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Talking Points Memo | Election Central Saturday Roundup
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DNC Out-Raises RNC For First Time This Cycle The Democratic National Committee has announced that they raised $27.7 million for the month of July, just edging out the RNC's $26 million, the first time this whole cycle that the usually-underfunded DNC has outdone the RNC. The DNC, including its joint committee with the Obama campaign, has $28.5 million cash on hand, bringing the Democratic ...

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Talking Points Memo:  Election Central Saturday Roundup

Political Animal:  Obama, DNC score big month for fundraising

Daily Kos:  CO-Sen: Government Getting Rich Off of Oil Companies, Sez Schaffer

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Election Central Saturday Roundup
Talking Points Memo — ... The Democratic National Committee brought in more money for July than the Republican National Committee did, the first time this whole cycle that such a thing has occurred. That and other political news in today's Election Central Saturday Roundup. ...

Election Central Saturday Roundup
Talking Points Memo — ... The Democratic National Committee brought in more money for July than the Republican National Committee did, the first time this whole cycle that such a thing has occurred. That and other political news in today's Election Central Saturday Roundup. ...

Obama, DNC score big month for fundraising
Political Animal — ... Of course, given the circumstances, what matters just as much as the individual candidates’ totals are the hauls from the respective parties. And July was very encouraging on this front, as well. ...

Obama, DNC score big month for fundraising
Political Animal — ... Of course, given the circumstances, what matters just as much as the individual candidates’ totals are the hauls from the respective parties. And July was very encouraging on this front, as well. ...

CO-Sen: Government Getting Rich Off of Oil Companies, Sez Schaffer
Daily Kos — This is the kind of things Republicans only say when they think they're not being recorded. "But because prices are soaring, the reality is the federal government is raking in a bunch of cash right now on the backs of energy producers." Those poor, poor energy producers. With all the money we're raking in from them, maybe the energy companies can just pay for that whole war in Iraq. Wasn't that how it was supposed to work, anyway? ...

CO-Sen: Government Getting Rich Off of Oil Companies, Sez Schaffer
Daily Kos — This is the kind of things Republicans only say when they think they're not being recorded. "But because prices are soaring, the reality is the federal government is raking in a bunch of cash right now on the backs of energy producers." Those poor, poor energy producers. With all the money we're raking in from them, maybe the energy companies can just pay for that whole war in Iraq. Wasn't that how it was supposed to work, anyway? ...

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