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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/26/boehners-obama-lawsuit-backfires-democrats-biggest-fundraising-day-2014.htmlBoehners Obama Lawsuit Backfires As Democrats Have Their Biggest Fundraising Day of 2014
By: Jason Easley
Thursday, June, 26th, 2014, 5:25 pm
John Boehners lawsuit against President Obama is already showing signs of becoming a Republican disaster, as thanks to Boehner, House Democrats had their biggest fundraising day of 2014.
According to Politico, Speaker John Boehners announcement that House Republicans would sue President Barack Obama for misusing executive authority turned into a big payday for congressional Democrats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted its best fundraising day of the year on Wednesday, bringing in $584,000, according to figures shared with POLITICO.
It is obvious that part of the motivation for bringing up this lawsuit now was to fire up the Republican base ahead of the 2014 election. Since Republicans cant run against Obamacare, and their latest Benghazi revival has flopped miserably, congressional Republicans needed something to run on. Boehner and his allies assumed that nothing would get the Republican base riled up more than dangling a whiff of Obama impeachment in front of them.
What Speaker Boehner didnt count on was that his antics would also fire up Democratic voters. Yesterdays record DCCC fundraising was $100,000 more than the previous record that was set in February after Paul Ryan revealed his budget. The majority of the 27,000 online donations came from people who donated less than $200. A sign of just how badly Republicans misjudged the lawsuits impact of Democrats was that 7,885 of the DCCCs received donations came from first time donors.
The lawsuit was already looking like it would politically backfire on Republicans, and now it is financially backfiring on them too. Democrats who may have been planning on sitting 2014 out are getting engaged. Potential Democratic voters need to understand that 2014 isnt going to be a typical midterm election. Republicans are eyeing up the Senate, and potentially removing President Obama from office.
If Speaker Boehner thought that he was going to be able to threaten President Obama with legal action with no consequences from Democrats, he was mistaken. Democrats arent about to sit back and let Republicans steal the presidency. Instead of motivating Republican voters, John Boehner may have awoken the same Democratic sleeping giant that crushed the GOP in 2006, 2008, and 2012.
randys1
(16,286 posts)oh man, how funny
Crime doesnt pay, you prick boehner
Andy823
(11,495 posts)I think most americans are sick and tired of the crap being pulled by the republicans, and when the house can't do a damned thing to help this country out, like passing bills for infrastructure, jobs, unemployment extensions, etc. Then complain about democrats "WASTING MONEY", yet they have wasted millions on shutting down the government, voting to end Obamcare, and now this, well I think the time has come when all their BS is going to come back and bite them big time in their butt!
tridim
(45,358 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Not going to be too much fun if no one turns out and we lose the Senate, but if we can GOTV 2014.....we will be good. I am seeing more and more idiotic stuff from the right that is "perhaps" causing the democrats and independents to "maybe" vote this year......one can hope. My primary was Tuesday and I was extremely disappointed at the turnout.
abakan
(1,819 posts)Continue, Mr. Speaker....
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)I'm sure the millionaires and billionaires are shaking in their boots over the ass wiping and cigar-lighting money the Democrats have raised. :p
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)But still, it's not a lot in the grand scheme of things. As the other responder to my post said, people still need to get out and vote.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)Cheviteau
(383 posts)that the person who sends in a $5.00 donation can be counted on to vote. And probably along with his/her family. When someone says, "it's not the money...etc.; it's not the money. It's the vote that REALLY counts.
BumRushDaShow
(129,448 posts)"DAY", not "month' or "quarter". Democrats have their own millionaires and billionaires and bundlers who will step up eventually.
But the key is the bodies that show up at the polls.
Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)I don't believe that, for better or for worse, deep pockets help as much as people think they do. Witness 2012.
BumRushDaShow
(129,448 posts)not for a Presidential election. So if they can spread some of that around to Democrats in obscure locations running for a House seat, more power to them.
The media is purposefully ignoring the existence of swing House seats and instead are focusing on torpedoing and sinking Democrats in the Senate. Democrats only need to flip 17 seats to take back the House and if they can pick off one here, one there, another 2 over there, etc., the potential is there to regain the House.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)and the Republican Party--idea that a person's value is represented by money and that those without are somehow "owned" by those who have regardless of the demands of their labor. It is, at best, a cynical view of humanity and, at worst, an evil and predatory one.
Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)When the republican party falls, the [rest of the] big money -will- go to the Democratic party, and we'll see all this Union busting, austerity, tax cuts for the rich, and other ailments and bad policy come from Democratic leaders even more strongly than they do now. I've said this on DU many times, and am promptly ignored.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)will create a new conservative party after jettisoning the extremists of the Teabagger ilk. Conservative monied people want nothing to do with the peoples of the left, whom they despise and see as takers. Some just understand that those so-called "takers" need to buy the goods and it doesn't pay to alienate them too much.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)erronis
(15,328 posts)There are signs that this genetic abnormality may actually be transmitted to the offspring.
There are also signs that someone that has a F*X fog is less able to attract mates and probably has a lower sperm viability. This leads us to believe that they will die off in the next 3-4 generations - unfortunately, not soon enough for most of us.
tosh
(4,424 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)GOPers are truly pissing off many many Americans with their constant bullshit.
Cha
(297,655 posts)we the Majority elected.. Sued for doing his JOB while the madhatter teabaggers sit around and do Koch bidding.
thanks for the good news babylonsistah~
WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)I hoping that Dems are waking up to the fact that 2 thefts were enough. Those "swing" voters and light blue Dems need to realize that the 2010 temper tantrums and staying home on election day got us into this gridlock and the only way to break it is to GOTV in November. If the Rethugs keep the House, and take over the Senate, the first order of business will be to impeach Obama.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)Now, I'm off to make my donation as well.
riqster
(13,986 posts)Donations are good: votes are even better.
Cheviteau
(383 posts)...VOTE
riqster
(13,986 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Twice! They weren't big contributions, but glad to be part of the collective Fuck You to Boehner.
Cheviteau
(383 posts)I make a lot of donations in small amounts to different candidates. It's just to let them know there's little folks out here rooting for them. Plus it buys a lot of information via emails. But the biggest reward is my keeping involved and convincing myself that I'm making a difference. Whether I am or not. I actually care.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Duval
(4,280 posts)eggplant
(3,913 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)The incremental amounts raised (and I don't know what that means .. DLC, DNC ?) can easily be trumped by one billionaire writing a check. Not to say that it is not a good thing, but where does the money go?
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)BWAHAHAHA
hue
(4,949 posts)SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)EEO
(1,620 posts)Probably both.
cynzke
(1,254 posts)should send Boehner a thank you card for his donation!
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)GOP really wants you to sit out this election, you know, since there's no difference between the parties and everything bad is always the president's fault.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... they shoot themselves in the foot. I hope they keep it up!
OhZone
(3,212 posts)Please proceed, Speaker - haha
pinto
(106,886 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)They can't help themselves.
It's like telling a teenager to stop masturbating.
Peacetrain
(22,878 posts)Get the Democrats and the Democratic Party po'd.. See what happens when you poke a bear with a stick (hats off to Cha for the bear analogy)
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)hue
(4,949 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)I was too busy at state convention to respond