DNC Fundraising Dropped Sharply in July
- Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:11pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The Democratic National Committee says it raised $6.7 million in July, down from $12.2 million in June and $10.5 million in May.
While still ahead of Republicans it was the DNC’s lowest monthly amount since President Barack Obama launched his re-election campaign in April, a month where the committee raked in $14 million in contributions. Obama cancelled some fundraisers during the month because of negotiations with congressional Republicans over the debt ceiling.
The party’s fundraising includes $2.2 million for the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising account by the DNC and Obama’s campaign. Obama did not personally attend any fundraisers in July and Democratic officials said most of the victory fund money came from events held by first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and others.
Obama’s campaign and the DNC raised $86 million during the spring fundraising quarter ending in late June, giving it a substantial lead on the Republican presidential field. The party paid down about $600,000 in debt, but Democrats still owe about $11.2 million to creditors. The DNC currently has $20.1 million in the bank.
Obama’s campaign had said it does not expect to raise as much in the summer as it did during the spring because of the cancelled events. National Journal notes that professional fundraisers will admit both July and August are usually less sensational months for fundraising, given people’s vacation schedules.
The Republican National Committee has reported to have raised $6.1 million in July and has $7.6 million in the bank, about $300,000 more than it had last month. National Journal reports that that figure could have been higher, but the RNC spent big bucks on a four-week advertising campaign to try and protect Republican state senators in Wisconsin who faced recall elections.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has tried to reduce the party’s large debt since taking over for former chairman Michael Steele in January. RNC officials estimate that they inherited $24 million in debt when Priebus started as chairman, an amount that has been reduced to less than $17 million.
Separately, the campaign arm of the House Democrats raised $4 million during the month, while their Republican counterparts raised more than $3.8 million. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ended the month with $8.1 million in the bank and $4 million in debt. The National Republican Congressional Committee wrapped up the month with $11.2 million in cash on hand and $2.7 million in debt.
In August, Obama has held fundraisers in Chicago, New York and Washington.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.























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Comments (140)
Exrepublisheep
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:58pmIt doesn’t matter. Republicans will send their money to Bachman or Perry, neither of whom will make it to the superbowl. All that cash will have gone for nothing.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:19amRemeber the old Beatles song-”Money can’t buy me love!”
Report Post »RationalMan
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:29amDon’t fall into this B.S!!!!
Report Post »Republicans, are against Bachman or Perry, that’s way C.Rove, J. Bush and Boenher want Paul Ryan to run…..Check your premise before you make this accusation!!!!
Captain Crunch
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:32amAll the money in the world isn’t going to be able to win Obama this election.
Report Post »ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:49pmThis only proves that the unions are running out of cash just like the rest of us.
Report Post »101
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:42amRon Paul’s birthday money bomb raised over 1.5 million today!
http://ronpaul2012.com/
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 4:29amAnd that the DNC / ACORN (revised version) haven’t figured out how to take food stamps as donations yet.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:44amMaybe people are wising up as well. Listen to this speech from The John Birch Society. It’s amazing!
He says there is a conspiracy within the United States to destroy the United States. Everything Welch said is happening today. Also, the things he said we need to do to restore America, and the world would benefit as well, are the things The Tea Party have been saying. This speech was recorded in 1958!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZU0c8DAIU4&feature=related
Notice at the beginning of the speech, he said that the things that the Communist insiders wanted to do to destroy America happen to be all the things that today’s Democrats want to do!
Coincidence? No way!
McCarthy was right. Communists within America have been trying to destroy America and today, they are the Democratic Party.
Report Post »1) Destroy the economy by expanding Federal spending as wastefully as possible – bailouts
2) Dramatically raise taxes
3) Increasingly unbalance the budget despite higher taxes
4) Wildly inflate the currency – monetizing debt, quantitative easing, print money…
5) Price controlling under the guise of combating inflation – Obamcare
6) Greatly increase Socialistic control over our everyday lives – Obamacare again
*) Huge increases in bureaucracies – this was obvious long ago
7) Increase Washington‘s power and reduce state’s control
8) Federal takeover of education – Carter did that already – indoctrination of the youth to accept Marxism
loriann12
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:00amYou forgot cause as many divides as possible. Obama has created class wars, race wars, sexual wars (between the sexes – his little comment about his own budget and telling his wife she couldn’t have anything, but he could keep his golf clubs? Only meant to make wives resent their husbands), etc.
Report Post »LadyGOP
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:04amhttp://cafenetamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/video-gov-rick-perry-2012.html
Already donated to Perry here:
http://www.rickperry.org/
Report Post »LadyGOP
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:05amPerry: Economic Freedom Comes From Work and Wages, Not Welfare
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Posted on August 19th, 2011
Criticizes Administration’s Notion that Food Stamps are Economic Stimulus
COLUMBIA, SC – Texas Gov. Rick Perry today took his campaign for president to South Carolina, where he underscored his belief that economic opportunity is derived by creating jobs, not issuing welfare. He criticized recent comments from President Obama’s administration claiming that food stamps are a form of economic stimulus and emphasized the need to get government out of the way and unleash the private sector to create the jobs our nation needs.
“Most Americans do not yearn to be dependent on government subsidies, they want economic freedom, and economic freedom comes from work and wages, not welfare,” Gov. Perry said. “The central issue of this election is an Administration that believes Washington must be our caretaker, and a people who want Washington to only take care of their constitutional responsibilities.”
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:06am@ Shiroi Raion
Report Post »The JBS was right then, and they’re right now. The way they’ve been demonized as some subversive, evil organization, is unfortunate. Stifled by TPTB’s talking heads. But that’s the power of the press run by the ruling elites.
It’ll be an almost impossible task, to reverse this mess we’re in.
LadyGOP
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:08amPerry: Economic Freedom Comes From Work and Wages, Not Welfare
Posted on August 19th, 2011
Criticizes Administration’s Notion that Food Stamps are Economic Stimulus
COLUMBIA, SC – Texas Gov. Rick Perry today took his campaign for president to South Carolina, where he underscored his belief that economic opportunity is derived by creating jobs, not issuing welfare. He criticized recent comments from President Obama’s administration claiming that food stamps are a form of economic stimulus and emphasized the need to get government out of the way and unleash the private sector to create the jobs our nation needs.
“Most Americans do not yearn to be dependent on government subsidies, they want economic freedom, and economic freedom comes from work and wages, not welfare,” Gov. Perry said. “The central issue of this election is an Administration that believes Washington must be our caretaker, and a people who want Washington to only take care of their constitutional responsibilities.”
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:10am@LadyGOP
Report Post »You can be assured… Perry WILL be our “choice.” He is the NWO’s boy. The ‘lesser of two evils’ — again.
lillymckim
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:50amKing Obama was fundraising on Mahtha’s Vinyid (aka Martha’s Vineyard) last night!
His people kept it on the down low so it wouldn’t get any press!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:55amWant to see the list of the people supporting the sell out of the USA here you go:
These people have made if to THE COUNTRY CLUB but have decided there is no more room for YOU!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Meet_the_new_bundlers.html
and more at:
http://www.barackobama.com/pages/volunteer-fundraisers-Q2
Take note of who they are and spend your hard earned money wisely..
Report Post »Maybe they can also enjoy unemployment like the 14 million Americans … the 1 in 7 Americans on
Food Stamps!
drbage
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:22amOr else the people that have been demonized by Obama and his bobbleheaded cronies over the past three years had a collective “Aha!” moment and realized how stupid they have been.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:47am@101
Report Post »I received an email saying the Ron Paul website was under a cyber attack with the few hours left to go robbing them of even more donations?
CatB
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:50pmMany of us will NOT donate to the RNC (RINO’s) ever again. If the R’s put up a good candidate I suspect that others like myself will donate to the max donation limit DIRECTLY to the candidate. Dems don’t worry about the rules .. they find ways around them like FOREIGN contributions that fed Obama’s last campaign.
TEA!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:34pmSo as the libs destroy jobs, they are actually destroying their fundraising efforts? I can see a LOT of companies moving to right-to-work states.
Report Post »77
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 2:01pmNo way! The unions never run out of members money…
Report Post »KeenEye
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:44pmIs it not surprising that our nation is so deeply in debt?
“Obama’s campaign and the DNC raised $86 million during the spring fundraising quarter ending in late June, giving it a substantial lead on the Republican presidential field. The party paid down about $600,000 in debt, but Democrats still owe about $11.2 million to creditors. The DNC currently has $20.1 million in the bank.”
Their still spending and paying so little on their debt!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:06am“More than two years after Obama took office vowing to banish “special interests” from his administration, nearly 200 of his biggest donors have landed plum government jobs and advisory posts, won federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their business interests or attended numerous elite White House meetings and social events, an investigation by iWatch News has found”.
http://patriotupdate.com/8173/top-barack-obama-donors-net-government-jobs
Report Post »mtnhimike
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:25amSounds like Washington DC to me….
Report Post »ARealCharliesAngel
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:41pmGod is good!
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:15amAll the time:)
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:33pmWait till people see the DNC’s “Day of Rage” and see what having this liberal ultra-leftist group in power has done to disgrace and destroy the Democrats… the JFK era Dem’s would be rolling over in their graves to see the pinko-commie liberals calling themselves Dem’s today, they are a grace to this country and to their party.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:47pmI look at John McCain as an example of a JFK period democrat.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:46amRonPaul2012 has birthday money bomb. Donate if you are a fan.
FACT: More active duty US military donate to Ron Paul than to other candidates combined.
Report Post »I think I know why.
capitalismrocks
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:46amNicely put – that man has no right calling himself a Republican, he is a liberal lefty loon no different then the others, McCain and his daughters are an embarrassment…. why do you think the liberals forced out the other candidates by ballot box stuffing in the Primaries, they pushed McCain into running against Obama – it was a lose-lose election no matter what.
Report Post »lobster
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 2:25amI remember that Mike Huckabee got 65% of the vote in the primary in LA. The next morning I saw that 43 of 45 delegates were assigned to McCain. What’s wrong here, maybe a little vote fixing?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:12pmThe Long Legged Mac Daddy gotz what he getz he sure sittin pretty.
The story is just a diversion from the real issue, Who‘s on Obama’s Donor List?
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:29amDoubt very seriously that Algore is Perry’s best friend. Many of us swallowed the democratic kool-aid years ago before we got wise and saw the light. I like Rick Perry and will consider him, but I really believe Ron Paul is giving the right kind of message about what America needs to do to get away from the Nanny State. Gov’t agencies (who generally know nothing) stopping progress for the dumbest reasons. Safety, YES, stupidity, NO. This might open more jobs. People are seeing through Obama! He’s the greatest danger to us with his socialist type ideas to keep us down & out.
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:09pmRNC isn’t getting another dime from us unless we get a good candidate- meaning one that can ACTUALLY beat BO.
Perry seems to be the only one that can do that so far.
Report Post »DarkFire
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:17pmPERRY IS A LIBERAL! wake up people, his best friend is Al Gore.
Report Post »izzy1127
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:32pm@DARKFIRE: I suppose Ronald Reagan was a Liberal as well since he once was a Democrat. Why don’t you try opening your eyes and look at someone a littler broader. No one gets the perfect candidate. Perry over Romney for sure, and Ron Paul will never win. And that wonderful conservative, Chris Cristie, believes in the global warming hoax. Bit of a disappointment there. But does that make him a liberal? No.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:07am@boxofpens
Report Post »I have expressed my views quite a bite here. I agree with not giving to the RNC, but not giving at all. They do not listen to us and I am tired of the, “It was his turn” mentality and operation thereof.
Vote with your heart and mind. Please do diligent research on whomever it is that you are thinking of supporting and give to their campaign and or election fund.
Steve
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:12amDarkFire
Report Post »LOL….His best friend…lol…lol….no wait…..wait……..is Al Gore? ;;;;…..OOOO God thats to funny…….really? …………..
GIDEON612
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:14amAnd to those that are thinking of giving to the DNC….look at that roi.
The only ones that have profited are the top elites and those in the msm.
People voted for change and we will be lucky to be left with pocket change.
Please do the right thing this time.
Report Post »RoBoTech
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:35amI am not sure about the Al Gore thing.’
Report Post »But FACT! Perry pushed the Texas Legislature to pass the Texas Version of the DREAM Act. His excuse? “it’s not the kids fault their parents brought them here”.
Well, it’s not the parents of 100,000′s American kids not getting University Seats in America, either.
Just another thing Moonbats can’t get. There are NOT infinite seats in out Universities.
And those AMERICAN kids that can’t get a seat in a decent College just very well may be YOURS!
Even Mexico’s President Calderon praised Perry for that.
And this proves to me Perry is a RINO. And, for me, it’s a deal breaker.
Unlike a LOT of Obama voters in 2008, I AM paying attention to the record and past acquaintances of the Presidential Candidates.
Too bad there are millions of deaf ear and blind eye voters out there.
spurjimmy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:02amDonate directly to your candidate. Forget these national committees who would give to some of those in Congress who have voted to perpetuate our fiscal and foreign relations problems. Don’t re-elect anybody elected to office before 2010. Clean sweep of the house and a big chunk of the senate go to pasture where they should wait for charges such as misappropriation of funds, embezzlement and all manner of ethics violations.
Report Post »NEAF
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:09pmThat is why they (WH) increased the debt ceiling.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:08pmwho cares………….give me a call when they are bringin in a big fat zero
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:06pmNo one wants to bet on a losing horse, you will continue seeing Democrat donations dry up leading to the election.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 11:25amFor Obama, the donations can dry up because he can make any excuse to charge his expenses to the Govenment, like he did when he made the 3 state tour. All charged to us. We. American citizens. And we’ve let him get away with it. This was a political tour, no a fact finding tour as he touted. We paid for it.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:55pmif black citizens would read David Barton’s book American History in Black and White It would open thier eyes to what the democratic party really is about, they have just changed tactics from slavery to government slavery I would like to see blacks trace their ancestry and see if any of the great patriots in the book could be one of their ancesters it would be an awakeing to read about them and come to understand why they voted republican Vanessa Williams found out her ancester was one of the first black congressman in Tn. around the late 1860′s-1870′s he was also a Justice of the Peace, A teacher he was a very well respected man and how did he get that opportunity by white republicans that believed in the Constitution, that all men are created equal with rights endowed by their Creator, democrates believe your rights come from the government (Tyranny) (Marxism) Communism)
Report Post »DarkFire
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:21pmWon’t happen, they will not find out anything for themselves they have to have it given to them. There is no welfare in finding out the truth, there is no repreations in finding out the truth, and they would not have the racist leg to stand on if they came to the truth.
Report Post »ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:47pmWait…what? Punctuation isn’t your long suit, is it?
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:13amTough read. I mean your post, not David Barton’s book American History in Black and White.
Report Post »spurjimmy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:23amGovernment run public housing…Indians on the reservation. Contained and allowed to rot from within.
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:49pmRaising money for “The Communist Party” is not as easy as it used to be!!!!!
Report Post »RA0725
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:49pmWhat, the unions aren’t done laundering that “stimulatin” money yet?
Report Post »101
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 3:30amQE3 is coming BO will pay the Unions and the Unions will donate our tax dollars to his campaign
Report Post »HurryUp2012
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:49pmNew bumper sticker:
“Vote Perry – Tick Off the RNC Establishment”
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:19pmYou are kidding, right? Perry IS the establishment choice since they couldn’t get Christy to run!
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:39pmAnd Paul Ryan is thinking about jumping in. Anyone care that he voted for TARP and also the auto bailout? At least Bachman said no to both of these.
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:45pmMaybe this explains why Obama chose to NOT visit the high unemployment areas on his “Throw America Under The Big Black Bus Tour”.Also why he chose Martha’s Vineyard for a little R&R.Gotta go where the real money is.
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:41pm@ GWN @
I agree, no money for the RNC what so ever.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:39pmObama, how is your hope and change working out? Spreading the wealth only works when…. It never works.
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:36pmLooks like the Unions aren’t Paying their fair share. Maybe Obama’s shine is dulling.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:36pmIt could be that the mainstream Democrats are finally beginning to see just how wonderfully qualified for office Obama is!
Report Post »stumblemouth
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:32pmThe only party I want to belong to serves tea. Elephants and jackasses (and elephants who are jackasses, like ones named Romney) can go to the tannery. The major parties are controlled by corporate donors and their interests, which don’t coincide with mine. Grassroots movements are often taken for granted once one side or the other thinks movement supporters “have to” vote for that side. For proof, look at Boehner‘s recent attitude towards the Tea partiers and the Democraps’ in general towards black people.
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:38pmdon’t forget the Texan ( ex-jackass) Rick “Rino” Perry, he really loves being a politician, that is scarey.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:39pmArgeed, the rnc can KMA
Report Post »Azza
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:44amLets grow up …….two party system is still the best……The Democratic Party Plantation has always been a Plantations….with slaves and still is…….Republican Party needs to change with the times and understand that dealing with individuals is not as simple as with the Sheeple (our opponents)……at the end we have to get back to basics….one vote for one man…..identification for votes……vigilance at the pols…..and as always vote for the lesser of two evils…….otherwise we the people choose our candidate not some old party fart…..
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:28pm… but the Democrats represent the middle class and the poor! These millions certainly weren’t raised by mere $5 and $10 donations. Wake up Democrats … you’re being manipulated and seen as useful idiots.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:26pmGood! May the DNC money continue to dwindle and shrivel. Payback’s an itch.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:23pmWhy raise money when you can just print as much as you want?
Report Post »Steel Awesome
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:14amOr spend taxpayer money for campaign purposes.
Report Post »Saveouramerica
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:21pmUnions donate heavy to the DNC, Average joes Donate to RNC, We got step it up to overtake the DNC. Lets all do our part.
Report Post »GWN
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:33pmIn my opinion, no one should give a dime to the RNC…they will only use it to back candidates of THEIR choosing, not yours. Instead, donate directly to the candidate of your choice. Back them with your money…back them with your time…and tell the RNC to simply back off!!
Report Post »american1st
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:44pmi prefer to donate to the candidates i like directly, i don‘t trust the RNC or their political vision any more than i would the DNC’s.
Report Post »i suspect we will see more and more direct support for candidates and less for party’s as time goes on and people become more disillusioned with the same old song and dance…..
Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:01amI’m with GWN. McLame donations made me wince. NY23 and Delaware. To wothhold support fropm the candidates from YOUR party! Furshur?
Report Post »quicker
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 7:15amWall Street also donates heavey to democrates.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:17pmWhen everyone has to start paying their fair share, donations drop, and of course when all of the union workers aren’t working and paying dues, donations drop. But the fundamentally transformed the economy, the jobs market, and their money base. Hows that Hope and Change working for ya.
Report Post »IntransigentMind
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 6:10amThis is just a symptom of what ails us. In short order, it’s going to get ugly:
Report Post »http://markamerica.com/2011/08/21/the-coming-wars/