DNC has a major fundraising problem

Representative Tim Ryan said the Democratic brand is "toxic".
It appears that the DNC is the epicenter of that toxic cloud.

In July 2017, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) experienced their worst fundraising month of July since 2007. The organization raised only $3.8 million. For comparison, the Republican National Committee (RNC) racked in $10.2 million. The DNC also added $154,000 to its debt, which now stands at $3.4 million. The RNC has no debt. July wasn’t an isolated bad month for the DNC; it’s proof of a larger, looming problem that the organization faces.
April 2017 was the DNC’s worst fundraising month of April since 2009. May 2017 was even worse; the DNC hadn’t posted fundraising totals so low since in May since 2003. In June 2017, the DNC added $200,000 to their debt and only raised $5.5 million. The RNC raised $13.5 million in the same month. It’s not just wealthy donors that are providing a boost for the RNC; their small donations have significantly out paced the DNC as well. In the first six months of 2017, the RNC received $11 million more in donations under $200 than the DNC did.

The DNC rigged the primaries, refused to even acknowledge it after being caught red-handed, and then refused to consider any serious reforms.
Until this corruption is acknowledged and removed, this will continue to hamstring the Dems.

However, it's not all bad news for the Democrats.

House Democrats' campaign arm raised $30 million in online donations so far this year, breaking their previous online fundraising haul of $20 million.
...News of the record comes after it was reported the DCCC raised twice as much as its Republican counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), did in July.
DCCC brought in $6.3 million last month, while the NRCC raised $3.8 million.

It's not just the DCCC. The DSCC is doing well too.

Senate Democrats have already seen strong fundraising numbers — top incumbents are growing their bank accounts, and the DSCC’s raised $28.7 million this year, about $1.7 million more than in the first six months of 2015.

So people are willing to donate to the Democrats, just not the DNC.
How long can this continue before party leaders are forced to do something about it?
After all, this is money we are talking about (or lack of), and that's the one thing that Democratic Party leaders actually do care about.

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black is white

With President Trump flailing and even Republicans panning the GOP-controlled Congress, Democrats have begun a long-overdue debate about the party’s platform and strategy. Citizen movements and progressive political leaders such as Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are driving this debate. United in opposition to Trump’s reactionary agenda, they are calling on Democrats to embrace a bolder agenda for change. While many Beltway pundits warn against Democratic division, the party’s congressional leaders — Nancy Pelosi and Charles E. Schumer — understand that this has been a long time coming.

Right. It's not like Pelosi and Schumer haven't been fighting this debate for months/years.

Nevertheless, it's a good sign that WashPo printed this. It's means that they acknowledge that it's going to happen one way or another.

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@gjohnsit

published to convince the masses that Obama and Hillary aren't really driving this train wreck.

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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon

PS nothing wrong with diary essay, much appreciated, just I've moved away from these wankers.

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They've been good at ignoring every other reality, I just wonder how long they can ignore not having any money. Just as they'd rather have lost to Trump than won with Bernie, I think they'd rather go down with the ship than change one iota. The debate they know is coming should have happened already. They're just stalling, hoping they can find the magic bullet to pacify the left without changing anything.

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Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.

@Dr. John Carpenter They need to reject the Think tanks and high dollar consultants and focus purely on the needs of the voters.

Not that they will give up their addiction easily.

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Steven D's picture

I don't give a damn.

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"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott

@Steven D

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earthling1's picture

They just have to hit up Goldman Sachs and their other rich bitch donors.
They don't need us, remember?
Those people will have to suck my big toe before I'll even consider giving them a damned dime. If fact, if I don't see some changes soon, I may even throw some money the RNC way, just out of spite.
Bastards.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

I know it's never a good idea to attribute malice where simple incompetence will suffice, but I wonder if major donors have "gotten the word" to hold off on any further contributions until the DNC lawsuit for rigging the primary is settled/dismissed? That's probably giving Dems too much credit, but wouldn't that be convenient?

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dervish's picture

They own it, let them pay for it.

They'll never get a vote or a dime from me as long as they are owned by oligarchs.

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."