10-23-2006, 11:33 PM
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This Is How Republicans Still Are In The Game
Democrats are their own worst enemy ... I've been saying that for a long time. funny how democrats will gladly give away taxpayer money but not their own for the good of the party. If you had to compare parties...the G.O.P. for better or worse is a real party. If the Democrats fall short of gaining the House and/or Senate ... here is why they will lose.
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Use It Or Lose It: Republicans Using It More
by Chris Bowers, Mon Oct 23, 2006 at 07:16:50 PM EST
OK, considering how often I have been told about the huge amounts of money safe Dems are giving to Democratic challengers and the DCC, now I'm actually getting a little enraged. CQ politics has the September transfers to the DCCC and the NRCC of over $100,000 from safe incumbents. Here are the transfers of over $100K form safe Democrats to the DCCC: Notable transfers from campaign committees of House Democrats:- John P. Murtha, Pa.: $200,000
- Charles B. Rangel, N.Y.: $200,000
- Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Calif.: $185,000
- Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pa.: $150,000
- Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, Md.: $150,000
- Ben Chandler, Ky.: $125,000
- Mel Watt, N.C.: $110,000
- Louise M. Slaughter, N.Y.: $100,000
- John D. Dingell, Mich.: $100,000
That's $1.27M. Now, here are the transfers for over $100K from Republicans to the NRCC:- John Shadegg, Ariz.: $350,950
- Thaddeus McCotter, Mich.: $250,000
- Jack Kingston, Ga.: $250,000
- Ed Royce, Calif.: $200,000
- Robert W. Goodlatte, Va: $200,000
- Majority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio: $175,000
- Devin Nunes, Calif.: $150,000
- Spencer Bachus, Ala.: $150,000
- Wally Herger, Calif.: $150,000
- Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Ill.: $150,000
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Fla.: $145,000
- John L. Mica, Fla.: $125,000
- Doc Hastings, Wash.: $125,000
- Joe Knollenberg, Mich.: $111,000
- Edward Whitfield, Ky.: $100,000
- Lamar Smith, Tex.: $100,000
- F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wis.: $100,000
- Frank D. Lucas, Okla.: $100,000
- Charlie Norwood, Ga.: $100,000
- Gary G. Miller, Calif.: $100,000
- Joe Pitts, Pa.: $100,000
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, N.J.: $100,000
- Shelley Moore Capito, W.V.: $100,000
- Gresham Barrett, S.C.: $100,000
That comes out to $3,531,950, or $2.3M more for Republicans in large transfers than Democrats in large transfers. Now, Republicans have a pay-to-play system where how much you donate to the NRCC is a factor in determining seniority in Congress. However, elections also have a pay to play system, where if you don't have a majority in the House, you can't get anything done, and you can't stop Bush's agenda. The entire reason why the NRCC has more money in the bank that the DCCC is because Republican House members in safe districts are transferring more to the NRCC than Democratic House members in safe districts are transferring to the DCCC.
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