By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 1:21 PM
Two liberal websites are asking their readers to demand their Democratic members of Congress who are all but assured re-election to give some of their campaign money to Democrats in close contests. Labels: Party_News, U.S._Senate_Race
MoveOn.org and MyDD.com have identified several dozen "safe" Democrats, including St. Louis Congressman Russ Carnahan, and given their readers specific instructions on how to pressure them to help their fellow Democrats in more competitive races.
One such Democrat in need is U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill who is in a very close contest with incumbent Republican Sen. Jim Talent. Back in August, PUB DEF's camera caught Carnahan using some strong language in telling a group of Dems that Talent needed to be defeated.
"There's a long list of reasons to fire his ass!," he said standing on a chair while rallying the crowd to support McCaskill.
It appears some Dems are still waiting for Carnahan to put his money where his mouth is.
We are expecting a response from Carnahan's campaign shortly. Check back soon.
UPDATE: Representatives of Congressman Carnahan say he has given nearly a quarter million dollars to fellow Democrats through the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and direct contributions since taking office in January 2005.
The campaign sent over the following numbers:
Contributed to DCCC= $100,000
Raised for DCCC= $52,000
Contributions to DCCC targeted races= $12,600
Pending Contributions to DCCC targeted races= $15,500
Raised for other Democratic members of Missouri delegation= $65,000
Grand Total = $245,100
It's not clear from the information provided when those contributions were made or whether MoveOn.org's target number for Carnahan of $60,831 (roughly 30% of his war chest as of 9/30) was met during this campaign cycle.
1 Comments:
Jean has been making calls for Claire.
I have one on my voice mail.
It would be a good thing for the money to shift to candidates who need them though.
10/25/2006 5:17 PM
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