Democratic bling

Last year Democrats raised about $120 million less than Republicans--$512M to $392M--and we had a decisive win at the polls. The Republicans, with truckloads of cash to throw around, could only buy the Tennessee Senate race.

Things are a little different this year. Democrats are either raising more or as much money as Republicans. Here are the numbers per committee.

DSCC & DCCC: $48.6M
NRSC & NRCC: $36M

The best part about those figures is that even though the Republicans are over $12M behind, they have already outspent the Democrats $31.3M to $23.7M. Who knows? Maybe they have a secret plan for getting cash out of their asses.

Things even out a little bit when you look at the RNC numbers, which has historically raised tons of money. They've raised $39.8M and the DNC has raised about $24.6M. However, that leaves both parties on roughly equal footing money-wise.

And for a party which kicked serious ass last year with a $120M handicap equal footing is a hell of a place to be.

Read some more here and here.