UNILTATERAL DISARMAMENT:

GOP Committees Rake it In (Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker and Steve Chaggaris, 2/24/03, CBS News)

"The three Republican campaign committees far outdistanced their Democratic counterparts fundraising in January," reports Roll Call based on reports just filed with the FEC.

The RNC raised $11 million compared to $2.2 million by the DNC. On the House side, the NRCC raised four times as much as the DCCC, $6.9 million compared to $1.7 million.

On the Senate side, the Republican advantage was 2-to-1, with the NRSC raising $1.2 million and the DSCC having receipts of $698,000. But the Democrats have a $6 million debt from the 2002 cycle compared to the $608,000 debt carried by the NRSC.

Democrats have three "victories" to show for the Bush years: Jim Jeffords; the education bill; and Campaign Finance Reform. The Jeffords majority they used to obstruct a popular president and got buried in November. The education bill is being used to create a de facto voucher system. CFR is going to leave them massively outgunned in 2004. Now they're aiming at a fourth, stopping the Estrada nomination. They're quick learners, eh? Posted by Orrin Judd at February 24, 2003 2:03 PM