Dems Getting Crushed On The Fundraising Front
If money follows momentum, the third-quarter fundraising numbers for House Democrats are yet another ominous sign of what's in store for them on Election Day.
Throughout the country, an unusually large number of House Democrats, all sporting the fundraising advantages of incumbency, are getting outraised by their GOP challengers. Many endangered Democrats in leadership positions are getting outraised by Republicans primarily dependent on money from individual donors.
In Missouri, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) was outraised by former GOP state Rep. Vicky Hartzler, $530K to $426K -- with the majority of her donations coming from individual donors in rural Missouri. In Colorado, Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.), the brother of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, was outraised by his Republican challenger Scott Tipton, $532K to $482K.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), normally one of the Democrats' top fundraisers, got crushed on the financial front against Republican Dan Debicella. Himes raised a solid $575K, consistent with his past fundraising totals, but Debicella raised significantly more, $802K, in a suburban New York City district filled with Wall Street employees, many of whom are disenchanted with Democratic regulatory policies.
In South Dakota, Republican state Rep. Kristi Noem raised $1.1 million over the last three months - more than twice as much as Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) -- an eye-popping sum for a House race in such a small state. In North Dakota, Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), bringing in $528K was badly outraised by Republican Rick Berg, who raised $641K.
The list goes on and on: Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) wasn't even in the fundraising ballpark of his Republican challenger Jackie Walorski, who outraised the congressman, $546K to $323K. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS), a popular conservative Democrat facing his first serious race in many years, got badly outraised by Republican Steven Palazzo.
We're still tabulating all the numbers, but if the trends hold up, we could see a record number of Democratic incumbents getting outraised in the last three months by their Republican challengers - another empirical bit of evidence that 2010 is shaping up to be a Republican rout.
Another great number to tabulate:
In Massachusetts Sean Bielat (R) has raised $379,000
compared to his opponent, Barney Frank (D), $317,000
It is indeed the Barney Frank that chairs the House
Banking Committee and leads the liberal Democratic
wing in Congress.
Good-I hope every leftwing scum who voted for Obamas maxist policies gets CRUSHED. My only regret will be we cant throw them in jail for there crimes against America.
What's with the name calling? You don't hurt anyone, you just sound silly. And angry about something that's not a big deal.
To jab,
Where the hell have you been. I don't like the leftwing SCUM and MArXISTS telling me I have to buy insurance or face a penalty. Oh, by the way wasn't "the ONE" going to heal the economy by now. The difference between me and you is my savior is NOT a politician! Obama is a class a failure and you are afraid to admit it because your religion is government, and your messiah is a scam artist.
Dear jab,
Buy a dog , name it Clue.
Then you'll have one.
Dear Jab:
Please remove cranium from your nether regions, as cranial rectumitis can be terminal.
I'm a moderate independent and you just alienated my delicate sensibilities, you extremist epithet-hurler!
Just kidding! The Blues is my savior, my strat is my altar, and I keep it right next to my gun cabinet. Now, where's the Quervo?
Money talks, BS walks. The game is up, Democrats. You are going to take it in the neck for supporting Obama and he isn't even going to blink an eye over your fate.
Man, great site! I love it when a pathetic troll wanders over here and drops one of those supposedly stinging ripostes only to have his genitalia handed back to him in a gift-wrapped box.
It is, of course, second only to the satisfaction that millions across this nation are so fed up with the sh!t this clown's heroes are pulling that THEY REACH DOWN INTO THEIR WALLETS AND PURSES IN TIMES OF UNDENIABLE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND GIVE THEIR LAST CENT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THOSE WHO WILL DELIVER US FROM THIS BULLSH!T.
Way to go folks! Keep up the Lord's work!
Disgusting. The fascists are winning because the Left cannot fight. Obama is a wimp. We should have elected Hillary - she would fight the Nazi right wing and their perverse need to gut the Clean Water Act, The Clean Air Act, food safety regs, Social Security and everything else that makes our society function. OBAMA IS A COWARD!! The tea party Nazis will be throwing people in "re-education" camps soon enough. The white fascists will have their fun. Will we be able to fight back?
Dear ronnie: You were supposed to take one blue pill, and two red ones, not the other way around.
Unless the Americans restore their federal order, it probably will not matter very much whom they have elected. The Americans seem weighed down by an extraordinary number of parasites, among them, bankers, retirees, bureaucrats, and retired bureaucrats. Just one part of the solution seems to be the return of the Americans' "federal" government to federalism and the return of most powers to the states and people. When a single, remote government has some $3,000,000,000,000 to spend each year, that government will attract parasites. When the "federal" government once again has only federal powers, it will support fewer parasites, and the Americans will have to find something to do, other than parasitize each other.
Sorry I didn't save any Quervo for all of you, but it doesn't sound like you would have enjoyed it as much as I did so it's probably for the best.
Ronnie,
America isn't great because we have ponzi schemes that were not well thought out and we cannot afford that will break our economic backs. We are great because we rejected Socialism enough so that true entrepreneurials could keep enough of their own money to put it at risk to make a profit and end up employing others to help him. Please GO to Cuba and get a real clue as to what facsism is, since you seem to have NO CLUE as to what the word means. Hilter was a SOCIALIST who broke away from the Marxists because he wanted the Germans to be Darwin's ultimate pinnacle.
I already voted STRICT REPUBLICAN on my mail-in ballot this year and plan to do the same in 2012.
My strategy is to 'primary out' as many RINOS as possible and then to DefeatAllDemocrats in the general elections.
NO MORE SOCIALISM, MARXISM, radicalism, elitism or anti-Americanism!!!
Thanks for listening,
777denny
"It is indeed the Barney Frank that chairs the House Banking Committee and leads the reactionary left-fascist Democratic wing in Congress."
TFTFY
More Jobs or More Government?
Incumbent Congressman Jim Himes is for the same type of command-and-control policies that have consistently led to low growth and high structural unemployment in Eastern Europe in the twentieth century and in Western Europe today: his only problem with pork-barrel stimulus is that there has not been enough of it. His only concern with the healthcare bill is that it did not go far enough. He voted to adjourn congress without addressing January’s massive tax hikes.
The incumbent is for unlimited government. On his watch, he voted for a government that increased borrowing by a trillion dollars a year. His answer is always the same: more government. More taxes, more spending, more job-killing regulation.
Challenger Dan Debicella believes that there is a better way: he is for policies conducive to economic growth such as replacing the pork-barrel stimulus with a payroll tax cut. He opposes all tax increases and intrusive regulation that stifles job creation.
Dan is for a constitutional, limited government. He would cap the size of the federal government at 20% of our gross domestic product. He would force politicians to make trade-offs between competing priorities instead of always growing the size government. He would reduce the number of government employees.
If Dan Debicella shares your beliefs and you want to help him advance those beliefs in congress, then you can do so here: http://www.40seats.com/ct4 . Both sides should be able to agree that your choice is clear and it is important. What kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want to continue down the current direction or do we think that there is a better way?
Dear Ronnie:
Get a dog, name him clue,~~~~so then you will have one.