Monday, September 29, 2014

Senate Dems have more money, because Citizens United is killing Republicans


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/26/1332345/-Senate-Dems-have-more-money-because-Citizens-United-is-killing-Republicans?detail=email

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove is seen at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida August 27, 2012.


Democrats will match, or in some cases exceed, the GOP's spending in most of the Senate battlegrounds in September, according to a review of ad spending and reservations. The Democrats' newfound wealth is mostly a function of their own candidates' prodigious fundraising, the Democratic Senatorial Committee's financial edge over the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and the well-funded Senate Majority PAC. Meanwhile, the biggest money-machine on the GOP side -- the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity and the affiliated Freedom Partners -- has dramatically scaled back its own TV spending [...]
The biggest problem for Republicans isn't the spending that's happened. It's the spending that's yet to come. Ad reservations shared with National Journal Hotline show big gaps in scheduled spending in states like Colorado, Iowa, and New Hampshire. The DSCC is slated to spend more than twice as much as the NRSC in some coming weeks [...]
Democrats locked in lower rates when they bought months ago.

thought the republicans were the business oriented party you would think they would know about early buying gets the better price or were they to busy with that persistent Obama business if not for him they wouldn't be in this abyss they find themselves in now it's all Obama's fault.  it also appears their wells are running dry or those billionaires didn't get that way by hitching their wagon to insane elephants they don't want to end up looking like Donald Trump whose spiral down was all PRES.'S fault too. actually it's called OBSESSION!!

A lot to unpack here. First of all, party committee fundraising has absolutely gone strong in the Democrats' favor. Per Open Secrets, Democrats as a whole have outraised Republicans $595 million to $461 million. That's a stunning $134 million difference. Why? Because rich Republican fucks decided to quit their parties and put their money into vanity projects like Americans for Prosperity. The Citizens United campaign finance regime has actually hurt Republicans. Meanwhile, Democrats benefit from a robust small-dollar donor operation. Indeed, about half the money they raise comes from contributions of less than $200.
On the Senate side, Democrats have raised $111 million to $83 million, a difference of about $28 million. Again, stunning.
remember the last two tears the republicans have berated or tried to PRES. for fund raising well while they spent their time again on Obama they got out raised and now crying in their cocoa 6 years of doing nothing but attack PRES. and still they've learned nothing could it be because their "
PRINCIPLES" formerly known as "VALUES" in their estimation are without fault?

please read the rest of the article very informative