Open Thread

March 7th, 2008 10:06 AM

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Republican Party leads Democrats in fund-raising:

The Democratic National Committee ended 2007 nearly flat broke, with cash of $2.9 million and debts of $2.2 million. Since then it has raised some money, paid down debt and managed to put $3.7 million in its piggy bank. This compares, however, with $25 million that the Republican National Committee has in cash on hand, after having raised $97 million since the beginning of 2007.

Does this make a difference in the calculus concerning November? More to the point, despite media and Democrat assertions that the GOP is in a lot of trouble, have such prognostications been as accurate as Hillary's inevitability? Do these numbers make some of the conservative Nervous Nellies less anxious about Republican chances on Election Day?