DNC rakes in $16 million in September

[jefferson_dem]

DNC rakes in $16 million in September

1. The Democratic National Committee raised $16 million in September alone, a startlingly strong month of fundraising that party operatives insist is a sign of momentum for their side with roughly one month remaining before the November midterms.

The DNC's September fundraising marks the best month of the 2010 cycle for the DNC and the best month of cash collection for the committee in a midterm election since the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law early last decade.

Official numbers for September aren't due at the Federal Election Commission until Oct. 20. The Republican National Committee, which has struggled on the fundraising front in recent months, has not yet released its September figures.

Of the $16 million the DNC raised in September, more than 80 percent came from online and direct-mail donors -- evidence that the party base is starting to vote with their checkbooks, argued DNC officials.

On a conference call Sunday, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer insisted that President Obama's rally in Madison, Wisc. "showed that we are beginning to make up the enthusiasm gap...Democrats are coming home".

While Democrats have made some marginal improvements in things like the generic ballot test, there does still appear to be a somewhat significant enthusiasm gap present in the data.

A late September Gallup poll showed 48 percent of Republicans describing themselves as very enthusiastic about voting in the 2010 midterms while 28 percent of self-identified Democrats said the same.

Still, the DNC's ramped-up fundraising will allow the committee to exert considerably more influence than the RNC can over the final weeks of the campaign. The DNC has already transferred several million dollars to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as well as to a number of state parties that are hosting competitive gubernatorial races

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/morning-fix/-1-2-kentucky-gop.html?wprss=thefix

[DCBob]

1. This is great news.. I thought Democrats werent motivated this year..

Guess the "base" is back in business.

[Clio the Leo]

2. That's more than twice what the GOP raised in August.....

.... perhaps Mr. Steele will let us know what the RNC raised as soon as he gets back on the bus which I believe is presently on a Stuckey's stop so that he may buy saltwater taffy. :)


http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/0915/Michael-Steele-s-Fire-Pelosi-bus-tour-48-states-or-bust

[mucifer]

3. doesn't the citizen's united ruling make this point moot?

[LiberalFighter]

4. I would agree.

What difference does it make if the Republicans are able to offset what they don't receive from other sources.

Hopefully, we have other sources that are also doing what they can to offset the Citizens United scum.

[ClarkUSA]

5. Good news, because Karl Rove's group has raised > $50M from plutocrats for direct mail/TV ads/GOTV.

The Democratic grassroots base is still a force to be reckoned with!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

6. K & R nt

[Beetwasher]

7. Well, Gee Whiz, That's Sort Of A Narrative Buster, Isn't It?

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