The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to retire nearly $2 million of debt in the wake of the party’s heavy loss in last month’s midterm elections, according to a fundraising letter from the group’s executive director.
The campaign committee is trying to erase its debt before the Dec. 15 Federal Election Commission filing date, so the new team, led by incoming Chairman Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), can begin its first quarter debt-free.
“In the end, we were forced to spend nearly $2 million we didn’t have to save key Republican incumbents,” NRCC Executive Director Sally Vastola wrote to supporters in an e-mail distributed Tuesday. “That expenditure saved many, many House seats – just not enough.”
Referring to “last-minute polling data,” the excess spending allowed the campaign committee to retain seats that would have been lost otherwise, Vastola wrote in her “urgent” appeal....
The NRCC and its members, like Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15), are just out of step with the American citizens. They've supported the loser policies of an unpopular president and a war that is a fiasco. However, the Republicans want you to believe that they've done a lot for this country. Don't believe it. The only groups who have benefited from the Republican majority are big business, oil companies, the rich, lobbyists, and Republican members of Congress. Ordinary, regular Americans have paid higher gas prices, lost loved ones in Bush's war, paid higher college tuition for their kids, and paid higher prescription costs.
The NRCC's debt shows that fewer people are buying the Republican propaganda.