RNC to spend $100m to get out vote

The Washington Examiner ^ | 8-28-14 | David M. Drucker

[cripplecreek]

I’m an optimist. I think the Michigan GOP has a great online GOTV effort despite some flawed candidates. They aren’t letting the democrats set the narrative and are taking the fight to the democrats exactly as the democrats would like to fight republicans.

Its very youth driven which normally worries me but they are listening and seem to be holding together a fairly wide demographic bloc.

[jimbo123]

[TexasCajun]

The RNC may have taken me off their mailing list after receiving many ass-chewings in their prepaid envelopes.

[TexasCajun]

The RNC may have taken me off their mailing list after receiving many ass-chewings in their prepaid envelopes.

[jimbo123]

[Slyfox]

If the RNC really wants to make some headway they need to explain to democrats in detail why the DNC is not the party that is “for the people.”

[SlowBoat407]

The RNC is almost at the point of drunk dialing me at 2 AM and asking why I ever left ‘cuz we were soooooo good together.

[tanknetter]

Yup, sounds like Orca to me.

Hopefully they’ll stress test this one a little bit before election day. This kind of system is critical to GOTV in this day and age. Had ORCA worked properly (as well as Obama’s NARWHAL did) Romney would be President today.

[Kenny Bunk]

What’s Karl’s Cut?

[hadaclueonce]

What this means is that you will get more phone calls from the RNC than you do from Rachel from Credit Card services.

Both working a con.

[Personal Responsibility]

They - the RNC, most Republicans in office - talk the talk.
They *never* fight the fight. They *always* say “this isn’t the right time”.

For cowards, it’s never the right time to fight. And when someone wanders off on their own and DOES fight the RNC and most Republicans mock that person and spend their time saying how it won’t change anything.

The RNC and most republicans are the worst of the worst. At least the Dems tell you who they are and stand behind it. The driving platform for Democrats seems to be “grow the state”

The driving platform for Republicans seems to be “get elected”

[zek157]

Doom & gloom? All spending originates in the House. They could stop the nonsense right now. $17T deficit, immigration, Social Security liquidity, Medicare, politicised IRS, EPA mandates, ACA & healthcare public rape,University tuition and student loans, etc., etc.. Tell me what the GOP has done for you lately.

The GOP could have had the Senate in 08 if they cared to support Sharoh Angle & Christine O’Donnell. Didn’t support Joe Miller in AK either. Dream on for a conservitive revival once they control the Senate along with the House.

Locally, we dumped Cantor. Think the Big Tent GOP cared for that one?

[Dave W]

You are rewriting history. It is now very apparent O'Donnell and Angle were poor candidates. Angle lost by 10 points and I think O'Donnell lost in a landslide, 15 points plus. Nothing could have helped them. Actually, I think the O'Donnell race was in 2010 which was a stellar year for Republicans. She couldn't even manage a close race in a year that Republicans made historic gains on ballots across the country from top to bottom.

In Angle's defense, it is super tough to beat an incumbent Senator who happens to be majority leader. And to be fair, Delaware is a very blue state, too, but that state was winnable with a candidate the voters deemed qualified. If the voters in Delaware judged her unqualified (which they did), blame her. It is her responsibility to communicate and develop a rapport with the voters - good candidates do exactly that.

The money and support that the RNC provides helps around the margins - it does not help make up huge vote deficits. It is alot of money to spend to help around the edges, but in close races they make a difference.

[Blackirish]

Are you proposing another government shutdown? Because that worked great the last time/s

[taildragger]

This Dedication goes out to the EGOP / RNC, Carl Rove, The Chamber of Commerce, K-Street, Haley Barbour, Thad Cochran, Mitch McConnell, and all the NON Tea Party Senatorial Candidates you backed this cycle and oh yes the 4 Million Dollar Man from Michigan...

Sing it Travis!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLG2jaVdUMo

Call someone who'll listen and might give a damn
Maybe one of your sorted affairs
But don't you come 'round here handin' me none of your lines
Here's a quarter, call someone who cares

[Dave W]

By the way, I did want to let you know congratulations in dumping Cantor. As anyone who can barely breathe knows, the republican leadership needs a massive turnover, which does not appear to be happening amongst themselves, so it looks like they need outright defeat at the polls (which won't happen). My guess is that McConnell and Boehner will need to retire before anything happens, so maybe they will get the message and retire before 2016 elections. On the other hand, Boehner will get all the votes from the conservatives on Jan. 2, 2015 to keep him as Speaker.

[Fledermaus]

This proves how absolutely retarded the GOPe truly is.

The Tea Party (in all it’s forms) brought out more new voters in 2010 than the RNC will get for $100 million.

And how much of that money goes to piss off Tea Party folks?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Two names to the NRCC.

Mitt Romney.

Jeb Bush.

If *either* of those names are mentioned, you might as well get money exclusively from your Chamber of Commerce buddies, because conservatives will not give you a thin dime to support either of them.

Those two candidates are anathema. (n. “detested persons”)

[jmaroneps37]

Dumb asses; all they would have to do is make it clear and believable that they are not going to do amnesty now or ever and they could save themselves about 90% of that pot.