Excellent haul from Dina Titus considering the late start

All pretty good really.

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by: conspiracy @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:16:08 PM UTC

Very good

It's rare than a candidate dropping out late is a good thing, but that is the case in NV-03.  Titus is doing far better than the candidate we had who dropped out late.

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by: ChadInFL @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:40:00 PM UTC

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Agreed, these numbers are great

Looks like Harken has so much money and so weak an opponent that he can either bank his money for 2014, or use it to improve solid Dem turnout in Iowa, thus helping Obama.

Also good to see a lot of 2nd and 3rd-tier challengers with enough money and support for a strong close that with DCCC money can put them over the top in what looks to be a wave election.

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by: MrSmith @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 22:14:42 PM UTC

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..

Would love to see Harkin give some of his stack to our warriors like Begich or Merkley, just about anyone who is running a tight race (not Warner or the Udalls)

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by: blueandwhite31 @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 22:44:40 PM UTC

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I agree

It is very aggravating seeing Senators each cycle waste millions in races that they don't need to spend a dime to win.  I believe Hillary spent something outrageous like $30 million on her 2006 Senate campaign against a no-name candidate.

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by: ChadInFL @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 22:56:15 PM UTC

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Well

Clinton did a lot of local infrastructure building in the process and was obviously running a national campaign to preface the presidential run.

Harkin can only max out at the usual amount to other candidates but can transfer unlimited funds to the DSCC, which I'm sure could find a use for an extra million.

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by: Lucas O'Connor @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 00:43:11 AM UTC

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Awesome numbers all around!

Especially for my future representative to Congress Suzanne Kosmas.

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by: ChadInFL @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:18:23 PM UTC

Kosmas is really running harder than I thought

Feeney's district is trending Dem, and Bush's performance in 2004, wsas probably the strongest possible Republican performance in Florida. Republicans may regret spreading their votes so thinly. The national party may have to put plenty of reources to defending Buchannon, Feeney, Keller, and the Diaz-Balart brothers.  

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus

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by: ArkDem the Ragin Cajin @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:22:36 PM UTC

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LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE LADIES!!!

Ms Titus just kicked all kinds of ass.  Stender continues a steady run and Kay hagan's in the ball game as Dole spends away her huge financial advantage.

Kirkpatrick isn't raising a ton for a shoo-in, but she'll have $1M against Hay's 100K when the race starts so I like it.

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by: st paul sage @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:25:06 PM UTC

My experience in AZ-1

I worked this district in 2004. Like parts of the South, it has a lot of lower-income voters who are registered Democrats but vote mostly for Republicans.

One reason that Renzi was able to win is that he is simply a very talented politician, but also because he was able to get many Navajo leaders to either get behind him or stay neutral.

An incumbent and member of the majority party like Renzi can pull this off, but a weak open seat candidate in the minority party probably can't.

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by: MrSmith @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 22:37:07 PM UTC

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great haul for Kagan,

1.6 mil in one quarter for a state Senator. IU think it shows her committment. She's going to have plenty resources to fight and run a statewide campaign against Dole. 1.2 mil on hand, and Dole must have spent a mil or so on her recent advertising blitz.

Call no man happy until he is dead-Aeschylus

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by: ArkDem the Ragin Cajin @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:25:18 PM UTC

Really good numbers

Kosmas continues to do a good job and it's nice to see big figures in North Carolina Senate and the Nevada House races.

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by: Progressive America @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 21:50:17 PM UTC

Dole may have gotten a bounce from her ads

But that is a lot of money to spend this early.

Plus, if you saw the ads, they are essentially "I'm great at bringing Pork."

That message plus McCain on the top of the ticket could really depress GOP turnout.

I'd like to see ads hammering Dole on the spending cuts she's voted for, and the exact impact they are having on important North Carolina institutions, like UNC's Medical Center.

I'd also want to review all of her statements during the 2005 attempt to privatize Social Security and more recently on cuts to doctor reimbursements for Medicare. Also, how'd she vote on stem cell research? A vote no is bad for the health of North Carolina, and its leadership in biomedical research. Does she want all these high-wage jobs to go to Europe and China?

Then there's her vote for the big Donut Hole prescription drug plan.

Clinton beat Dole in 1996 hammering him on Medicare, Medicaid, Education, and the Environment. This will be the downfall of his wife 12 years later. Make her a generic Republican and she has no way of winning.

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by: MrSmith @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 22:09:32 PM UTC

What Hagan needs

Is a trip to North Carolina by Obama soon. The latest PPP poll had Obama down just 4 to McCain while Hagan was down 14. A big part of it was that Obama leads among African-Americans 75-16(McCain's not getting 16% of the black vote, 10 tops) while Hagan leads 52-28. If Obama campaigns with her and cuts an ad for her, hopefully she can equal his total among African-Americans.

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by: safi @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 04:48:22 AM UTC

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Noriega put to shame

Tom Udall's haul and now Hagan's haul just put Rick Noriega's fundraising numbers to shame.

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by: TXObserver @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 05:47:09 AM UTC

Here's one way of looking at it

New Mexico: 3 Districts
Tom Udall: $2.1 million raised in the second quarter

North Carolina: 13 Districts
Kay Hagan: $1.6 million raised

Texas: 32 Districts
Rick Noriega: $0.93 million raised

Everything's bigger in Texas... except for Rick Noriega's fundraising, apparently.

Look, I don't mean to swipe gratuitously at the guy, but this is getting pretty disappointing. The money IS there in Texas, but Noriega just isn't getting as much of it as he should, for whatever reason. I hope he can unite the TX donor base soon.

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by: James L. @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 05:56:04 AM UTC

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If I remember

Correctly, Jim Webb(a guy whom Noriega has been compared to) was having major problems fundraising during this part of his campaign. There's obviously key differences, the most obvious being that Texas is much bigger than Virginia, but I think he's fighting the perception that while he's a good candidate nobody thinks he can win.

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by: safi @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 07:31:17 AM UTC

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jim webb comparisons

seem pointless since the flukey way he won is just as likely (or unlikely) in every single race for either side.

webb was a good candidate in a good democratic year but if allen didn't say macaca on tape, webb probably wouldn't have finished within 5 points.

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by: st paul sage @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 14:37:52 PM UTC

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Unless if Jon Cornyn insults Hispanics and Whites

with racial slurs, Noriega doesn't have a chance.  

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 16:07:47 PM UTC

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I wouldn't completely rule that out

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by: conspiracy @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 17:13:36 PM UTC

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If there

Was anybody this cycle prone to a Macaca moment its Cornyn or Inhofe/

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by: safi @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 19:06:00 PM UTC

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Insult whites?

What the heck would that sound like? "Let's give a welcome to Honky, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Texas."

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by: Crisitunity @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 19:23:49 PM UTC

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CA-50 Brian Bilbray reported.

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-b...

I'm kind of confused.  It says he's raised $260,878 CTD.  That doesn't sound right.  It says he raised $153,784 for the three months.  COH = $224,495

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 06:59:04 AM UTC

That's an amendment to an old report, dude.

Here's the tip-off:

Covering Period 04/01/2007 Through 06/30/2007

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by: James L. @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 07:19:44 AM UTC

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Gah. A date filter even isn't enough. Rrrgh.

Why is he reporting an amendment a year later?  sigh

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by: JeremiahTheMessiah @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 07:26:42 AM UTC

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MN Senate

St. Paul - The Coleman for Senate campaign today announced that it raised over $2.35 million in the second quarter of 2008, and now has $7.2 million cash on hand.

http://www.minnesotademocratse...

(Warning: Wingnut site)

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

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by: MinnesotaMike @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 20:43:53 PM UTC

More MN Senate

http://www.startribune.com/pol...

Minnesota's two leading U.S. Senate candidates continued their furious fundraising pace this spring, as Republican Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken each raised more than $2 million in what has become one of the nation's most expensive races.

According to figures released today, Coleman's campaign raised $2.35 million from April through June. Franken's campaign was close behind, collecting $2.26 million in the same period.

Coleman continues to be ahead of Franken in the amount of cash on hand. Coleman has $7.2 million, while Franken has a bit more than $4 million at his command.

Since 2007, Franken has raised $11 million overall for the campaign. As of March, Coleman had raised a total of $12.4 million

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

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by: MinnesotaMike @ Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 21:04:55 PM UTC

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