Pedro Picasso tired of hearing

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x108894

Oh my.

UpInArms  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jan-03-10 05:19 PM
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GOP cash woes threaten House bids

With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House next year — and with the dream of retaking the House appearing to be a real, if improbable, possibility — one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents.

The National Republican Congressional Committee, the key cog in helping to finance GOP campaigns, has banked less than a third as much money as its Democratic counterpart and is ending the year with barely enough money to fully finance a single House race — no less the dozens that will be in play come 2010.

A big part of the problem, according to Republican strategists, is that GOP members themselves — the ones who stand the most to gain from large-scale House gains — haven’t chipped in accordingly, despite evidence of solid opportunities in at least 40 districts next year and with as many as 80 seats in play, according to the Cook Political Report’s estimates.

In the past three months, only 75 of 177 Republicans — most of whom represent safe districts — transferred money into the committee, netting it $2.1 million. The average donation was just $28,000, with only 11 members donating $50,000 or more during that time period.

During that same time period, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has netted nearly $4 million from 90 of its members — with 35 House Democrats chipping in at least $50,000.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/31077.html

It'll change.  It's early.

I dunno why the primitives act as if the mid-term elections are taking place next week; we've got a long ten months to go.

left coaster (307 posts)      Sun Jan-03-10 05:21 PM
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1. "With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains"

At least according to the RW hacks at Politico..

Pedro Picasso, still fuming because C-Peg beat him out for the number 10 spot by a whisker:

Atman  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jan-03-10 06:11 PM
PEDRO PICASSO; #11 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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7. I am so tired of hearing this BULLSHIT.

I agree, "Cusp of major gains," my ass. I don't care how frustrated people are with the pace or face of change from the Obama administration, all but those last 20-30% -- the Teabaggers and BushCo holdovers -- will pull the lever for MORE of what everybody knows brought us to the precipice; The Republicans.

The nattering nabobs need to wake up, stop panicking, and start working to COUNTER the GOP-owned MSM message of certain Obama failure instead of buying into it. We KNOW who owns Fox, we KNOW who owns NBC/MSNBC et al, we KNOW who owns the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, Politico, etc, etc. So why do we start pissing our pants and run screaming into the street the moment they parrot everything we all already knew they'd say? I don't get it.

rfranklin  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jan-03-10 05:22 PM
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2. Good....we have enough Republicans already hiding in the Democratic Party...

Something that has been so well emphasized during the HCR debates.

maglatinavi (560 posts)      Sun Jan-03-10 05:34 PM
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4.  dem repugs

ditto! Who needs them???

[The Village Idiot]

NRCC and RNC don't deserve a dime.

Give money to the good candidates instead, because they won't.

Conservatives have started figuring this out.

[AllosaursRus]

I don't think any amount of money is going to help the current DipShits in office. You don't just ignore the American people and expect to get re-elected!

They know this. They're bettin' this health care bill will put enough on the welfare of the fed in order to pull their votes. They've been listening to O'Bummer and the left wing media so long, they haven't a frikkin' clue!

There is going to be an absolute revolt against this BS! I can hardly wait! The moaning and groaning from the DUmp is going to be music to my ears!