Dem. Senate Recruitment/Fundraising Kicking Rethug Booty!

[Arugula Latte]

From: www.mydd.com


DSCC Still Runs Circles Around the NRSC
by Jonathan Singer

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On the recruitment side, there has not been much of a contest between the two. Earlier this week, Chris noted that the Democrats had lined up strong challengers for every targeted 2006 Senate race, calling the Democratic slate "an exceptional field." The going has been much more difficult for Dole and the Republicans, who failed to sign up their top candidate in North Dakota (Gov. Hoeven), Nebraska (Gov. Johanns), Michigan (Rep. Miller), Vermont (Gov. Douglas), West Virginia (Rep. Capito), and Washington (former Gov. candidate Rossi), and are stuck with underwelming candidates in Florida and New York.

To make matters worse for the Republicans, Schumer is running circles around Dole in the fundraising department. Hotline on Call has the latest numbers, which show the DSCC with $20.3 million on hand and the NRSC with only $9.3 million in the bank.

DSCC October 2005 Filing

Total Raised in October: $3.03 million
Total Raised YTD: $35.1 million
Cash on Hand: $20.39 million
Total Spent October: $1.69 million
Total Spent YTD: $15 million

NRSC October 2005 Filing

Total Raised in October: $2.35 million
Total Raised YTD: $30.58 million
Cash on Hand: $9.13 million
Total Spent October: $2.64 million
Total Spent YTD: $22.47 million

Note that while the DSCC outraised the NRSC in October by nearly 30 percent while the NRSC outspent the DSCC by more than 56 percent -- so the Democrats' cash on hand advantage is still going up. It makes you wonder whether one or more of the 28 Republicans Senators who voted for Dole are kicking themselves for not voting differently in last November's leadership election.

[Arugula Latte]

1. Hmm. This is good news. Nobody cares?

:shrug:

[Trajan]

2. Hey ! .... I care ! .... damnit !

Hey there J ....

I am glad they are 'ahead' in the public fundraising; but do I smell outrageously unnecessary tax cuts and their corresponding corporate, quid pro quo, campaign slosh fund stuffings in the air ??? ...

Stinks like republican graft a'comin .... I know that smell quite well ... I dont trust any numbers this moment ....

[Arugula Latte]

3. Oh, yeah. It's the miasma over our country.

Like a bayou swamp in August.

[DarthDem]

5. Oh., Yeah

I absolutely do. :) The candidate recruitment bodes tremendously well for 2006, given the prevailing climate (there was a poll today mentioned on DKos showing Hackett beating Dewine, and Sanitarium is toast), and it has really cut both ways - - Plasticwoman failed to get any of her high-profile prospectives to run, while Schumer landed just about all of his. Then there's the money disparity, which is simply stunning.

I also absolutely love to see Dole flop miserably at everything she does. She is a ridiculous excuse for a senator.

[skipos]

4. We did really well in 05 and we will do really well in 06. nt

[tkmorris]

6. Funds are great but to me.........

The more telling news is actually the failure of the Repubs to get top candidates to run in key races. No one of substance wants to be a part of that bandwagon anymore. The wheels are falling off and smoke is pouring from under the hood, they don't want to be aboard when it crashes.

[safi0]

7. If it wasn't for

Open seats , Lizzy Dole would be a huge failure. In the 3 open seats she has gotten her first choice. Another thing is that the NRSC knows that 2006 isn't going to be a good GOP year so they've done a good job of keeping Senator who in normal conditions probably would've retired. They've prevented Hutchinson from running for Gov. and while Dems probably wouldn't have won that seat they could've mad eit compeitive. Trent Lott looks like he's going to stay and him retiring would've switched that seat from Safe GOP to lean GOP. The big one though was Snowe, they've done a good job of preventing her from retiring because if she would've reitred we might as well just start calling him Senator Tom Allen.