

[Turborama]

14. Good point. n/t

[KingFlorez]

3. That our chances are very good

With the cash advantage, the party can step up the ground game and outpace the Republicans in lots of places.

[Jim Sagle]

6. "Our" chances depend on who "we" are.

If "we" are corporations then "our" chances are very good as you say; if "we" are non-corporate citizens, not so much.

[flamingdem]

4. Don't get overconfident. There's also dirty money and Rove's fingerprints all over nt

[donheld]

5. Welcome to Citizens United

[depakid]

7. Like corporations have a free reign to spend, spend, spend all that cash they've hoarded

wherever and however they please to influence any election, from local judicial races all the way up to Republican Senate candidates.

Why pay the RNC when they can control and target their own funds?

[scheming daemons]

8. That doesn't count all the money that Rove is raising off the books

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[karynnj]

12. I wish I could find a breakdown between PAC and non-PAC

The Democrats do get a ht from union PACs. I looked at the link and the chart of top 20 PACs for each is interesting - http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/toppacs.php?Type=C&cycle=2010&Pty=D (the Democratic list)

One reason this breakdown would be interesting is that it could counter the talk of the enthusiasm gap. It's also interesting as for big rollers, there is the view that they bet on likely winners.