The latest filings, fresh from the FEC:
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
1. Opposes Candidate: ROBIN WEIRAUCH FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05
Payee: FLS CONNECT LLC
Date Expended = 12/04/2007 Amount Expended = $2363.55
Purpose: Phone Banks2. Opposes Candidate: ROBIN WEIRAUCH FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05
Payee: STEVENS REED CURCIO & POTHOLM
Date Expended = 12/04/2007 Amount Expended = $33335.00
Purpose: Issue Ad Placement3. Opposes Candidate: FORGIT FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Virginia District 01
Payee: THE HOPPER COMPANY
Date Expended = 12/04/2007 Amount Expended = $13578.00
Purpose: Mailing Service4. Opposes Candidate: FORGIT FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Virginia District 01
Payee: THE HOPPER COMPANY
Date Expended = 12/04/2007 Amount Expended = $13578.00
Purpose: Mailing Service
Time to crunch some numbers. The new expenditures in OH-05 bring the NRCC’s current tab to $324,746. A mighty large sum for an organization without much cash to spare, especially on an R+10 district. I would expect more money to pour into this race in the days ahead.
The anti-Forgit mailers come on top of $39,000 in phone banking and other expenses that the NRCC filed late last week. With the latest figures in, the NRCC has spent just over $78,000 on the race. With only a month to make his case to voters in the conservative 1st district of Virginia, Democrat Phil Forgit wasn’t supposed to have much of a chance here. Still, the NRCC shelled out $10K to conduct a poll here, and perhaps the results inspired them to provide a boost for Rob Wittman.
For an organization still carrying more debt than its current financial, the spending of $400,000 on a pair of crimson red districts in an off-year special election won’t spread any Christmas cheer in their offices, regardless of the outcome of these races.
Sucka MP divin’ like a bombardier
To rain on your college-ass blogosphere
Mackin’ donuts and Slurpees like Joseph Biden
Got bitches like Packwood, but I roll with Wyden
Act like you know when you act like you blue
From the Three-Oh-One to the Two-Oh-Two
GOP got problems with they nominees
For any MP from Four-Thirty-Five CDs
So it’s time to settle any beef that you had with me
And get together with the Fiddy-State Strategy
Peace
“For an organization still carrying more debt than its current financial, the spending of $400,000 on a pair of crimson red districts in an off-year special election won’t spread any Christmas cheer in their offices, regardless of the outcome of these races.”
If the Republicans win, it will be a Pyhrric victory. If they lose, it will be devastating.