I’m thinking more and more that the NRCC ought to make a portion of their fundraising an al la carte system, where people could donate to specific congressional districts. The reason the national committees are running low on cash is because the base is burned by the committees defending too many RINOs that don’t deserve it. Of course, that’s probably why the national committees would never go for it. They still want the option.
Still, I think it’d dramatically up their coffers, and may entice some better qualified candidates to run if they knew the national folks were ready to back them up.
They’d never do it. They want to be in full control and squander it defending RINOs. Folks out there are better off just giving directly to the candidates of their choice. Probably almost better off setting up an independent website with stats and links about the districts, races, and candidates. The candidate would submit a little blurb about how much they need to raise to be competitive and how much they’ve raised.
The one thing that bugs me is when I see how much money some candidates have raised in safe districts (ludicrous amounts) that would be enormously more helpful if it was evenly distributed to other candidates. For example, you’re sitting on $5-$10 million and your opponent is a nobody with near $0, you need to be cutting $1,000 (or more) donations to the hundreds of other candidates. This is one example where “spreading the wealth” is imperative and vital.