Dems Gain 5 Points in Key House Races, Have $41 Mil, Twice GOP’s Cash – No Longer a ‘Death March’
From Rupert Murdoch’s GOP-Fox controlled Wall St. Journal:
The poll, for National Public Radio [PDF], found that in 58 Democratic-held battleground districts, 47 percent of likely voters preferred the Republican for Congress in their district, while 44 percent preferred the Democrat, a the percentage-point gap. The Republican lead was larger among voters with high levels of interest in the election. The GOP edge had been eight points in June.
New fund-raising numbers for the July-to-September period, due to federal officials at midnight Friday, could set the stage for the final dash to the Nov. 2 election.
The Democrats’ House committee on Friday reported $41.6 million in the bank, more than twice that of its GOP counterpart. Spending by non-party groups, such as labor unions and independent organizations, are backing up many candidates whose own bank accounts have run low.
Here’s analysis from Joe Conason at Salon:
