I am really fucking sick of hearing this same tune every cycle:
Lawmakers with direct ties to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) operations say more members than usual are clinging to every dollar instead of paying their dues. …
[T]he committee is missing dues payments from a significant portion of the caucus.
Several of the missing members are virtually guaranteed to win reelection and are senior enough to have significant fundraising inroads.
Some of these members have a long history of stiffing the DCCC on their member dues.
There’s some pablum from Dem aides in the article trying to sugar-coat this, saying the DCCC is supposedly “right where it needs to be,” that some members like to pay in installments, etc. Whatever. In this cycle, no amount of money will be adequate. And as always, there are members who are just flat-out stiffing the D-Trip. The Hill has a partial list of the offenders:
Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (Wis.) has given $100,000 of the $500,000 in dues he owes for the 2010 cycle. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (N.Y.), who has the same dues goal, has given $150,000. Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (Mich.), whose dues were set at $250,000, has given the DCCC $45,000.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (Texas) has given even less – $50,000 of the $250,000 expected by the DCCC. And House Administration Committee Chairman Robert Brady (Pa.), whose seat is not considered vulnerable, has not transferred any of his campaign funds to the DCCC, according to the most recent dues report, out Jan. 21.
Memo to deadbeat Dems: If you want to be in the fucking minority next year, please hold on to your cash.
That’s the best leverage we have over these guys. If Obey retired out of frustration we’d have a problem, but not with Reyes, Conyers, Brady, or Rangel.
guys should either use it or lose it. They won’t lose re-election in a million years so I don’t see why they’re holding onto this large amounts of $
I knew I remembered SSP talking about this before: http://www.swingstateproject.c…
Maybe it’s time for one of these: http://www.swingstateproject.c…
We’re not having members pay but we’re still kicking NRCC’s ass in fundraising? Is Sessions that bad at his job or what?
to run an actual campaign this cycle and should keep most of their cash.
There are a few entrenched Democrats who have won big recently and haven’t had a contested race in awhile, but are in districts that are more purple than people think and bear watching and will be challenged and at least forced to spend money.
What is important is to separate those from those in really, really safe seats. And yes, those who are retiring should give their cash over to the party committees.
topic but screw Harold Ford