June

    Update on the latest Guide to the Perplexed…

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 28th at 03:49 PM  | 

    Specifically, the Obama Victory and the Democratic White House Victory Funds. These are both joint fund-raising accounts designed to allow for contributions up to what look to be around $30,000 or more, based on this article: and the numbers match up. The difference between the two funds, by the way, is that the latter is older, and was set up between the DNC, Obama, and | Read More »

    Question and… more Questions time: were the DNC’s June fund-raising numbers over-estimated? [UPDATE: No, but not 100% no]

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 27th at 10:16 PM  | 

    {Updated here. Short version: not quite a nothingburger, but they have the money.} Q. So, what’s going on? A. The Democrats seem not to have as much money as somebody told us that they have. Q. Excuse me? A. Yup. Specifically, the Democratic National Committee. As per the FEC Disclosure form for June, which has finally gone up, they have only $4.53 million in the | Read More »