WSJ: Democrats Lead By $100 Million In Money Race

[TeamJordan23]

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Democrats Lead By $100 Million In Money Race
By MARY JACOBY and BRODY MULLINS
July 23, 2007; Page A1

WASHINGTON -- With more than a year to go before the 2008 elections, Democratic candidates have raised $100 million more in campaign contributions than Republicans, putting them on track to win the money race for the White House and Congress for the first time since the government began detailed accounting of campaign fund raising three decades ago.

Democrats have taken the lead by exploiting widespread disapproval of President Bush and the Iraq war to develop a more robust online network of new, small donors, as well as to gain traction with deep-pocketed business contributors.

If their fund-raising advantage continues -- so far, Democrats have been pulling in about 58% of overall donations to federal-office seekers -- they will have more resources for pricey advertising, organization building and voter outreach next November to buttress their edge in the polls. Moreover, Democrats' focus on small donors leaves them room to raise more cash over the next year, since many contributors have yet to hit the legal limit of $2,300 per candidate per election, and could potentially keep giving.

One Democratic presidential candidate, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, says he has a quarter-million contributors, more than the top three Republican candidates combined -- though Mr. Obama's numbers may be inflated by the fact that his campaign counts as "donors" people who buy T-shirts or other campaign merchandise, something other campaigns don't generally do. Only half of Mr. Obama's donors have hit the giving limit for the primaries; about a quarter have given him less than $200, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that analyzes campaign contributions.

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[AndyTiedye]

1. But the Repiglickins Own ALL the Networks. They Get Most of their Airtime for FREE

$100M is nothing. The spots that can buy will disappear into a sea of Repiglickin propaganda on every network, just like last time and the time before.

[Perry Logan]

2. The Republicans have lost their monetary advantage. They cannot win.

Observe the Republican leadership closely, and you'll see: THEY KNOW THEY'RE FRIED.