Another tea leaf for us political junkies to read:
Republicans topped Democrats in national fundraising in February, according to numbers released Friday that show surprisingly poor results for the party now in control of the White House and both houses of Congress.
The Democratic National Committee raised only $3.26 million in February, the first month under its new chairman, former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, according to the February campaign finance reports. Two years ago, under Chairman Howard Dean, the committee raised $5.5 million in February.
The Republican National Committee, on the other hand, pulled in $5.1 million last month, giving a boost to new Chairman Michael Steele after a rocky first few weeks of his tenure.
The DNC reported $8.6 million on hand and $7 million in debt, while the RNC reported $24 million in the bank and no debt.
Money is the sinew of politics – it allows you to choose your strategy and carry it out…as Obama and his Democrats showed with their massive fundraising in 2008. Now, given that a lot of Obama/Democrat funding was illegal, we can expect that in 2010 and beyond they’ll continue to raise funds any way they can…so, we really can’t expect to out-spend them…but we can raise the funds necessary to go toe to toe with them.
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