A regular reader of mine might be forgiven for wondering why there’s any sort of surprised tone in this Washington Post article.
Democrats Are Jarred by Drop In Fundraising
Democratic political committees have seen a decline in their fundraising fortunes this year, a result of complacency among their rank-and-file donors and a de facto boycott by many of their wealthiest givers, who have been put off by the party’s harsh rhetoric about big business.
The trend is a marked reversal from recent history, in which Democrats have erased the GOP’s long-standing fundraising advantage. In the first six months of 2009, Democratic campaign committees’ receipts have dropped compared with the same period two years earlier.
After all, the people reading this post already know all of this. The ongoing fundraising situation has been regularly reported on here, here, here, here, here (all of which also compared points in this cycle to the equivalent points in the last one), here, and here – and also here for the state of the parties’ financial status at the end of 2008. Readers of both RedState and my own personal website have been kept apprised that Democratic fundraising has been consistently below last cycle’s expectations, and that the GOP has been overperforming (compared to largely media-driven expectations) – and that the amount of debt that the Democratic party has chosen to retain is warping its cash-on-hand numbers (which is something that the above article neglects to mention). So why is the Washington Post apparently discovering this now?
Oh, right: because I’m not a ‘journalist.’ Just somebody who was paying attention.
Moe Lane
*Thank you, Virginia Postrel.
PS: [Rather brazen call for filthy lucre relocated to here.]
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
Dan Spencer
Jeff Emanuel
Neil Stevens
And so the dinosaur media drift into irrelevancy continues
RedBeard Friday, September 25th at 1:28PM EDT (link)When they begin to understand that, it will be too late for them.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
Happily, It's Too Late Already.
farstar99 (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 3:30PM EDT (link)What’s happening at Newsweek is proof of that.
As for their reaction to this story:
“Wait. Are you saying that the rich people who put us back in power don’t have enough money to keep doing it? How can that be? All we did was raise their taxes and chloroform American industry. Too bad Woodstein’s not around to puzzle this one out for us.”
Hey Moe...
billyd (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 2:16PM EDT (link)Maybe those kids will sing a song about your great accomplishments tomorrow.
To the same tune….
He’s just one man that goes by the name moe lane
But he just got the scope on the post a gain
The MSM seems to be stuck in a fog
They keep getting beat out by the redstate blog
Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm
I’ll keep my eyes on youtube for that one.
November 2nd 2010. What are you doing today to improve your tomorrow?
Vigilence Required
briefsynopsis (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 2:17PM EDT (link)The strong arming and backroom deals that coerced a percentage of corporations, and wealthy individuals, to contribute to the Democrat Party (of favoritism), under fear and/or threat of disruption or political harassment could only last so long.
Having gained their lusted-after power, all deals are now off. Facing a deep recession and likely a depression, will “contributing” money for an “eat me last” promise work on people being gobbled up at a voracious rate?
However, utilizing all of the money and resources that have been funneled into various Democrat programs and subordinates, a very effective strategy of dividing the right by ensuring three candidates for each seat, (Democrat, Republican and Tea Party Independent) will lesson the need for such a massive war chest.
Has the thin candy coating melted away?
We shall see
Have you Hugged a “Special Operations Warrior” today?
I should have said,..
briefsynopsis (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 2:27PM EDT (link)Moe Vigilance required!
Have you Hugged a “Special Operations Warrior” today?
Or maybe "Moe cowbell!" :-) -nt-
Lammo (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 3:24PM EDT (link)Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
This ones for you Lammo...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 3:40PM EDT (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat
Follow @Aaron_RS
Thanks Aaron! Love it! -nt-
Lammo (Diary) Friday, September 25th at 4:09PM EDT (link)Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (John Corapi, The Black Sheep Dog)
Day late on the Dollar short Dems,
blooch Friday, September 25th at 2:29PM EDT (link)Just like everything else that portends bed news for the Dems.
More MSM “hockey stick” reportage; It flat lines along at about zero, until the crisis/scandal/poll is so glaringly obvious to everyone that the MSM have to give it ink service. Then, it rises sharply for a few days and goes down the hole soon after.
I expect similar stories in the other dead trees to follow soon, then disappear again next week…then reappear in a “what went wrong” rehash after the 2010 elections.
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Moe, I'd rather have a "non-journalist"
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, September 26th at 12:30AM EDT (link)who’s paying attention than a “journalist” who constantly, or deliberately, lets the obvious slip by any day. Keep it up, bro!