DNC announces big cash infusion into Midterms

[WI_DEM]

Washington (CNN) – Last week the Democratic National Committee announced it raised a record $16 million last month. This week the DNC is announcing where it's investing some of that big cash haul.

Monday, the DNC said it's transferring this month $5.5 million to the Democrat's House and Senate election committees and to state party committees.

According to the DNC, $1.83 million goes to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with an equal amount transferred to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

The Ohio Democratic party chapter receives half a million dollars, with the state party in Wisconsin receiving $300,000, followed by a quarter million to Minnesota and New Hampshire, $233,000 to Oregon, $200,000 to Maine and $100,000 to the state party in South Carolina. Ohio and Minnesota have competitive gubernatorial contests, as does New Hampshire and Oregon.

The transfers are part of what the DNC says is a $50 million "Vote 2010" midterm election program.

DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse calls the effort "the largest midterm investment ever by the DNC," and add that "more than $20 million of which is cash transferred directly to committees and state parties."
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[bigdarryl]

1. The DNC seems more concern with how much money they are raising instead of

getting that money to candidates who need help around the country like the progressives

[ProSense]

3. What does that even mean?

They are providing the money to state parties, which is what they do.

If they don't raise money, where will the money come from?

[FBaggins]

8. Exactly right. The funds at this point are mostly GOTV efforts

and that isn't something that you drive from national level. The state (and local) parties are the ones that need to rent the vans and staff the phone banks (etc).

[Kdillard]

2. Good. We are down to the wire and I hope all the effort will make a difference.

[BlueGirlRedState]

4. I hope it helps but I'm muting all the ads on TV

You can't run away from them -- on every channel. GOP and Dem back to back, it's so ugly. If more money is for more ads, will it help at this point?

[xchrom]

5. Recommend

[oswaldactedalone]

6. I went all in yesterday

$500 to each of DNC, DCCC, DSCC, and OFA. Still trying to figure out where to put the last $500 I set aside. In spite of the financial pain of doing it, I felt it was something that had to be done. Hope you'll consider giving what you can. Also, I'm getting thank yous from my friends for sending them info on the above named groups. Some have contributed when they never would've before as they didn't know about them. You might consider doing that as well.

[sadbear]

7. Chump change

Compared to how much Big Business, Corporations, and special interests are giving the republicans.

[oswaldactedalone]

9. Chump change to me and chump change to them

are totally different things. How much have you given?

[Cognitive_Resonance]

10. This is good. The GOP and their corporate backers have squandered much of their resources

by spending too early on ineffective advertising. The name of the game is Get Out The Vote. With absentee and early voting underway in many state, the time to really push is now.