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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee To Donors: 'Wake Up!'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2012

WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat in charge of protecting his party's majority in the Senate thinks it can be done. But he's deeply concerned his organiz...

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DSCC Makes First 2012 Ad Buy In North Dakota Senate Race

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Heidi Heitkamp, Dscc, Rick Berg, Election 2012 Blog, North Dakota Senate Race, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Video, Politics News

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released its first independent expenditure ad for the 2012 election cycle Monday, in support of North Dak...

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DSCC Raises Record Amount In First Quarter

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: DSCC Fundraising, Nrsc, Elections 2012, Dscc, Election 2012 Blog, Fundraising, 2012 Election, Politics News

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced Thursday that it had raised a record $17.7 million in its first quarter. "We have just concl...

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Democrats Campaign Off Oil Subsidy Debate

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Video, Dscc, Election 2012 Blog, Bob Menendez Oil Subsidies, Bob Menendez, Oil Subsidies, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Oil, Elections 2012, Big Oil Subsidies, Politics News

Democrats are taking their oil debate off the Senate floor and onto the campaign trail this week, launching a series of online ads and a petition targ...

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Senate Democrats Roll Out A Campaign Donation App

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Video, Dscc, Shelley Berkley, Election 2012 Blog, Campaign Fundraising, Gopayment, Sherrod Brown, Intuit, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, 2012 Election Blog, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Apparently there's an app for getting money into politics, as well. Senate Democrats have turned to a new Intuit program called GoPay...

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Linda Lingle, Hawaii GOP Senate Candidate, Hosting Fundraiser With Sen. Roy Blunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Video, Dscc, Bob Casey, Roy Blunt, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Nrsc, Linda Lingle, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Joe Manchin, Blunt Amendment, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Hawaii GOP Senate candidate Linda Lingle held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening, and the special guest at the event was ...

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Democrats Accuse GOP Of 'War On Women'

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Heidi Heitkamp, Women's Rights, Women, Dscc, Claire Mcaskill, Election 2012 Blog, Tammy Baldwin, Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Debbie Stabenow, Amy Klobuchar, Shelley Berkley, Women's Health, Mazie Hirono, Kirsten Gillibrand, Election 2012, Video, Politics News

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is taking advantage of the controversy over contraception and women's health issues to feature its female...

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Dems Try Online Bid To Slow Corporate Campaign Cash Splurge

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Video, Dscc, Corporate Campaign Contributions, Dscc Citizens United, Citizens United Anniversary, Citizens United, American Crossroads, Citizens United Constitutional Amendment, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats may be trying to keep up with the unlimited cash that corporations have been able to spend on politics for the last two years,...

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Dems To DeMint: Portraying Lawmaker As A Conservative 'Like Putting Lipstick On A Pig'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Jon Tester Montana, Video, Dscc, Jim Demint, George Allen Virginia, Demint Tea Party, Denny Rehberg Montana, Denny Rehberg, Dennis Rehberg, Jim Demint Endorsements, Lipstick on a Pig, Jon Tester, Jim Demint Tea Party, Politics News

While conservative kingmaker Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) mulls endorsing fresh Republican candidates for 2012, The Huffington Post has learned that Democ...

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DSCC: President Obama Won't Impact 2012 Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will matter little to next year's Democratic Senate races, even though Republicans will try to link the poll-chal...

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Dems Say Occupy Wall Street Message Will Help Save Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Senate, Dscc, Video, Occupy Wall Street, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ows, Elections 2012, Senate Democrats, Occupy Wall Street Politics, Democrats, Guy Cecil, Senate 2012, 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats' strategy for keeping control of the Senate next year includes running on the message of Occupy Wall Street, minus the drums a...

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They Say Cut Back, We Say Fight Back

Pearl Korn | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Super Pac, Dnc, Karl Rove, Dscc, Fair Elections Now Act, Congress, First Amendment, Social Security, President Obama, We Are the 99 Percent, WellCare Health Plans Inc., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Zuccotti Park, Health Insurance, Citizens United, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Senate, Super Committee, Wall Street, Nancy Pelosi, Dccc, Occupy Wall Street, Affordable Care Act, Max Baucus, Gop, Medicaid, Medicare, Constitution, American Crossroads, Tea Party, Politics News

It will take a whole different crop of leaders and real public servants, who can work unencumbered by special interest influence, to truly cure what ails our nation.

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Oil Bash: Dems Hit GOP Again For Guarding Record Profits, Tax Breaks

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Dscc, Video, Oil Tax Breaks, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Oil, Oil Profits, Elections 2012, Oil Profits Republicans, Nrsc, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Big Oil Profits, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Democrats' Senate campaign committee is making good Thursday on its promise to try to tar several GOP contenders with their votes pr...

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Dems Fear Voter Suppression Could Cost Them 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Brennan Center, Dscc, Video, Acorn, Voter Registration, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats alarmed by reports that new voter laws could bar some five million people from the polls are launching an ambitious onl...

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Elizabeth Warren Challenging Scott Brown Would Have Voters 'Thrilled': Massachusetts Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the most overt sign of political courtship to date, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Democratic Party said on Monday state voters wo...

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The Dems' Decision to Go the Super PAC Route Is Wrong

Pearl Korn | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Dnc, White House, Russ Feingold, Dscc, Congress, Social Security, America, President Obama, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic Party, Crossroads GPS, Unemployment, Progressives United, Medicare, Tea Party, Paul Ryan, Taxes, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, George Soros, House Majority PAC, Centrist, Joe Biden, Citizens United, Democrats, Steny Hoyer, Marshall Plan, Republicrats, Dccc, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Bipartisanship, Medicaid, Republicans, Politics News

Democrats need to give the American people a reason to support their party, and in my mind they can do that by supporting the public financing of elections and passing an amendment canceling out the Citizens United decision.

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Cash Seeking Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Wants Some Of That Sweet, Sweet, Koch

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Influence Peddling, Eat the Press, Koch Industries, Dscc, Koch Brothers, Cynical Politics, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Politics News

Now, you wouldn't think that there would be much affinity between the Kochs and the establishment Democratic Party. But you'd be wrong!

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Can The DNC and Our President Break Their Establishment Ties?

Pearl Korn | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, Dnc, Al Sharpton, Fair Elections Now Act, Dscc, Progressive Democrats of America, Obama for America, Aflcio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democracy for America, Citizens United, Bold Progressives, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan Budget, Osama Bin Laden, Congressional Progressive Caucus, U.N., Progressives United, Nancy Pelosi, Dccc, Gotv, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, National Action Network, Tea Party, People's Budget, Richard Trumka, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

For the DNC to become relevant again, it needs to truly embrace that spirit of "change" from 2008 and support some real Progressives for Congress in 2012.

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Friday Talking Points [168] -- Zombie Attack!

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Tax Break, David Gregory, Campaign, Mary Landrieu, Dscc, Moneybomb, Charles Schumer, Gingrich, Eliot Spitzer, Family Values, 2012, Mark Begich, Midotw, Glenn Greenwald, Zombie, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Nick Espinosa, Radical, Birthers, Plum Line, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, Right Wing Social Engineering, Schumer, Birth Certificate, Mddotw, Hypocrisy, Israel, Dnc, Paul Ryan, Friday Talking Points, Senate, Tiffanys, Ben Nelson, President Obama, Sex Scandal, Speech, Zombie Armageddon, Romney, Imf, Democratic, Obama, Cdc, Ryan Budget, Republican, 2012 Election, Middle East, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Ryan, Newtie, Primary, House, Gay, Subsidies, Patriot Act, Meet the Press, Ali S Khan, Chris Weigant, Newt, Oil, War Powers Act, Libya, Medicare, Schwarzenegger, Chuck Schumer, Politics News

Now all Americans can breathe a huge sigh of relief because the Centers for Disease Control just posted instructions so we can all adequately prepare for "Zombie Armageddon."

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Democrats Say 'Thank You!' To Newt For Ripping Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Dscc, Poll, 2012 Election, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich Thank You, 112th Congress, Paul Ryan Medicare, Right-Wing Social Engineering, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan Budget, 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats enjoyed hearing GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich rip the budget plan of fellow Republican Paul Ryan (Wis.) on Sunday so ...

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Dem Who Narrowly Won Reelection To Lead Senate Campaign Arm For 2012

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patty Murray, 2012 Election, Patty Murray DSCC, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Democrats 2012, Patty Murray Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Dscc, 2012, Democrats 2012 Elections, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats will turn to Sen. Patty Murray of Washington to steer the defense of 21 Democratic seats up for re-election in 201...

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Dems Need Their Own Eric Cantor in the House... and the Senate... and the White House

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, Debt, Dscc, Social Security, John Boehner, Dick Durbin, Guantanamo, Deficit Commission, Democrats, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Eric Cantor, Bush Tax Cuts, Blanche Lincoln, James Clyburn, Michele Bachmann, Steny Hoyer, Jan Schakowsky, 2012 Election, Republicrats, Dccc, Nancy Pelosi, Dadt, Start Treaty, Harry Reid, James Zadroga Health Bill, Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

No, I am not suggesting that the soon-to-be Republican Majority House Whip change parties. It is clear, however, that Dems desperately need someone to speak for them with Cantor's unabashed, in-your-face style.

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Buck-Bennet Senate Race Has Been Second Largest Target For Outside Money

The Denver Post | Curtis Hubbard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Crossroads, Sunlight Foundation, Michael Bennet, Dscc, Federal Election Commission, Fec, Ken Buck, Joe Sestak, Denver News

Outside groups have spent more in Colorado's U.S. Senate race than in all but one contest nationwide, according to an analysis of independent expendit...

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Harry Reid Reportedly Asked Bennet To Head DSCC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Bennet, Harry Reid, Dscc, Michael Bennet Dscc, Bennet Dscc, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Denver News

UPDATE: The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports that Bennet has declined to serve as DSCC chair. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Polit...

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In Blue Dog Battle, Progressives Are (Half) Right

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

The Blue Dogs are right about campaign strategy in some conservative districts -- but they greatly overstate their case. Granularity is usually lost in our political narrative, and the numbers suggest subtle, diverging politics.

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