Posted by Damozel | At The Politico, David Paul Kuhn speculates that the reason the DNC is having a hard time collecting money is because the candidates are vacuuming up so much cash. Probably so. But the reason the DNC isn't collecting cash from me and many other Dems I know is different: we live in Florida.
Note to the DNC: Call me when you agree to seat our delegates. As the Florida Democratic Party advised all Democrats to do, I got off my arse and turned out to vote in the state's primary, and if lazy prats didn't bother, that's their look-out. At the time, I was an Edwards supporter though I knew by then that he wasn't going to be the nominee and ended up --- after a lot of hesitation --- of what I'm glad to say turned out to be the right choice: I voted for Hillary. And I want that vote to count.
Anyway, the DNC is unhappy that all the money is getting poured into the candidates' coffers instead of theirs. One said, “It’s a little nuts that we are spending so much money fighting each other and instead of Republicans...."We should be doing things that start defining McCain our way instead of his way. And if we had more money we could do more.” (The Politico) But the DNC is having to sit by while the candidates claw at one another. "The extended nature of the contest—no other modern presidential race has seen one party’s primary remain seriously contested so long while the other’s concluded so rapidly—hasn’t helped the DNC....."(The Politico)
Cry me a river, my little tyrants. If you hadn't been so set on punishing Florida for defying your authority for stripping away all our delegates, things today would look very different. I don't know what the party expects when its remedy for an act of 'defiance' (which it wasn't) by party officials is to disenfranchise actual voters. Cause and effect, my friends.
That leaves the RNC poised to unload on the Democratic nominee the moment he or she is selected.
“The thinking is that both Obama and Clinton are doing a good job of defining each other and we would like that process to continue,” said Frank Donatelli, the RNC’s deputy chairman. “The decision right now is to just let the Democrats continue their primary process and when the time comes we will be ready with a full plate of issues and plenty of money.”
“Who knows,” worried a senior DNC official, “Republicans could be preparing a Swift boat attack.”
Without a fully-stocked coordinated fund or the funds to level a heavy and sustained attack on McCain, the DNC is reliant on state parties and independent groups to soften up the presumptive GOP nominee. (The Politico)
Yes, that's right. Happily, there ARE other organizations which are prepared to perform this function or the equally important function of ensuring that we get more Dems into the Senate. (For example, you can donate to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee by just clicking on the link.)
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