Wouldn’t you know it: I decide not to do anything consequential and the fundraising numbers become available. Short version: the GOP out-raised the Democrats for the first time since April; the NRSC beat out the DSCC for the second month; the NRCC continues to stay essentially tied with the DCCC; and the Democrats aren’t paying their debt down.
| Raised | CoH | Debts | |
| RNC | 7.87 | 20.97 | 0.00 |
| DNC | 6.89 | 15.34 | 5.33 |
| NRSC | 3.10 | 5.10 | 0.00 |
| DSCC | 2.20 | 6.70 | 2.90 |
| NRCC | 3.15 | 4.20 | 2.00 |
| DCCC | 3.30 | 10.73 | 4.67 |
| GOP | 14.12 | 30.27 | 2.00 |
| Dem | 12.39 | 32.77 | 12.90 |
The good news for the Democrats is that they’re still maintaining a slight cash-on-hand advantage overall and a decent one on the Congressional level… if you ignore their debt, which they at least seem determined to do. A comparison of this time last cycle…
| Raised | CoH | Debts | |
| RNC | 5.06 | 16.02 | 0.00 |
| DNC | 4.62 | 4.69 | 2.00 |
| NRSC | 2.36 | 7.12 | 0.00 |
| DSCC | 2.58 | 20.64 | 3.50 |
| NRCC | 2.54 | 1.40 | 3.95 |
| DCCC | 3.50 | 22.13 | 3.08 |
| GOP | 9.96 | 24.54 | 3.95 |
| Dem | 10.70 | 47.46 | 8.58 |
…shows pretty much what we’ve been seeing to date: the Democrats are not dominating the financial arena like they were this time in 2007. That’s not good news for a party in power.
But since complacency is a bad idea:
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Is Obama going to waive the debt of the Democrats?
Xasteius (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 8:00PM EST (link)I smell a rat.
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Okay, that might be a little paranoid, but
Xasteius (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 8:04PM EST (link)we are talking about the party of tax cheats here. I guess that I’m uncomfortable with the thought of carrying debt from cycle to cycle. There’s probably intricacy that I’m missing…
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How do you mean waive the debt?
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, September 20th at 7:15AM EST (link)You mean cover it?
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"Waive the debt" = political witchery/manipulation to make it disappear.
Xasteius (Diary) Sunday, September 20th at 5:15PM EST (link)Like I mentioned previously, I might be a little paranoid, but I probably just lacking in knowledge over political fundraising and related topics. Any suggested public literature on the topic?
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Debts are debts
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, September 20th at 5:38PM EST (link)He can’t just make them go away. The creditors have to get their money. And the law has a lot to say about who pays that money.
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still concerned
proudgop (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 9:17PM EST (link)The Dems still have a huge advantage with COH for House and Senate.
I thought we’d start to see that dwindle this month I hope it does next month
It's only the DCCC
scarlos (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 9:26PM EST (link)and if you include debt, their advantage is only 3.86 Million, which is not bad given that the NRCC is usually the weakest GOP link and the DCCC is the best.
We have the edge in the Senate (1.3 million), as the DSCC still has to pay down it’s debt. As “Barnacle Brain jack” points out, that is actually incredibly good compared to last year, especially since the Democrats have to defend a wider field than we do.
What’s really surprising to me is that the DNC is actually competing with the RNC. Usually it’s an RNC blowout (though Obama dumping cash into it probably helped alot)
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Moe Lane (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 9:43PM EST (link)A ‘huge’ advantage is 22 million to 1.4, or 21 million to 7, or 47 million to 25. Which is why the Democrats are in a better position to raise money *this* cycle – only they’re doing proportionately worse than they were doing *last* cycle.
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You know...instead of hoping the Dems advantage dwindles you could be proactive...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 10:00PM EST (link)and, you know, go ahead and send out a donation in order to close that gap.
But you seem to be the “worry wort” type rather than the “do something about it” type.
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Democrats ignoring debt?
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, September 19th at 9:18PM EST (link)Sounds like status quo to me.
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