(Update: A Democratic operative makes the case that the total could rise to roughly $300 million if it includes additional pledges for campaign spending from Americans for Prosperity, promising $45 million, the Club for Growth, $24 million, the National Rifle Association, $20 million, and the Susan B. Anthony List, $6 million) – Sam Stein, Huffington Post
Holy s#@!, says one Democratic operative. It’s followed by, How the hell can we match this?
It’s really a terrific piece by Sam. The closer is a beauty.
“Nature hates a vacuum,” said Douglas MacKinnon, a longtime Republican hand and former spokesman for Senator Bob Dole. “And right now the country is taking it out on Democrats to a certain extent. But the country is also looking to Republicans for leadership… and what they are seeing is next to silence because the GOP is just waiting for democrats to self-destruct. Some of the air is coming out of the Republican balloon because they are not stepping into that vacuum or offering solution.”
If every Republican running for Congress looked and sounded like South Carolina’s Nikki Haley, the ginormous amounts of incoming cash Republicans are amassing would put congressional Democrats on the endangered species list. But they don’t, not by a long shot.
The question remains whether the DNC and Obama can target people like Joe BP Barton, Sharon Angle and Rand Paul, then make them household names that strike terror into mid-term voters’ hearts. The latest from Angle on abortion would certainly do it if there was audio:
Angle: I think that two wrongs don’t make a right. And I have been in the situation of counseling young girls, not 13 but 15, who have had very at risk, difficult pregnancies. And my counsel was to look for some alternatives, which they did. And they found that they had made what was really a lemon situation into lemonade. Well one girl in particular moved in with the adoptive parents of her child, and they both were adopted. Both of them grew up, one graduated from high school, the other had parents that loved her and she also graduated from high school. And I’ll tell you the little girl who was born from that very poor situation came to me when she was 13 and said ‘I know what you did thank you for saving my life.’ So it is meaningful to me to err on the side of life.
Frankly, I haven’t seen anything out of Tim Kaine central that makes me think Dems are capable of the scorched earth campaign it will take to get the job done. The job being keeping their majorities in both houses. But they’ve got the ammunition, so it’s still possible.
Tim Kaine has been a horrible chairmen…the only person who has done worse representing their party is Michael Steele. But at least with Mr. Steele, Republicans know to not allow him near campaign fund raising or planning at this point. However, Dems leaders in Washington have done an awful job in getting Tim Kaine to do his job.
There has been ammunition for months to use against Republicans…yet, Dems keep hiding in a corner afraid to move or speak out against Republicans.
Republicans acknowledged Steele is a dud and now work around him. When will we do the same. We have to take matters into our own hands.
I’m not holding my breath for any Democrat. I think they forgot their party affiliation and what that party stands for. Quite frankly they were given a golden opportunity alone with our President to really do great things. They, both the Democratic Congress and our President, are mediocre at best and downright stupid at their worst. They’ve all lost their appeal for me, including my own congressman and senators.
I feel the same way at this point about both political parties. I often think of Republican & Dems as two waring Mafia families doing battle in daily news pundit standoffs.
If both party disappeared tomorrow I think I would be actually happier.
breaking-doma struck down by fed court! wh freak out!
The Repubs have been lobbing them one after another,what are the damn Dems doing?????Nothing!
What they do best cry and runaway from Republicans…Dems need to thank the heavens people hate Republicans more.
Paging Dr. Howard Dean, paging Dr. Howard Dean…
lol
texan…I can’t find what you are talking about?
It does seem after Dr. Howard Dean left the DNC as chairman, it went down hill for democrats. The republicans are out for blood and are going to throw the everything and the kitchen sink at the democrats. The democrats are going to have to fight back, but it seems they don’t. That chart that Taylor posted about blew me away !! It seems the republicans and these groups are geared up !! This shows me that 2008 is gone.
Dems in Washington are acting 2008 will go on forever…time has passed their sorry behinds already. Republican are conducting a brilliant aggressive strategy to take back power. While Dems mindset are stuck in the place that time forgot.
Brilliant? I wouldn’t go that far.
doma struck down in ma
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/07/breaking-federal-court-rules-defense-of.html
obama’s remarks about the gop at kc rally this afternoon-
http://thepage.time.com/remarks-obama-at-grassroots-event-for-carnahan-july-8-2010/
AMAZING speech.
I always refrain from mentioning his family online, but I cannot believe she is already 5’9″! The first Lady is tall too.
She is really going to be a beauty.
Yes she is already a beauty..
As far as the speech… meh.. Frankly I’m tired of Obama’s speeches.. overload. I think many (like me) simply tune him out..
Except for those, of course, at the rallys who are chanting “yes we can” all the time…
Speaking of tall,who knew Rachael Maddow was 6 feet tall? I sure didn’t, until she went to Afganistan.
Me neither!
I love Rachel Maddow. I think she is hands down the best TV journalist there is.
And I had no idea she was a Ph.D. either.
Rachel Maddow’s Yearbook Photo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/rachel-maddows-yearbook-p_n_640093.html
I knew she was a PH.D and whip smart. She does a great job on many things. I wish she would not engage in sexual induendo locker room jokes with Olberman.
Why? Does it make you uncomfortable? Peace
Doesn’t make me uncomfortable. I presume many just find it unecessary.