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Reviewing the May fundraising numbers.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 19th, 2009 at 10:58 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Yup, it’s that time again.  Short version: the DNC beat the RNC last month, thanks to a Presidential fundraiser; but the NRSC actually raised more money last month than the DSCC; and the DCCC raised only about 200K more than the NRCC.  While the cash-on-hand edge for the GOP is less than it was last month’s, it’s because the Democrats are still not retiring their debt, which is 4x the GOP’s.

Group Raised CoH Debt
RNC 5.82 21.55 0.00
DNC 8.37 12.14 5.60
NRSC 3.50 3.70 0.00
DSCC 3.45 4.00 4.17
NRCC 3.24 3.73 4.00
DCCC 3.44 5.01 6.67
GOP 12.56 28.98 4.00
Democrats 15.26 21.15 16.44

Compare to last month’s:

Raised CoH Debts
RNC 5.76 24.38 0.00
DNC 4.52 9.09 5.42
NRSC 2.93 2.65 0.00
DSCC 3.13 2.63 4.58
NRCC 2.23 3.69 5.00
DCCC 3.05 4.03 7.33
Raised CoH Debts
GOP 10.92 30.72 5
Dem 10.70 15.75 17.33

…and the Democrats can take some comfort in knowing that the President can personally bring in the cash.  That’s the only good news for them from last month, though.  Their Congressional and Senatorial committees should both be doing much better against the GOP versions than they are; in fact, they are in some ways in much the same position that the GOP was at this time in 2007:

Through May, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Committee had raised $48.6 million as compared to the $36 million collected by the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee. And, even though the two Republican committees have been outraised by $12 million by their Democratic counterparts, they have actually outspent the DSCC and DCCC $31.3 million to $23.7 million.

Those raising and spending figures leave a — you guessed it! — massive cash on hand gap between the two sides. The DSCC and DCCC have $25.5 million on hand while the NRSC and NRCC have just $6.1 million in the bank. Compare that to the two sides’ relative cash positions at the end of May 2005; the two Republican committees had $19.1 million in the bank — $6.5 million more than the two Democratic campaign committees.

Three of the four committees still carry significant debt from the 2006 cycle. The NRCC and NRSC have a combined $6.8 million in debt (all from the NRCC) while the DCCC and DSCC carry $8.7 million in debt.

…which is to say, not bringing in the cash and heavily in debt.

And I think that I’ll end it there; after all, we still have a year and a half until the next election.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • smagar

    As you mentioned above, they’re confident that Obama can retire it in time.

    I also suspect that they have no problem with making their creditors wait and wait and wait to get repaid. I’ll bet that many of their creditors are Hopium addicts.

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    …honeymoon is coming to an end. They’re already starting to have problems with potential donors.

  • TNJim

    on Hannity tonight. He’s real upset with a California court shutting off water needed for irrigation because of an endangered minnow. His family owns a farm in the area affected and their trees are beginning to die. Rodriguez, a comedian, was a big supporter of Obama during the campaign. His family and other farmers invited Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to tour the area in an effort to get the o-ministration to step in and do something but all he did was fly over the area. No meetings yet. So Rodriguez, and probably about 80,000 other folks in the San Joaquin valley, are real upset with Obama right now. They feel like they’re being ignored for a fish that’s no bigger than your pinky finger. No video or transcript of that yet but here’s a transcript of Ainsley Earhart’s original report. Now Hannity has been the butt of several of Rodriguez’s jokes in the past but tonight he was practically begging Sean to keep the story alive and talk up the impact that area failing would have on the nation’s food prices. He even wanted Sean to run for office!

    Yup, the more the bloom comes of the rose that people think the O-ministration is the more they catch a whiff of the fertilizer underneath. And so more donations may come to a halt.

  • Kayla

    Yes, I think the bloom is beginning to come off the rose. It was cool to say “Yes, we can.” But now his policies are being felt in the pocket book and suddenly it’s like “wait a minute, this is not what I signed up for.” I give it till the end of the summer when more people will see what most of us on the board saw a year ago.

  • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

    other than to continue to do the Liberal Democrat thing and WHINE! When the Socialist agenda of their beloved fellow Liberals in the Democrat Party had cared NOTHINIG about others they just didn’t bat an eye. BUT NOW! Of course, when it finally catches up with them – it is “different.” And their response, beg Government – the same Government their endless pulls for the JackAss lever had sown to which they now reap.

    If it weren’t for so many other people that have to suffer from this debacle, I would tell Paul – TOUGH, SUFFER FOOL for all your years of empowering these fools despite decades of Conservatives/Republicans saying we have to have “balanced” concern and response in Environmental policy. Again, now far too many OTHER people have to suffer their failings to wake-up.

    FL, GA, etc… (in many parts) are ALSO still suffering from FAILED DEMOCRAT POLICY with water controls where concern over fish is of greater concern that people might go thirsty and/or hungry because the water doesn’t flow!

    We keep hearing the Global Warming paranoids use all these “DROUGHT” concerns as EVIDENCE of GW…. WRONG! What it is evidence of is FAILED LIBERAL DEMOCRAT POLICIES AGAIN!!!! We also keep hearing about how Floods will also be more fierce and prevalent. NO KIDDING, but it won’t be because of the Weather it will be because of ENVIRO-TERRORIST POLICY put forth by the Democrats not allowing us to run off high water levels leaving those areas to FLOOD while other areas dying for water to remain in DROUGHT all because we cannot upset some fish.

    related:
    Climate $cam – Climate $cam
    +Cycles/Shift – Climate Cycles/Shifts
    +China projects – China gets the Flood/Drought Cycles preparation right
    +tidal-gen – Tidal power generation (finally)
    +Earth 2100 – Earth 2100 TV special (Liberal propaganda)
    +AccuWeather cool trend – AccuWeather COOL trend

  • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

    He just wants a BAILOUT equivalent…. He just wants the water turned back on for them (and the fact that it helps others also – probably even LONGER suffering is inconsequential to him) IMO….. He did NOT call for a re-examination of the Enviro-Terrorists positions and policies that got THEM to this point and/or acknowledge how so many others before them had been suffering due to failed Liberal Democrat policies (see below about FL/GA/etc)….

    The Rodriguez family, again IMO, has a LONG WAY TO GO before they wake up and blame themselves for their votes and support that brought them to where they are now!

  • TNJim

    to what their liberal leanings have gotten them into, so be it. As long as they have. Yes, I did note their first act after the court ruling was to try and take their complaint to DC. Fine. Now that they are beginning to see that DC has other groups like environazis they’d rather pander to it’ll finally (hopefully) sink in that liberal ain’t the way to go. I think their only recourse now is to take it all the way to the SCOTUS. Real change, not the feel good, hopey changey kind Obama promised, can be painful, as these San Joaquin valley farmers are finding out. Rodriguez is finding that out right now, hence that’s why he still appears to be whining to you. He’s been dislodged from his comfort zone. And I’m not so sure that all the farmers were all that liberal. someone from CA will have to chime in on that. If this causes Rodriguez to turn conservative, so be it. I’ll welcome him to our side, because one pebble dislodged from its comfortable place can cause an avalanche.

  • Rapunzel46

    of what is to come. The democrats are owned by the environmental movement and the chickens are coming home to roost, We need people like Rodriguez and are being hurt by these insane rulings to speak out, they will get the attention most farmers cannot.

    I will make one small correction, it was Sec. Salazar, who is secretar of interior, that flew over and refused to land and actually speak to the farmers.

    BTW Rodriguez has been speaking out on this for months now.

  • Rapunzel46

    California in general they should get rid of the enviros… send them all to North Korea.

  • TNJim

    I stand corrected. Also, I erred when I said Rodriguez asked Sean to run for office. Got my guests, and possibly shows, mixed up.

  • scarlos

    is that the RNC raised more money from “Small” donations than the DNC did last month.

    Considering Obama is supposedly the “king of small donations” (to quote a liberal friend of mine), it means either his fanatical liberal base is losing their fanaticism, the Conservative base is becoming more active, or both.

  • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

    I will welcome him with open arms IF he is indeed willing to say he wants to come over and that he now does indeed understand that the warning signs were there that went unnoticed…. that this did NOT just pop-up out of the blue and REAL CHANGES need to be made to our EnviroPolicy.

    First Miller… now maybe Rodriguez?!?!? who knows ;-) lol

    Someone like Paul needs to indeed wake up that we have NOT been calling to just let animals die off left and right, but that protection/preservation is part of the CONSERVATIVE philosophy but that BALANCE, short-term/long-term goals/policies don’t always jive, etc….That all of this is just an extension of the failure to allow us to manage lands properly and while his area dries up due to Democrat policies other areas of CA (and so many other States) are BURNING UP because we don’t manage lands right….

    He could make a MAJOR/WONDERFUL ally, let us hope and SAY PRAYERS FOR HIM in the realHOPE ™ ;-) that he sees the light and makes the realCHANGE … you get the idea lol.

  • TNJim

    More importantly, and to tie this back into Moe’s original point, it can definitely lead to a further erosion in Democrat fund raising. A voice like Rodriguez’s can especially influence the Hispanic donations, if, as you noted above, he now gets and understands just what the real focus of liberals is. He’s made a good first step by speaking out against the environazis’ push to value a fish over people. After viewing the segment again I also noted he pointed out there was a way to provide both irrigation and a habitat for the fish, but the environazis didn’t want to consider it. One more example for Paul of liberals’ single-mindedness.

  • Lammo

    I can’t wait to use that. It’s perfect!

  • Brian Hibbert

    I know I’ve become more active since Obama won. I know others who have also. Getting active is the first step to becoming a donor. I and the people I know are definitely in the small donor category.

  • http://ghosthound.com Leatherneck

    Declare bankruptcy, have Obama take them over and push the creditors out. Seriously, the way they’re going, if the Democrats were in debt to me, I wouldn’t expect a dime. And if I dared ask for it….well you know what happens then.

    And Mr. Hibbert, I’m with you. I’ve definitely become more active this election cycle.

  • penguin2

    While my husband and I have not donated (yet) to those party groups, we have been sending donation dollars to individual candidates since the election, Rubio, Toomey…Perhaps there are more like us and those figures are not captured in the data.

    We did not do this after the 2006 election. We were mad at the election losses then as now, but the Internet (RS, etc.) has made a difference in our activism.

  • http://www.werushdaily.com Steve Baetz

    I get calls from the RNC/(Insert Repub org here) about fundraising, claiming the question of do you want national “anything”??

    My response to them everytime is… “Until you guys start adhering to the Constitution.. until you stop sounding like Democrats.. Until you Stop with your version of “Government is the answer” pander programs…

    NOT ONE DIME IN DONATIONS UNTIL THEN…

    Big Tents are for camping and for keg parties… not for POLITICAL parties that want to be everything to everybody.

    DO YOU HEAR THAT, MR. STEELE??

    With 40% of the country calling themselves Conservative, this out pacing the “Liberal” moniker by 2 to 1… I think the message is clear that STICK TO CONSERVATISM, and CONSTITUTIONAL JUDEO/CHRISTIAN VALUES!!

    And a little note to piss off those in the Administration who are preventing Navy Chaplains from ending prayers with ‘In Jesus’ Name…”

    “In Jesus’ Name… Socialism will be at an end when you are run out of town on rails!

    Amen!

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Some of us oppose Obama. Some of us like to talk.

  • http://www.werushdaily.com Steve Baetz

    Its apparent that “opposition to Obama” means blindly following the Republican party… and doing exactly the same thing the Democrats do… So I take it Mr. Stevens, sir that you are Democrat Lite (in the vein of Nicole Wallace or Margaret Hoover) All the great taste of Socialism, just half the calories… The party of McCain LOST… Why? Because McCain had a seat with his name on it on the other side of the aisle… The moderates picked their candidate, and got pasted in the election for it.

    Shaping the party is a whole other matter… they want my money? Then change the way they do business… Be the party of Reagan, not the party Roosevelt… Franklin that is…

    Talk may be cheap… but my money isn’t. See you at the Independence Day Tea Parties…

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Talk is cheap, and that’s all you’re good for, so we don’t need you.

    But since you don’t like the Republcian party, maybe you should find some other website to grace with your hot air? You don’t seem to like it here.

  • PoliFanatic

    We ALL thought the NRCC did a bad job last cycle, but by this time, they had reduced a gigantic amount of debt compared to Sessions. Yet, now we are happy with where it’s at.

    This is bad. The DCCC will be able to raise funds much more quickly in the coming year. Between now and the new year will be absolutely dead for the NRCC.

    Also, what about their dinner? Didn’t they claim about $14.? million?

    We’re in trouble here.

    If the trend line stays the same, it will be even more dramatic than last cycle.

    Better pray that health care and environmental legislation really piss people off.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Funny I don’t remember having any loathing for the NRCC last time.

    Care to explain to us what your problem was with the group, instead of just appealing to an unnamed crowd?

    Basically, i’m challenging your whole claim that we’re in trouble.

  • PoliFanatic

    I seem to remember that people had a CLEAR problem with the NRCC last cycle.

    For instance, when the Directors of RedState called for Cleaning the whole house at the NRCC over three lost specials.

    http://archive.redstate.com/stories/elections/2008/clean_house_at_the_nrcc

    We lost the first special this year, and I heard nary a complaint.

    Last cycle the NRCC had a $18.9 million dollar debt. Compare where it’s debt retirement efforts took it versus today.

    Last cycle, the NRCC retired several MILLION in debt in the first 3 months. FEC reports show heavy member transfers. Where is that now?????

    This cycle, the NRCC received a $1 million transfer from the RNC (which it did not receive last cycle). It started with $6.5 million in debt reported on Janury 31. And yet…..

    It STILL has $4 million in debt.

    DCCC started with $16 million reported debt on Jan 31…. where is it now? $6.67 million.

    Give me a BREAK!

    The coming months will show a VERY severe dry spell for fundraising, as that is the way August-December is on an off year.

    Functionally, the NRCC was much better off last cycle than this one. It’s pretty demonstrable.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Well, here’s how I see it:

    The NRCC is ahead and in the last month it maintained its lead by matching the DCCC in fundraising, trailing by less than 10% of what we brought in. If you subtract debt from CoH the NRCC owes 0.27 million, while the DCCC owes 1.66 million.

    If a dry spell comes, we’re in better shape to weather it because while yes, the Democrats have the President, I see no reason to believe Obama has any interest in helping the DCCC with that.

    Given the RNC’s sizable lead over the DNC, I have to think he’d be much more likely to help the DNC than the DCCC.

    And further yes, since the RNC is doing so much better, the NRCC has the option of getting help. The DCCC not so much.

    So while yes, the NRCC may need better leadership, I don’t think we need to get pessimistic.

  • PoliFanatic

    I want to make clear, I am speaking only about the NRCC.

    I also want to make clear that we WILL have a good cycle, but it will likely be in spit of the NRCC.

    You’re right that it is in a much better position to weather the coming months.

    But is SHOULDN’T be in this position.

    Last cycle, the NRCC got significant $ tranferred to it by members at this point in time. Why hasn’t Sessions beat the crap out of them until they contribute?

    While the DCCC underperformed in this last quarter, that doesn’t change the fact that the fundraising apparatus is loaded in their favor.

    This last NRCC dinner was a disaster, and anyone who was there can tell you how it felt compared to previous ones. While the DCCC may only post $3 million from their dinner, watch for their morning after event to put it through the roof. And watch for the NRCC to not report the amount they initially claimed. They have to be crediting other donations, because the dinner was pathetic, smaller, and not well attended.

    It’s also ironic that when one examines the FEC reports to note the level of tribal donations to the NRCC. Those were practically non-existent before the last cycle, and to see how we are relying on them now scares the crap out of me.

  • http://www.werushdaily.com Steve Baetz

    I never said I didn’t like the Republican Party… I don’t like the direction it is going in, nor do a boat load of other people apparently since its become clear by their polling and fundraising numbers which show a healthy lag behind the Democrats. Says alot about their departure from the base.

    I have a voice and an opinion and I deeply care about the future of this country… are you saying you’re willing to silence opposing viewpoints? If you are then perhaps you are Democrat Lite, or more to the point, an Obama Socialist. A real Republican would welcome the critique rather than silence it. Or does the fact that the direction the Republicrats have gone in that you’ve supported all along, followed by the pasting the RINOs took this last election cycle make you rethink that support, knowing that Reagan was right after all? Sucks to take a hit in the nose doesn’t it?

    There has been far too much “shut up” in this country from the left as well as those who call themselves “moderate” or “centrist”… no more… its time we make ourselves heard.

    If you don’t like it… Too Bad…