Money worries curb GOP optimism

[babsbunny]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33951.html

By JEANNE CUMMINGS | 3/4/10 8:23 PM EST

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Republicans are feeling pretty good about the midterms. Prognosticators don’t laugh anymore when they talk about taking back Congress.

But while wind at one’s back is a good thing, cash in the bank would be better, and on that score Republicans are lagging behind. Their candidates have raised less than half the $84 million that experts estimate it will take to seriously threaten the Democratic majority in the House. The situation at the National Republican Congressional Committee is even bleaker.

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[dysfunctional press]

1. don't they read about supreme court cases...?

the pugs won't be having any campaign money troubles anytime soon.

[DFLforever]

2. Looks like the "wind at their back " is turning out to be little

more than hot air fanned by the press and GOP blowhards in Congress.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

3. Who needs money when you have ClearChannel, CNN and FoxNoise in their hip pocket?

Also I have never heard of a quiet Rethug..they always have to yell over anybody that doesn't agree with them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. And may it ever be so!

[Uncle Joe]

5. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, I don't believe it makes any difference what they have now.

Corporate supremacists can and will inundate the market with mass spending when they're ready.

Thanks for the thread, babsbunny.