Martha Robertson (D CAND, New York-2[3*]) using already debunked DCCC talking...
Martha Robertson (D CAND, NY-23), having apparently not learned her lesson about telling lies in the course of campaigning, is doubling down on stupid: Two weeks ago, a local news station ran a story...
View ArticleSean Eldridge campaign’s fascinating suggestion re what the DCCC can do with...
This is really quite droll. Apologies for the link to a progressive site: but, shoot, said site sounds like it’s working its way up to endorse Republican incumbent Chris Gibson (R, New York-19) anyway....
View ArticleDebbie Wasserman Schultz: Democrats will exceed expectations. …Heh. Maybe...
Shot: Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the strength of individual candidates will help her party outperform expectations in the upcoming midterms. “Pundits are...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, The DCCC Will Now Start Slamming Cheap Vodka edition.
Desperation is unseemly. “So much drama in the D-trip-C” RT @ZekeJMiller: Latest Dccc subject line “we quit” pic.twitter.com/HytTzR7idB — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 28, 2014
View ArticleWhy this DCCC ad is even more ominous for the Democrats than it looks.
You can click through for the ad itself – it’s a DCCC campaign ad, after all – but… .@Chris_1791 @GayPatriot From the man himself: http://t.co/QkOn1y03xo “Dem voters aren’t aware there’s even an...
View ArticleBreaking: DCCC cuts loose Andrew Romanoff (D CAND, Colorado-06).
Dude. Whoa RT @politicoalex: DCCC pulls the plug on Andrew Romanoff, wont run $1.4 million in TV ads in final 2 weeks of race — David Freddoso (@freddoso) October 10, 2014 More here (via...
View ArticleWHERE DID THE MONEY GO, #DCCC? WHERE DID IT GO?
It’s the bolded part that fascinates: Three weeks out from an election that could give Republicans an historic majority, House Democrats are resorting to the painful strategy of retreat. Faced with a...
View ArticleDCCC chair Steve Israel upset that Democratic groups don’t give money to dead...
Oh, there’s a certain reputation that clings to the Democrats about their willingness to let dead people vote, but that’s a different power dynamic entirely. This is something else: Democratic...
View ArticleWhat did you do with the money, Nancy?
I read stories like this, and the title is my reaction. Where was the money that Nancy Pelosi was given already? House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told colleagues on Tuesday that Democrats have an...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi looking for convenient patsies for DCCC chair, apparently.
If this is really the conventional wisdom about who’ll be the next DCCC chair: “After a nationwide thumping that leaves them with their smallest House minority in over 80 years, Democratic leaders are...
View ArticleHow I generally react to the latest DNC/DCCC lunatic fundraising emails.
Said lunatic fundraising emails always – especially when the GOP comes up – remind me of a joke I heard once: So once in Czarist Russia there was this poor Jewish peasant who lived in a rural, poor,...
View ArticleDCCC admits to helping draw proposed new Florida redistricting maps.
Nice to see that the DCCC still hasn’t learned how to play this game: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was involved in reviewing maps submitted Tuesday to the court by one group of...
View Article#rsrh Wow. A group that’s DUMBER than the DCCC! Amazing.
The story thus far: Sheldon Adelson is a billionaire who is supporting Mitt Romney in this election, which is why the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) recently accused him of being a...
View Article#rsrh DCCC admits DOOM in NC-08, FL-18: SEIU does likewise in WI-08.
I first saw the tip-off from @mattmackowiak, but said tweet unfortunately needs some typos corrected: FL-18 (not FL-08): “The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee canceled a week of airtime in...
View ArticleDCCC goes $17 million in debt to keep losing the House.
I am translating. Hey, you know what would have stopped the DCCC from driving itself deeper and deeper in debt on a fool’s errand? Competent leadership by the President. Or, indeed, any leadership at...
View ArticleOctober surprise: Obama’s killing Democratic House prospects.
Let me just list the House races that Democratic strategists are willing to admit – some, even by name! – as having been endangered by Barack Obama’s sub-par October performance. Just list. AZ-01...
View ArticleWhy the Democratic party is not taking the House back.
OK, now that I’ve read this Politico article about how the supposedly soon-to-be-triumphant Democratic party* is not going to get more than five seats at best (and may actually lose seats), and I’ve...
View ArticleA quickie preliminary look at the committees’ debt situation.
Interesting. Below are the latest (just before the election) Debt and CoH (Cash on Hand) totals for the various committees: Debt CoH DNC 20.89 10.33 DCCC 0.57 10.06 DSCC 0.23 4.24 RNC 9.9 67.55 NRSC 0...
View ArticleDCCC brags about already-withdrawn candidate?
In the grand scheme of things, this in itself is not necessarily a world-shaking event… Sona Mehring, a political newcomer who founded the CaringBridge website, won national attention this month...
View ArticleBarack Obama tells DCCC that he fixed Washington, DC.
Indirectly, to be sure: but nobody sensible to expect plain talking from Barack Obama anyway. At the heart of this stunning revelation is this bit from the Hill: “Do not buy into this notion somehow...
View ArticlePeter Festersen (D) cuts and runs from Nebraska-02 race.
Point (October 2013): A partial shutdown of the U.S. government and an impasse over raising the federal debt ceiling have prompted a Nebraska Democratic officeholder to challenge Republican Rep. Lee...
View ArticleYou won’t BELIEVE just how furiously Politico spun this #DCCC #Obamacare memo!
Background: Politico has acquired a memo (which they did not share, shockingly*) from presumably the DCCC that describes the strategy, for lack of a better word, of the Democratic party with regard to...
View ArticleHouse Ways/Means Chair Dave Camp to retire. And the DCCC is helpless.
Oh, sure, the DCCC is going to put a nice face on it over there, because that’s what you do when you don’t have the money or the votes. But it’s the wrong cycle for a pickup and the Democrats are not...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi skips Lois Lerner contempt vote for DCCC fundraiser.
Why worry about the beer can, once the beer has been drunk? Priorities: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did not attend the Wednesday evening vote series to hold former IRS official Lois...
View ArticleMore on that DCCC ad buy.
To wit: said DCCC ad buy… The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has reserved $43.5 million in television airtime in dozens of targeted House districts this fall — a signal the party is...
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