DEAN UNDER FIRE FROM PARTY DEMS; NEARLY ALL CASH SPENT

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[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 Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s 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 Committee’s $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 what’s going on,” said one senior Democratic aide.

Another Democratic source familiar with the party fundraising apparatus said there is “obvious displeasure” among the leaders.

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[scannell]

If I were the Dems, I'd demand an outside accounting.

Actually we need an Independent Council here.

[mewzilla]

Was the cash spent or siphoned - no one is contributing

You'd need an audit to know for sure.

[johnny7]

DNC... A CULTURE OF CORRUPTION!

[Kaslin]

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[MNlurker]

End of year would be fine. What we don't want is him being removed now...

[DBeers]

I am deeply saddened...

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Dean was the anti-clinton candidate. IIRC, didn't the clintons run Harold Ickes as their guy?

Now Rahm Emmanuel (another clinton guy) has got the long knives out for Dean. Ahhh, the revolution always eats its own. Oh the humanity.

[ladtx]

The Democrat Party is rapidly becoming a fringe party, much like the Consitution Party, Libertarian Party, greenies etc. The offer nothing but gripes and complaints.

[CzarNicky]

The democrats are just 10 dollars away from defeating the Republicans.

[Sloth]

It's OK -- Howard has a pen pal in Nigeria who's going to wire him $480 million any day now.

[mosquitobite]

OMG! I just spit out my drink! LMAO!

[jigsaw]

...has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle...

Sounds like another minstrel-cyle for Dean.

[ferri]

LOL no i wouldn't give money to that man, but i sure would like to see a video of him explaining where it all went. that would be better than cartoons!!!

[reagan_fanatic]

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are privately bristling over Howard Dean’s management of the Democratic National Committee and have made those sentiments clear after new fundraising numbers showed he has spent nearly all the committee’s cash and has little left to support their efforts to gain seats this cycle

Oh, this ought to be fun.

[untrained skeptic]

If someone's cooking the books how could anyone tell without an audit?

I wasn't disagreeing with you on that point.

I was just trying to point out that this article completely fails to mention if fund raising is doing well for the DNC under Dean, or if their low balance could be due to their party losing it's support due to their inability to have a platform of their own that resonates with the American people rather than just opposing Bush.

I seem to have gotten into the habbit of reading media articles and looking for what is missing.

It just seems that if they are discussing how much the DNC has in the bank compared to the RNC that fund raising would be an extremely important factor, yet it's completely absent from the discussion.

[The Old Hoosier]

This is nothing new -- I wonder why they are getting so upset about it all the sudden...

[el_texicano]

Hee...hee...hee...hee...

[Sybeck1]

Soros will fund the difference.

[hellinahandcart]

"Hey big spender!
Spend a little time with me..."

[mewzilla]

I was just trying to point out that this article completely fails to mention if fund raising is doing well for the DNC under Dean, or if their low balance could be due to their party losing it's support due to their inability to have a platform of their own that resonates with the American people rather than just opposing Bush.

Without an outside audit, I wouldn't trust the answer.