The New York Times bewails the state of the Democratic Party:
The Democratic Party is so short on cash that leaders at its headquarters have undertaken a new gambit to mask the severity of the problems: asking vendors not to send bills until after the midterm elections.
The bookkeeping maneuver, which was described by three people briefed on it, is the latest sign of financial duress for the Democratic National Committee and its embattled leader as money troubles threaten to undercut Democratic momentum with 100 days until the midterms.
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[T]he Democratic Party and its allies are far behind Republicans when it comes to money. Mr. Trump controls a $400 million super PAC, and the Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly $130 million. Mr. Martin’s D.N.C. is $2 million in debt.
It is always hard to know what to make of fundraising numbers in a vacuum. There are many sources of funding for campaigns, and the importance of the parties on both sides of the aisle has been diminishing for decades. With most billionaires and the public sector unions on their side, one wonders how the Democrats can ever be short of cash.
There is this, though: I remember reading years ago that more than half of all funding for Democratic campaigns came from Jews. With the open anti-Semitism of the current Democratic Party, it may be that their most important source of revenue is finally drying up. That would be great to see.
There is also this:
So much is going politically right for Democrats these days. President Trump’s approval is down, gas prices are up and an unpopular war with Iran drags on.
Note that none of the things that are supposedly going well for Democrats have anything to do with Democrats. That party has been reduced to nothing but Trump-hatred and rooting against America. Maybe that is contributing to the current malaise at the DNC.
Even though I suspect it may be too good to be true, let’s enjoy the discomfiture of the DNC while it lasts.
