AMERICA VOTES' COALITION RECENT NEWS
Poll Finds Most Americans Welcome Dem Control 11-11-08
CNN
Paul Steinhauser
But a new national poll suggests why a majority of voters didn't seem to buy that argument, as Barack Obama beat McCain in the presidential election and the Democrats made major gains in both the House, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Senate, under Majority Leader Harry Reid.
For Parties and Outside Groups, Election Spending Continues 11-11-08
Congressional Quarterly
A handful of political groups are continuing to wage heated election battles in a couple of undecided House and Senate races, even though most of the political establishment has turned its attention to the transitions taking place at the White House and in Congress.
Read MoreDELAY: The Democrats’ Shadow Party: What Republicans need to do to win in 2010 11-05-08
Washington Times
Tom DeLay
OP-ED
When it comes to fundraising, organization and ground game, we Republicans got whipped.
Now, Republicans may criticize Sen. Barack Obama for breaking his promise to accept public funding and play by the established rules, but that doesn't take us too far. We shouldn't kid ourselves: Democrats breaking this precedent had nothing to do with their campaign-finance principles, and everything to do with the fact they could afford to. Mr. McCain could never have competed this fall without the federal funds and, in the end, Mr. Obama simply smothered McCain, outspending him in battleground states by three-to-one, with plenty left over to compete in even Republican-leaning areas.
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