Party fundraising as of Oct. 2, 2006...looks like Dems making headway..

in cutting into the GOP overall fundraising. It appears in cash on hand that the DSCC and DCCC have enough to do what they need to do, with one even surpassing the GOP.

I think the time has come to quit any inferences that the DNC has a chairman who is poor at fundraising. I also think the congressional committees are holding their own. They should let Dean go ahead building a strong party that will benefit everyone in the party. Dean's main thing is holding out on TV ads...he wants to spend money on GOTV ground efforts. He has offered over 2 million to Rahm, and still negotiating with Chuck.

Study the figures and see what I mean. They all have a job to do. Dean's DNC is responsible for winning back the state legislatures and local races as well as the presidential race, federal races, and building the party structure.

Political Parties
Overall fundraising as of October 2, 2006.

2005 - 2006 Totals

2006 cycle 2004 cycle 2002 cycle 2000 cycle
Total receipts Total spent Cash on hand Debts

Democratic Party $382,360,567
Republican Party $503,002,716

Main Party Committees

Democratic National Cmte $102,746,022
Republican National Cmte $185,080,183

House Party Committees

Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $86,160,713
National Republican Congressional Cmte $123,906,652

Senate Party Committees

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $81,257,939
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $69,218,617

http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/index.asp?cycle=2006&type=R

Cash on hand:

Democratic Party $90,446,521
Republican Party $117,928,483

Main Party Committees

Democratic National Cmte $10,929,533
Republican National Cmte $39,302,454

House Party Committees

Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $34,867,692
National Republican Congressional Cmte $36,019,485

Senate Party Committees

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $29,775,182
National Republican Senatorial Cmte $18,602,642

http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/index.asp?cycle=2006&type=C

The DNC has spent more on the states doing what the RNC has done for years, building a party infrastructure.

... in the past two days.

John Laesch (Hastert's opponent was just on Big Eddie Schultz & will be on Hardball today ~~~ The Laesch campaign phones are going completely out of control, and people are crawling out of the woodwork to support him he said.

Betcha he would've never been invited on Tweety's show if the --> on Hastert.

Someone dropped by about that time, and I missed him.
Will catch at the 7:00 show.

Tweety spends about 5 minutes with him, then spends the last few minutes with (I forget her name.. from a watchdog group? I think..) who had passed info about Foley to the FBI and said they never filed an investigation. She was MAD to hear that now, with the e-mails and IM's, the FBI is just now filing a "preliminary" investigation.

But John Laesch does an incredible job!! He talked about his time in the service, why he wants to be a Congressman, and about his brother who is serving in Iraq right now and is pulling for him.. :patriot:

He also quotes a comment from Dennis Hastert's book where he says "I know everything that goes on in the House of Representatives --- everything"

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If you hear about someone having the video up let me know.