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Keith Fimian, the Republican candidate to replace fellow Republican Rep. Tom Davis in Virginia’s 11th congressional district, is facing attacks from the Democratic party for — deep breath now — belonging to a group that has a website that links to another group the head of which has said that wives and husbands should submit to each other. Whew. Fimian is a member of Legatus, an organization of Catholic businessmen. Like a lot of organizations, Legatus maintains a website that links to other sites that its members might find interesting. The American Life League, which opposes abortion with no exception...

ABC News’ Karen Travers Reports: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has purchased ad time in Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District targeting Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, the Republican challenger who is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski. This is the first ad of the general election cycle from the DCCC, which has already reserved advertising time in 31 congressional districts at the cost of about $35-million. Those ad buys are scheduled to begin airing on television between early September and early October and run through Election Day. The DCCC ad in Pennsylvania ties Barletta to President George W. Bush, stating that...

Barack Obama has made some strange decisions regarding secrecy and records. His state legislative records are missing and may have been thrown out, there are questions about his answers to his application to the state bar (keep in mind the DSCC demanded George Allen release his in 2006), and he released a one-page letter from his doctor summarizing his medical history (contrasted with McCain allowing reporters to examine nearly 1,200 pages of health records). He and his former law firm say Obama only did a few hours of work for nonprofit firms connected to convicted donor Tony Rezko, but no...

Dear Past Your Eyes, Republicans are placing a big bet on Karl Rove. Freedom's Watch, the secretive Republican attack group zeroing in on Democratic House candidates, has put its expected $200 million war chest in the hands of Karl Rove. They're handing him hundreds of millions of dollars to spend attacking our candidates with this year's biggest "Swift Boat" group. But, you and I can make sure Rove's new gig as the mischief-making maven of the GOP attack group Freedom's Watch is a total bust. Midnight tonight is your last chance to give before the June 30th FEC deadline- the...

A few times a week, I get email from people like algore asking for money. Most of them are uninteresting. Here is one for your amusement. The subject like was "Fear and Failure". barfola!Dear "Past Your Eyes", The coming elections are shaping up as a historic opportunity to reshape the future of our democracy. Each of us has a personal responsibility to help advance Democratic campaigns that do justice to our exceptional candidates and to the unbelievably high stakes in this election. If our candidates are successful, we will have leaders who will no longer trade in fear and failure...who...

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Dozens of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee members have failed to pay their full dues to the U.S. political group, U.S. House Democratic leaders say. U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leaders say that such lapses in membership payments to the committee have totaled millions of dollars, the Politico, a Washington publication, said Thursday. The absent or incomplete membership payments by some committee officials have prompted talk of sanctions against delinquent Democratic lawmakers, the Politico said. U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., is among those supporting sanctions, suggesting that offending committee members should be banned from congressional delegation...

Democrats are trying to chase from the political playing field a new conservative group expected to spend tens of millions of dollars this year attacking liberal candidates. Using accusations of links to gambling and "forced abortions," the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is striving to make the group, Freedom's Watch, too toxic for Republicans to stomach. "House Republicans and Republican candidates need to decide whether they can afford to partner with Freedom's Watch, a group that embodies the Republicans' culture of corruption by consistently breaking the law and is bankrolled by money that is inconsistent with their values," said Jennifer...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the campaign arm for U.S. House Democrats, and one of their top priorities is seeing that Andre Carson is elected in the upcoming special election. They got him a Washington, DC, campaign team; a fancy new web site; and some large DC money. But their latest trick may have gone too far. Last week, a YouTube video surfaced online, essentially a scary attack adagainst Republican Jon Elrod, even containing the "paid for by DCCC" style disclaimer at the end. It was prominently featured on the DCCC's YouTube Channel (View this photo). The problem...

Nearly two dozen House incumbents were outraised by their opponents and another dozen candidates established themselves as early frontrunners for newly open seats late last week as fourth quarter financial reports were due. Among the members on the short end of the fundraising battle in October, November and December were Republican Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska), Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), as well as five vulnerable Democratic freshmen. The Democratic freshmen overall continued to raise strong amounts of money, with 20 of them cracking $1 million raised for the year, and all of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC)...

Attention wealthy people interested in politics: the Republican party wants you. As the New York Times noted today, the party that wants people to pull themselves with their own bootstraps expects the same of people running for Congress. It has little choice since The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has raised $56 million with $29.2 million at its disposal compared with the $40.7 million raised by the National Republican Congressional Committee, which as a cash balance of $2.5 million, the paper said. While having self-funded candidates seems like a dream come true for the GOP, there is a downside. People who...

With 2008 fast approaching, the DCCC is urgently mobilizing our Rapid Responders to be our eyes and ears on the campaign trail. Our goal is to make sure that every time -- anywhere in America -- when a Republican crosses the line with one of their attacks, someone is there to capture it. The next time a Republican has a 'Macaca Moment,' will you be there to capture it? The power to hold Republicans accountable for their lies, distortions, and attacks belongs to you. Keep an eye on your local newspaper and your Member of Congress' web site to see...

Report Reveals New Details About Hsu FundraisingUPDATED: 1:24 pm PDT October 16, 2007 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A newly-released campaign-finance report filed by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is shedding light on Norman Hsu's political network. The disgraced democratic fundraiser faces fraud charges in California and New York. Senator Clinton has refunded more than $800,000 in campaign contributions delivered by Hsu. Clinton's latest report shows the money came from 249 of Hsu's associates. Most of them are Californians, but New York investors were also major participants in Hsu's financial operations. Some of those listed say they only contributed because they felt pressured...

Dear "Past Your Eyes", TIME IS RUNNING OUT! As my last act in the White House, I asked Dick Cheney if he could help me break into the DCCC and send you this email. You see I've been watching you and other Democratic activists and let me say I'm a bit concerned. Over the past eight months Democrats in the House have made life for my Republican friends and me difficult -- issuing subpoena after subpoena. This has got to stop. Democrats have only been able to take these actions because people like you have backing them up. Well, the...

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) reported raising $2.6 million in August for its efforts to coordinate the party’s 2008 national campaign for Senate seats. In doing so, the DSCC continued to outperform its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), according to monthly reports filed late last week with the Federal Election Commission. There was some consolation for the GOP side, as the gap between the two committees was smaller than it has been in most of the months since the Democrats claimed control of the Senate in January. The Republicans’ Senate campaign unit raised $2.4 million in...

Dear "Past Your Eyes", We are at a moment of truth for America's foreign policy -- our decisions today will dramatically shape the role of America in the world for generations to come. We must repair our nation's tarnished reputation and once again become a source of inspiration and hope across the globe. Right now, Congress is debating the best way to address our foreign policy challenges -- most importantly, ending the war in Iraq. Our troops are being asked to risk their lives to solve problems that our civilian leaders created. President Bush has yet to explain how our...

Dear Friend, We Did It: Keep the Pressure on Bush-backing Republicans Today, we saw what can happen when we stand together to hold Republicans accountable. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned today because of the relentless pressure that our people-powered Democratic Majority brought to bear. We could not have done it without you. But there is no time to rest - we need to ratchet up the same kind of pressure on those Republicans who continue to obstruct our efforts to change the direction on the war in Iraq. News is out that a group of well-funded Republicans, led by Bush's...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraised the National Republican Congressional Committee for the second straight quarter, and has nearly 10 times the cash on hand of its Republican counterpart. NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) announced Thursday that the committee raised between $13 million and $14 million for the second quarter, and had around $2 million cash on hand at the end of June. Meanwhile, the DCCC raised about $17 million for the quarter, and banked $19 million at the end of June. The sizable cash-on-hand gap between the two committees partially reflects the NRCC’s desire to pay off a sizable...

Dear "Past Your Eyes", I am truly amazed. Not only did we meet Speaker Pelosi's grassroots goal - but we far exceeded it, raising nearly DOUBLE what we set out to do. House Democrats matched your generous contributions two to one, to have three times the impact in providing the critical early financial support we need to stay on the offense by increasing the number of targeted Republican districts, mobilizing our Democratic field activists early and building our national campaign on the ground to turn out voters. With your support, we are holding every Republican incumbent accountable for their votes...

And we thought they had all the ideas. In an email received today, Rham Emanuel is asking for help with ideas of what to do in their first 100 hours. The email; Me@I’llnevertell.com From: "Rahm Emanuel, DCCC Chair" {dccc@dccc.org} Subject: Share Your Ideas Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:49:35 -0500 Dear Lewis, Complete our 100 Hours survey and make your voice heard! On November 7th the American people placed their trust and hopes for the future in the hands of the Democratic Party. Americans everywhere are counting on the new Democratic majority to restore integrity, civility and fiscal responsibility to...

Gauging by the attack ads flowing from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party's House contenders are running against Exxon, Pfizer and Bush. The ads tie Republican House candidates to unpopular industries and an unpopular President. Some of these ads are exaggerations. At times DCCC ads run completely off the rails of factual accuracy. One falsely implies that an Illinois candidate tried to ban Dr. Seuss books from schools. Another correctly states that an Ohio candidate was investigated "for abusing her position," but fails to mention that the investigation found "no substance" to the allegation. Others claim Republicans voted to...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — President Bush on Sunday seized on the conviction of Saddam Hussein as a milestone in Iraq, seeking to rally Republican voters with the issue of national security as some polls suggested that his party might be making gains in the final hours of the campaign.<SNIP>The announcement out of Baghdad came as polls suggested some gains for Republicans. A Pew Research Center Survey released on Sunday found that the number of likely voters who said they would vote for the Democrats was now 47 percent compared with 43 percent who said they would vote for Republicans. Two...

I just got this in my inbox:Note that this dim is actually accurately quoting John Boehner's goof from last night's Hannitty and Colmes show.Also, I volunteered for the 72 Hour Republican campaign and got an email thanking me and advising me that I would be contacted shortly. That was 3 or 4 days ago. I am a loyal, conservative and the Republican party is slow to contact me, but a dim rat from Pa is contacting me...what the heck? Four Days to Victory! We Can WinJohn Murtha Contribute Dear John, I am sick of this blame game. President Bush blames...

Washington -- Even more than fighting a contest of ideas with Republicans, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is waging a multimillion-dollar fundraising battle intended to produce a Democratic House majority in the Nov. 7 midterm elections. As the minority leader, Pelosi is the chief fundraiser for the party's national campaign effort, a job that has taken on increased importance in a year when the cost of races in all 435 House districts already has exceeded $700 million. Along with success at the polls, her job has involved making sure that Democrats in close contests have enough money to compete with Republicans who...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reserved $630,000 in TV advertising for Angie Paccione’s bid to unseat Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, but has apparently pulled the money. “If this isn’t the final nail in Angie Paccione’s political coffin, it’s pretty close,” Musgrave campaign manager Shaun Kenney said in a press release. “Coming on top of the poll earlier this week showing Marilyn Musgrave leading by 10 percentage points, it is clear that national Democrats have completely given up hope for “Angry Angie”.” Paccione was recently named to the DCCC’s coveted “Red to Blue” program, designed to funnel...

A former House page says he had sex with then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) after receiving explicit e-mails in which the congressman described assessing the sexual orientation and physical attributes of underage pages but waiting until later to make direct advances. The former page, who agreed to discuss his relationship with Foley with the Los Angeles Times on the condition that he not be identified, said his electronic correspondence with Foley began after he finished the respected Capitol Hill page program for high school juniors. His sexual encounter was in the fall of 2000, he said. At the time, he was...

We're getting into very dangerous territory, and I've warned my colleagues to be careful." That's what a Democrat leadership aide was saying on Wednesday, as word circulated about David Corn's blog posting that revealed that a list of gay Republicans congressional staffers was circulating through emails. Such a list has been talked about for months, if not years, by more militant homosexual activists, who have threatened to out Republican congressional staffers or even congressmen if they take positions counter to their gay lifestyle. Now, in the wake of the Rep. Mark Foley scandal, a form of "the list" is again...

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee started to show campaign commercials yesterday that attack United States Representative John E. Sweeney, an upstate Republican in a competitive re-election battle. Mr. Sweeney, who was first elected in 1998, is facing his first significant challenge since taking office, from Kirsten Gillibrand, a lawyer and political novice who has turned out to be a strong campaigner. The 30-second commercial is being shown on stations in Albany. The 20th Congressional District is a largely rural and suburban area that includes all or parts of 10 counties and stretches from Poughkeepsie to Lake Placid, going west toward...

The latest- the blogs are all over this- go to them and use their links:   Foley Setup? - Part V - Uncovering the Conspiracy--I don’t think I’ve ever seen a political conspiracy unravel as fast as this one that involves former representative Mark Foley. These you must read to catch up on the story...MacsMind - Foleygate Part IVMacsMind - Foleygate Part V   [Foley Outer] Mike Rogers Tried To Blackmail Senator On Alito Vote--Rogers was named as one of Genre Magazine’s Men We Love. http://www.pageonenewsmedia.com/docs/bio.html Here's the list of intimidation. http://www.blogactive.com/2006_06_01_blogactive_archive.html I don't think that these Gay activists who...

Did gay activists stay silent on Foley? The Gateway Pundit looks at allegations radical gay activists collected information on the Congressman — for the “Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. They held on to the information for over a year. They wrote about how they would break the story at midterm elections.”

THE PROOF THAT DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WERE AFTER MARK FOLEY SINCE 2004!!From a March 2005 post at BlogActive Sister Toldjah leads you down the path to Macsmind.**You must read the whole Macsmind update.** Macsmind put together this link to the Foley memos: They’re may be a possibilty that the one who runs Blog Active.com, and the one who runs Stop Sex Predators may be one in the same. That may be Mike Rogers, the infamous Gay Republican Outer. Via Rogers site: Well the good news is that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is finally getting it. I called their Director...

To: National Desk Contact: Mike Rogers, 202-588-9446 or Susan Roth, 301-530-3539, 202-997-5672 (cell) WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /U.S. Newswire / -- Mike Rogers, the nation's top gay activist blogger, has posted on his blog at http://www.proudofwhoweare.org excerpts from an interview with a member of the class of congressional pages who have been confirmed to have been harassed by or stalked by former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL). Rogers is available for further comment on the unfolding scandal. The page confirms in the interview with Rogers that there was widespread knowledge among pages of sexually oriented instant message chats and emails between Foley...

<p>Well the good news is that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is finally getting it. I called their Director of Communications, Bill Burton, to let him know that the Foley thing (and another case) were coming down the pike. While Burton promised to have someone email or return my call and didn't, I am glad he followed up on my call and was ready on Friday to come out of the gate running.</p>

I thought this link would be of value regarding the AZ district 8 election. If you go to the link http://tray.com/cgi-win/x_IndepExp_SQL_By_State_Date.exe?DoFn=&Count=20060901&sYR=2006 You will find the following from about 8/22 to 9/22: 1. The NRCC spent about 100,000 dollars supporting Huffman. 2. The DCCC spent about 200,000 dollars opposing Huffman and about 0 dollars opposing Graf. 3. The Minutemen have spent about 45,000 supporting Graf 4. After the primary, the RNCC spent about 16,000 supporting Graf and about 70,000 opposing Giffords. From this I conclude that the Democrats wanted to run against Graf and not Huffman. The Republicans wanted Huffman to...

Have your gift matched 3-to-1 for three times the impact Dear Past Your Eyes, When George W. Bush snuck into office almost six years ago he got a gift from the other two branches of government. The Supreme Court gave him the election. And in the legislative branch, he got a Rubber Stamp Republican Congress to follow his every move and misguided policy like a bunch of stray dogs hoping to get fed. And did they ever get fed. They got fat and corrupt on contributions from the oil and gas companies, the drug companies lobby, the health care industry,...

As Democrats get more desparate, they are continuing their deception and fear mongering of Republicans. Received this one this evening; From: "Karin Johanson, DCCC Executive Director" {dccc@dccc.org} Subject: Race Update: Republicans Run Away Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:57:14 -0400 BREAKING NEWS: Bob Ney pleads guilty. Today, disgraced, retiring Congressman Bob Ney pleaded guilty in the federal investigation surrounding the admitted felon and former Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. News reports indicate that Ney delayed the announcement to avoid "influencing" the special election to replace him. Just another example of the widespread corruption of Bush's Rubber Stamps. Dear Lewis, They can...

September 13, 2006 As tempting as it may be, no, that is not my description of the Leader of the House Democratic Party. It is the title of the email I received from her staff today. In the Democrats quest to retake control of our government from Republicans, while we are in a war they don’t like, these emails are coming at an every increasing rate. Excerpts from her email reads: The only thing the Republicans have left to offer the American people is fear. And the fear-mongering has turned up to full volume in congressional races across America. Let’s...

Thank you, Mel Gibson. Who would ever think that a drunken, anti-Semitic rage from a gazillionaire movie star would go right to the core of the Democratic Party's problems? Meet the Brothers Emanuel. Brother Ari is a partner in the Hollywood talent agency Endeavor, a leading liberal light in the film community. Brother Rahm is the former Clinton White House aide turned Democratic congressman from Chicago. As luck would have it, Rahm is also the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has reserved $51.5 million of television advertising in 32 congressional districts. The allocation reveals an aggressive posture toward the midterm elections, with 27 Republican-held districts targeted and only five Democratic districts identified as needing the defense of DCCC cash.By reserving the ad space early, the DCCC has tipped its hand as the August recess begins; the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is circulating the list of targets.The $51.5 million total exceeds previously reported figures by $20 million and confirms that Democrats will be on offense for much of the fall in states such as...

On two occasions, here and here, this column has taken Good Morning America's Kate Snow to task. Fairness thus behooves us to recognize that Kate gave Howard Dean a fair-'n-balanced going over on this morning's show. Snow got things off to a frosty start: "We mentioned the president's approval rating. It's about 38% in our last poll. Not so good. In another recent poll, the Democrats' positive [rating was] just 32%. To be blunt, are you blowing an opportunity here? Are you not capitalizing on the president's weakness?" Later, Snow dumped on Dean's freezing-cold relationship with Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois...

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), who has suspended his race to become majority leader in the event that the Democrats capture the House, plans to campaign in 41 races around the country where he said party leaders believe he can be helpful. This is a dramatic increase in activity for Murtha, who did not campaign for House candidates in 2004, according to his spokeswoman.Helping Democratic candidates could pay dividends in a race for majority leader against Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).Murtha says he thinks such a race is likely and told The Hill that if the election were held now Democrats...

WASHINGTON - Signaling a new phase in the struggle for control of Congress, House Democrats have reserved time for more than $30 million worth of campaign advertising this fall in roughly two dozen congressional districts, with a heavy emphasis on the Northeast and Midwest. The Democratic targets include clusters of Republican-held seats in the Philadelphia area held by Reps. Jim Gerlach, Curt Weldon and Michael Fitzpatrick, as well as the Ohio River Valley, where Reps. John Hostettler of Indiana, Geoff Davis of Kentucky and Steve Chabot of Ohio can expect a protracted televised barrage. Based on information available to date,...

Associated Press Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial. The ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called for a "new direction" and displayed a staccato of images, including war scenes, pollution and breached levees as well as a photograph of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay doctored to look like a police mug shot. The campaign committee replaced the ad with a radio commercial that targets Rep. John Hostetler, R-Ind., for...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic Reps. Chet Edwards (Texas) and John Spratt (S.C.) have called on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to pull down a controversial web video that uses images of flag-draped coffins and a grave of a fallen soldier. more at link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/14/mg.fri/

SourceThis is the image created by the proprietors of chickenhead.com. Chickenhead.com is the creator of whitehouse.org. Browse on over to their site if you wish to view their exhibitionist humor. But before you do, ask yourself why the same image would show up in Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee ads? SourceSend this one to your family? Good idea. My family would love to know that the Democrat Party is using source material from an array of sites that features such slogans as "Jesus was a Pinko Commie".

Imagine my surprise when, after using the example of Bush's 2004 campaign ad showing an image 9/11 to chide some on the right yesterday for being a bit hypocritical with their outrage at the DCCC's new video, I read that Erick at RedState has used the exact same example....to charge Democrats of hypocrisy. Let me see if I have this right. If you were against Bush using images of 9/11 in 2004 but aren't opposed to using images of flag-draped coffins in 2006, you're a hypocrite. So far so good. But if you weren't opposed to Bush using images of...

The Washington Post recently ran a piece highlighting the fact that the Democrats' Congressional Committee is at parity with the Republicans in cash on hand and that their Senatorial Committee has doubled up the NRSC in cash on hand (although the two have raised about the same amount). This is all true, and it is not good for Republicans. However, there has been some exaggeration as to just how bad it is. The committees' success is partly, but not entirely, the result of Democratic fundraising prowess. It has just as much to do with the fact that the Democratic National...

An 18-month recruitment drive by the Democrats has produced nearly a dozen strong candidates with the potential for unseating House Republicans, but probably not enough to take back control of the House absent a massive anti-incumbent wave this fall, according to House political experts. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), said his party was able to avoid a primary fight in California and is emerging from Tuesday's balloting united and ready to go after independent voters. In contrast, he said, Republicans will have to unite a fractious party around a nominee who still has...

In what has become a wholly predictable outcome, the national Republican Party’s House campaign organization raised more money last month than its Democratic counterpart. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported raising $5.4 million in February. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) took in $3.1 million last month. That expanded the NRCC’s lead over the DCCC in total receipts for the 2005-06 election cycle. The GOP committee raised $74.1 million through the end of February, to the Democratic unit’s $48.6 million. The NRCC also narrowly increased its cash-on-hand advantage over its Democratic rival — though this gap is much narrower,...

Republican campaign committees stormed into 2006 with a nearly 2-to-1 collective cash advantage over Democrats, despite the president’s poor poll numbers and GOP scandals on Capitol Hill. According to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission late last month, noted on politicalmoneyline.com, the Republicans ended November with $61 million in the bank compared to the Democrats’ $41 million. The Republican National Committee (RNC) led the pack, raising $6.1 million in November and ending the month with nearly $32 million on hand. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) reeled in approximately $5.4 million during the same period and had $7.3 million available....

If you were feeling a bit empty this Christmas holiday season because the secular greetings issued from the White House left you a little bit empty, we have a special treat for you, guaranteed to fill you up with all the love and warmth that is the Democrat Holiday Spirit. Nobody should ever have to suffer the annual pangs of winter holiday capitalism without the joy and peace brought about by the happy Christmas holiday donkey. WOW! Now that's what I call Christmas Holiday Spirit! How could I possibly have made it through this Christmas holiday season without that...