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So how much have the RNC's fundraising -- and spending -- woes cost the GOP? Republican Governors Association Chair Haley Barbour puts the price tag at $10 million, per Politico's Martin.
Mississippi Gov. and Republican Governors Association Chairman Haley Barbour said Wednesday that the RNC’s financial difficulties had forced him to direct millions of dollars to voter turnout programs that are typically funded by the national party.
In his most candid public assessment to date about what the Republican National Committee’s cash crunch meant for gubernatorial races, Barbour hung a price tag on the woes of the beleaguered party he once chaired.
“We have to come up with about $10 million that normally would have been pushed into the governors races in various directions, largely through state parties," Barbour said at a press breakfast in Washington, addressing what he called “the impact” of the national party’s deficiencies.
*** UPDATE *** RNC spokesman Doug Heye responds that the RNC has "already raised more than the DNC did in the entire 2006 cycle," and is "on pace to top what the RNC raised in the entire 1994 cycle (inflation adjusted) when the committee could take soft money."
Heye also points to a memo the RNC released last week on its ground-game efforts. "The Republican National Committee has made it a priority to build upon the RNC’s traditional Victory program and expand its reach into all 50 states through the Delaware-to-Hawaii (D2H) Victory plan. For the first time, Party resources have gone towards identifying and mobilizing Republican volunteers in states that have not traditionally been a part of the Victory structure. We witnessed the success of the D2H Victory program with groundbreaking wins in Virginia and the traditionally Democratic states of New Jersey, Massachusetts and Hawaii."
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Poor baby!
Doug Heye was calledout yesterday on CNN by Ali Velchi, for calling 14 million unemployed, a Special Interest group!
Where's Dr. No Jo. There's a picture of her hero. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels...all 5' 7" of him. Note the smile. For Mitch, that's a smile.
'My Man Mitch' is smiling so broadly because he knows where Chairman Steele is (and is NOT)!
Here is a little tid bit about the reichwing drooler Haley. From kos.
Haley Barbour wonders, who is Barack Obama?
by Barbara Morrill
Wed Sep 08, 2010 at 10:18:03 AM PDT
Did Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour dip his toes into birther waters?
According to Barbour, we know "plenty" about Ronald Reagan, and we know that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree (really?), although there was no word on what Barbour knows about George Bush's missing Texas Air National Guard years ... about Obama, not so much. Apparently Barbour skipped reading Obama's two autobiographies and the massive record of his public life.
But Barbour wasn't really questioning the President's birthplace because when:
Of course not.
On the bright side, Barbour accepts "totally at face value" that Obama is a Christian. Whew.
Rick,Ky
Doug Heye was calledout yesterday on CNN by Ali Velchi, for calling 14 million unemployed, a Special Interest group!
Ricky, I truly hope the low information voters understands unemployment is not a special interest group. They are large segments of the country out of work due to the greed and betrayal of Republicans. So if a Republican labels out of work 300 million+ people a special interest group; then why not be fair and label the Tea Baggers what they really are?
Since Republicans claim a tsunami in the midterms because the Koch brothers Dick Armey, and Rick Scott have front groups, busing Tea Baggers around the country to influence public policy, more than ever now, about the economy, the environment, health, and human rights; what else can they be.
Wait a minute that was a dumb question. The answer is duped.
Bev, actually it was Monday, but hey, I could very well be a TeaBagger & therefore Not care if it's factual.
LOL Very funny Ricky.
jomama
That's for revealing another aspect of Haley Barbour's follies.Here's another one that might interest every one.
Apart from Haley Barbour's receiving a $1 Million donation from News Corp's. Rupert Murdoch owner of FIXED News aka Republican Headquarters .During a recent interview with conservative website Human Events, Barbour recalled his memories of growing up in a relatively tolerant and integrated South, claiming it was the "old Democrats who had fought for segregation so hard.
Slide your ruler to 44 sec to hear the interview.
Hey, my parents are from the South. When I visited my grandparents I remember those for colored and for white only signs; a total culture shock for a little northern girl. Believe me Barbour is not the in Party of Civil Rights. I also remember the entrance to the Catholic Church was in the back. Republicans will do anything to score points to dupe voters as they hide behind their lies.
...and Barbour stopped short of uttering "some of my best friends are black"! lol
Haley Barbour is the governor of a state with one of the worst drug problems in this country, and what are they doing about it? Nothing! Sorry, this guy just looks like the mafia don (Kind of like ole gov. Christie from NJ) or that uncle that everyone always said you can't leave little kids with.
Harry Reid: "I had nothing to do with" bad economy
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, facing a tough re-election bid in one of the states hardest hit by the recession, said today that the economic downturn was not his fault.
"I had nothing to do with the massive foreclosures here," Reid said during an appearance on the ABC News/Washington Post "Top Line" program, adding that he also had no part in contributing to the state's dismal unemployment figures.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/harry-reid-i-had-nothing-to-do.html
I guess being the majority leader in the senate for going on 4 years is a pretty powerless position.
No Allen it rightly was the republicans that caused the recession, it started in 2007 remember. Harry Reid became majority leader in early 2007. But I know you republicans didn't have anything to do with anything, oh unless it was something good.
What makes you think I'm Republican? I find it funny that the 2nd or 3rd most powerful politician in the country is crying don't blame me.
For the record
Reid or McConnel .... no choice. They both suck
Pelosi or Boehner ..... no choice. They both suck
If I could, I would get rid of them all (with a few exceptions) and start from scratch.
BTW How hard is it to spell a name that's front of you? Not judging, just curious.
IAlan, NJ
guess being the majority leader in the senate for going on 4 years is a pretty powerless position.
Especially, when there are a lot of spineless DINOs and obstructive Republicans who can only utter "NOPE" to bills they have written. Talk about obstruction and hypocrisy. Really they ought to just switch parties;and let some one who can't be brought replace them.
I've never seen anything like this in my life.
Sucks to be Harry!!
More over it sucks to be Alan. But if I were a republican I'd feel the same way Alan.
Sucks to be Harry?
Alan,
What about McCain?
Oh no he'd love to be McCain Beverly, that way he could get closer to Palin, the love of his life. What little of a life he has.
Jeez and these clowns want to run on fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets? The Republican track record on fiscal responsibility has been horrendous over the past 30 years, they can't manage the finances of their campaigns and they expect us to believe they can manage the nation's finances?
"Barbour: RNC woes have cost $10 million"
To steal one from Fats Domino: "ain't that a shaaaame?"
Speaking of who sucks the most- IF the Repubs take over again in 2010, I expect everyone, and I mean EVERYONE to begin hollering the next day about 'where's the jobs' and 'how much has the deficit subsided'? I mean, start it immediately, and don't stop until the 2012 electtion. People need to see and hear just how stupid it sounds. They also need to get beat again for something they have no way in hell fixing in a measly 2 year's time. ESPECIALLY with all that stupid, incessant noise going on in the background.