Posted on 01/30/2006 8:01:04 AM PST by slowhand520
DEAN UNDER FIRE FROM PARTY DEMS; NEARLY ALL CASH SPENT Mon Jan 30 2006 10:52:31 ET
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Deans management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committees cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle, ROLL CALL reports.
Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committees $34 million.
Senate and House Minority Leaders Harry Reid (Nev.) and Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), along with the Senate and House campaign committee chairmen Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), have made their concerns -- directly or indirectly -- known to Dean, claims the paper.
Emanuel was particularly upset last week upon seeing the latest DNC numbers.
A lot of people are scratching their heads as to whats going on, said one senior Democratic aide.
Another Democratic source familiar with the party fundraising apparatus said there is obvious displeasure among the leaders.
Developing...
Too funny considering that this debacle is every bit their fault as it is Dean's, especially Pelosi. Is this an admission that she's just a talking head that spews forth whatever talking points are handed to her and she doesn't have a clue as to what is going on in her party? :-)
Man, I hope those Democrats never figure out that he's working for OUR side...
Goshes!! Howie, Cindy, Hillary, DiFi, and John all in one weekend!! How great can life be??
Well, not broke, but down to pocket change. My only regret is that they discovered this about 6 months' too soon...
If you're a higher-up in the RNC, Dean is a gift from heaven. Next step: be "accidentally" caught on an open mike saying that you're scared of Dean keeping the chair because he's such a tough guy, a shrewd strategist, and is exactly what the DemonRat constituents need right now. Dean will hear it and go even more psycho.
Does anyone know what he's spent it on?
Yup. They are p***ed that they won't be able to murder innocent babies anymore.
The MSM will predictably play the "Wealthy GOP is out-spending the poor down-trodden Dems" stories for several weeks.
"Congressional leaders were furious last week when they learned the DNC has just $5.5 million in the bank, compared to the Republican National Committees $34 million."
Isn't that awful? Howie boy just spent too much money on all the smear campaigns... But then again, given their record for truth-telling, it's not a good bet to believe anything that's said.
Just like a venereal disease...
Didn't he run his failed presidential campaign the same way?
Insanity/Liberalism: doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
LOL :-)
Yay....yay....yay...
and yet Howie can get on TV and complain about Bush's economic policies???
What's going on is we're seeing Democrat social and fiscal policy in action: Spending money on nothing and then being p.o.'d that more money doesn't just appear when they really need it.
WOW!!! The party of the poor and the needy!
Dean's doing about as well as Abu Whatshisface over at Fatah.
watch out they don't try to pass some welfare law that supports Democrat political candidates down on their luck... hahah
BTW, that city has an important anniverary coming up ~
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
April 18, 1906
Buying a house perched high on a hill in SF may prove to not be such a great idea.
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