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Wow that is a lot of money for a party that is supposedly going down the crapper.

well isn't the Republican party for the rich?!! When it's time the Democratic party will raise more money than the GOP.

@Sniffit
That would also buy 1045875 pairs of shoes for the First Lady.

So the party dedicated to the destruction of the middle class is getting a cash infusion from its corporate owners...

Let's have a list from where the funds came from: people with offshore accounts. companies getting subsidies for taking jobs off shore and credit card companies.

Not one penny from me; they can get all they want from their arrogant supporters and Cheney too...he should be a multi-billionaire after all the Haliburton money comes in.

Talk about money down a rathole.

What is wrong with getting richer. If the rich know how to make money, why fault 'em, join 'em...

When your party has lost power in all branches of government you tend to throw money at it in hopes of reviving your party. Now we'll have to see if that money generates any real ideas.

Whats surprising is that the Democrat's are still raising money at all. I expected to see complacency setting in. Even with the gains they've made, yet they keep pushing forward aware that the Republicans are waiting for their first sign of weakness.

I still believe that the American people are good hard working people,not all of them that voted for Obama realized just how far left he and the rest of the Democrats in Congress really are-it's like they are from Europe -–not the United States,anyway,in 2010 the Republicans WILL be voted back in to stop the insanity,the more money that the Republicans are now getting is proof of that,don't worry people we will be able to stop this ramrodding and destruction of our country hopefully in time.

Job well done Mr. Steele.

They can raise money? But can they win elections? That's the question. P.S. Pssst, Michael. Don't forget the throw the money overboard before the ship finally sinks or before they throw you overboard- whichever comes first.

If O-b-a-m-a can do it, so can the Rep. Only difference is, it's real Americans donating to the GOP. No foriegn donations coming from the Middle east here!

Well at least we've learned one thing from Obama and the dems. Money buys you what you want. But I bet there are no Saudi doners like the hundreds that donated to Obama!

Made an observation. There are really not that many dem. posters here on CNN. Just a few that change their names. The writings are too similar to be different people. Nice try dems. Keep it up, but your only fooling your selves and hurting your party.

Go GOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am proud to say that I am one of those that donated. We've learned from the dems that you have to have money to move a mountain! Now the only thing the GOP is missing is a dishonest organization like ACORN working on their side!

I see someone mentioned a ticking clock. Must mean it's time for Dick Cheney to torture someone.

Someone from the Democratic party, with its seriously character deficient and ethically challenged members, calling members of another party morally bankrupt is laughable. People will eventually realize that the course on which the Democrats have set us is wrong headed and destructive.

Wrong! The Democrats have raked in billions in stimulus money to buy votes from their constituents. This isn't about raising campaign funds it's about vote buying.
Gimme, gimme, gimme... Who cares how much is raised to politic what matters is who can steal working people's money to buy off the losers, welfare vampires, ACORN bandits, etc. at election time.

I guess the rich don't like it that they are not getting the beefits they received from Bush. It also shows there are a bunch of idiots out there.

Maybe they can buy a clue.

Donate to the DNC.

Good for them, now give it back to this country , you lousy good for nothing party of NO, thanks for destroying this beautiful country for your greedy selves. Now all you need to do is put your stupid Wasilla hillbelly on stage. Thanks but no Thanks! America don't let them, not this time or ever.

No, Nancy Pelosi's clock is ticking. You are all crazy libs. A bunch of sheep. How can you even think that the Dems will win the next couple elections when most Americans are against bigger government and more spending. Are you really that out of touch? The dem leadership is crumbling right before your eyes. They lie, lie & lie again. With all these lies, the truth of how the Bush Admin. did the right things to keep us safe are coming to light. Obama is incompetent. His administration is incompetent, and the dem leadership is incompetent. Waterboarding is torcher, LOL!! But yet you believe in abortion. Funny how the tables are turning.

The wealthy heavily prospered under the Bush Administration......I'm sure they are contributing in groves to maintain their ill-gotten gains.

A fool and his money are soon parted!

A fool and his money are soon parted.

What has the DNC needed to raise money for?

The money has been paid to several republicans who submitted no bid contracts to manage the money.

Candy, the GOP is no more morally bankrupt than Obama and the democrats. They want a welfare state, is that what you want? Look at Pelosi, Reid, Rangel, Frank, Dodd, and the Kenedys.

The RNC could raise a billion dollars and they will still loose elections... because the electorate has changed

I guess it is good for the GOP that a sub-group of the few people they have left are the super rich and can give all the money they have stolen from us and/or received in bail outs can give it to them to continue their destruction of the country.

No amount of $$$ can save the GOP from themselves. They're done.

Of course their not in debt. They have the billions they stole from Iraq. Where is that money?

I'm sure one half of it came from the Religious Right and they other from Al-Jazeeri since they now share the same message – "Down with America!"

Hmmmmm.....Democrats have over 6 million in debt. Republicans are not in debt. Maybe a little foreshadowing here, ya think.

Pfffff... probably all contributions from "Prince of Darkness" Cheney, Fats Limbo, Hannity & Gingrich. Traitors, every one of them.

raise all the money you want repubs. YOU WILL NEVER EVER BECOME A MAJORITY EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!

It doesn't matterhow much the GOP raises. When it was quite obvious to teven the most casual observer that the $750 million dollars that Obama raised to buy the White House didn't all come from the US, there is absolutely nothing to stop the Dems from continuing to raise funds from their Arab and Chinese supporters. They have continued the Chinese fundraising following in the footsteps of Clinton and Gore.

So, what the RNC or DNC raises is of little consequence. The RNC can run a pricey advertisement at 8pm on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, BBC, and the left wing pundits will spend the next 3 hours on those networks running their own little mouths and advertisements, negating any effect from the RNC ad.

You CNN disciples will be quick to mention Fox. One network. Hard to believe that one network can continue to kill all the other aforementioned left wing networks in ratings. The fact that Fox does win the ratings week after week is proof that the other netwroks are a shrill for Obama and the left.

Republicans had not choice but to contribute to the RNC. Had they failed to make a sizable donations, former VP Cheney would have had them waterboarded until they gave all they had.

THE REPUBLICAN WAY for 2010.

They will probably need all the cash they can raise for impending legal fees once the investigations are over.

sooooooo...

Tax money towards infrastructure = bad

Hard earned after-tax income donated towards ad buys and political nonsense = good

gotta love the logic

Does it come as any surprise that those with money are contributing to the party that has an agenda that provides them with political favors?

The GOP won't need a lot next election...once people see how all this wasted "stimulus" has produced nothing but debt and waste.

why don't you sour grapes get a stimulus from your massiah odrama,poor, poor libs, your time is just about up

please...Barbara Steisand, Ben Affleck, Bill Maher, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, George Soros, Ted Turner.....I hardly think that the Repubs have the market cornered on the rich people. Now if you want to talk whether they have the market cornered on self made, capitalist success stories, then you have a point. You know what I mean, reaping what you sow.

Come on.... we ALL know that their constituents will be pouring their money into the coffers.... BIG Business is not going down without a fight! Seriously..... they will do anything including underhanded resorts... whatever to hell it takes! Beware, We, the People, get ready. They are trying to take us back down that 8 year hole that we are just now crawling out of and with the help of the media they are going to try to make us like it AGAIN! And there are just enough of this population to believe them to make it work if we are not careful! Stay vigilante! And remember, their goal is to make us think that continuing to give FAT CAT big business all the want is GOOD for US!

"Please" (strange name for a poster) wrote, "the rich just want ot keep getting richer." Yep, and you can too... just get out of bed, work hard, make sacrifices, take calculated risks, invest in yourself, make yourself more marketable and invest for the long term like the rest of us.

To Candy in West Virginia: you asked to know "what morons are giving money to the morally bankrupt party." Those morons you refer to are called "tax payers," and given that you like don't recognize them by that name, I'll call them what you know them as: "economic batteries for the matrix" or "people I can sponge off of."

Folks, only the wealthy create jobs in our economy. And wealthy people are not "stealing the wealth from the poor people." That statement doesn't even make sense, because if poor people had all the money to begin with.... wait for it... they wouldn't be poor. Duh.

Then again, maybe the poor are more entrepreneurial and industrious where you live... but I've never once been hired by a poor man.

Great news.

2010 and 2012, here we come!

Doesn't this only prove that their base is made up of wealthy individuals and corporations with deep pockets??? Who else would donate to a party that wants to cut taxes for the wealthiest 1% of Americans? ...certainly not a lower-middle-class working stiff like me.

It has nothing to do with Michael Steele, people already are tired of our Democrat overlords spending money the nation doesn't have, moving us ever closer to all-out socialism and moving us away from Christian values. We need money to fight the Democrats and we are giving it.

Good. They're gonna need every cent.

Isn't 5.7 million about half of what the party made last month?

That 's precisely the issue. A bunch of a few rich that want to hijack this country. Thank God for our democracy–the number will determine who our president and leaders will be from now especially now that we understand the deal. Go haead and raise all the money in whole world, at the end the little people got to choose the leader who protect us all not a few rich ones.

The Republican Party should spend it all on robo-calls and negative commercials. Or they could just use it to slam other Republicans who are moderate. Ah ha!

please May 15th, 2009 2:19 pm ET

of course- the rich want to keep getting richer – makes perfect sense.

Please,

nice liberal touch. You do realize that Obama and his fundraising machine set records for what he collected. Now if only he could use that to pay for all the programs he wants instead of putting us all into more debt but he spent it all winning his election and duping the American public.

Oh but i guess that was Ok to do because he's the almighty Obama right?

And the winner in the 2010 election is the Republican Party. Congratulations, the great party is back in businees, the way it should be.

Im not rich, but for the first time my family has donated and will
continue to donated (money, time ect..) So all that question why,
because we do not like the direction this current admin. is taking
the country. President Obama has put alot of has been Clinton
people in key positions. We have the same old same old
people, just a differant President! If we had wanted a Clinton
we would have voted for Ms Clinton. President Obama has not
brought Change! He is just spending MONEY hoping it will work!
His math is fuzzy and has no hard data to back claims.

These have got to be the morons lining up to buy advance copies of Palins "autobiography"...

So let's recap.

Republicans are still eating their own dead,

There are still rich folks out there without any brain cells donating money to the traveling RNC Snake Oil Show.

Steele is still Captain of the Titanic,

A 3 time serial phylanderer is trying to make Obama and Pelosi look untrustwothy like Newt knows anything about honesty.

Palin has a book deal (oh good Bristol graduated and can read it to her)

And the real head of the RNC Rush Limpbaugh is in a johnson measuring contest with John McCains 96 year old mother – and is loosing.

You can't make this stuff up folks its sureal...

I aim to donate to protect my salary from the democratic leeches who think others should pay for their health insurance, homes, transportation and everything else they want rather than getting a real job and earning it.

Money? OK
Fresh ideas? ....
New ideas? ...
Any idea at all? ...

Gee is that ALL? Wow.....very impressive. NOT!!

The biggest mistake the Republicans always do is "brag" what they raised. The Democrats have NOT even started on raising money. Don't toot that horn just yet Steele. WE ALL know who holds the WORLD'S RECORD in money raising!!!

They'll going to need every penny of it and they will still lose. They can by all the air time they want, the problem is with the message, something the GOP has yet to understand. maybe, just maybe they'll understand more in 2010 after they've lost AGAIN, but I doubt it.

I don't know fellow dems...with Nancy a mess and Obama switching opinions every two seconds, maybe the repugs could pull a win at least in one of the bodies. People are getting fed up with spending, losing jobs and bailing out people with nothing to show for it.

Who cares how much money they have, to tell their lies, continue their deceptions, spread hate, fear, intolerance, and bigotry!! They have cooked their own goose with the electorate for the foreseeable future. No surprise they have money...their base is the rich and the mega-rich, and of course their votes have always been "FOR SALE" to big business, big pharma, and the insurance companies.

The bottom line is...they have wrecked this country, and we, the people know it! All the money in the world couldn't buy them any credibility or trust. Except for a narrow margin of ignoramuses who buy all their rubish and lies.

The GOP has always been awash in money.

This makes perfect sense, because the GOP is the party of the rich, and they have more to give. Apparently they'd rather give it to a party of NO than to something worthwhile like charities for returning war veterans.

It's going to take more than money to rescue the GOP. Another indication of the party that has money. That's the reason for fighting so hard to keep the money in the hands of the rich.

OF COURSE they raised more money for THIS month...they lost every election! Usually it is the losers in a reactive tizzy who raise money at that specific time.

IN NO WAY does this mean more people support the RNC......iot just meanbs moire LOSERS support the RNC at the moment!
'I am not worried, the RNC will squander the money for abstinence and nonsense attack ads which, by the way, thru us all OFF.

Obama has taught us that money buys elections and that we will need lots of money to hire our grass-roots volunteers ....ala Acorn!

What's with this "rich getting richer" hate? The rich get richer because they (most of them) earned it. Cutting taxes slightly on corporations and on the rich doesn't equate to handing them extra money - it just as accurately means forcing them to give slightly less to the poorest people, people (most of them) who don't put forth any effort to progress their lives and probably never will.

Reminds me of American automakers. Keep giving them money, despite no profit on the horizon and no effort to even get there.

Socialism is awesome.

Please just invest the money in AAPL and skip wasting money on the 2010 elections, which are all but decided already. By 2012, Americans will wake up and start to see that a 100% Liberal-leaning regime is not the best remedy for our problems and they'll be ready to at least listen to other arguments. The money will be best spent at that time.

People sure do Know how to Waste Money these days!

There is a new bible thumpin' Dixie rethuglicant chump born every minute – Just ask the fundamentalist preachers...

how long before life imitates art and the Democrats have us all in debt we can't get out of?

Oh and to those liberals that were whining about spelling and grammar please check out Dbow in Queen City.

It's you ARE still going down.

There's one child that's been left behind.

Can you imagine the stupidity of those people that freely send their money in to support this cause? It boggles the mind that so many Americans are so cluelessly hyper-partisan that they knowingly support the rightwing underbelly of this nation....and many of them call themselves Christain.....and conservative. If there ever were a swarm of insects that do NOT act Christ-like, or are NOT conservative, it is the rightwing drama queens like Newt, Rush, Palin......and all their little neo-lemmings in Congress, as well as the neo-nitwits that post their drivel on here.

But tonite I'll celebrate with a beer the thought of all the wasted rightwing money.

Good for the RNC. While it has no ideas, at least it can turn a profit.

of course- the rich want to keep getting richer – makes perfect sense.

Who cares? No matter how much the party of "no", collects they will never buy the vote of the American people who are tired of their mess.

As long as Pelosi is running the show, Republicans will be fine.

you forgot to mention that historically the RNC has always outraised the DNC...even during the previous election when Obama was smashing every fundraising record in the book.

I am the faux Sniffit here. Not Sniffit.

So the GOP has a big allowance to use to tell lies and attack the possible success of the Dems. Funny, but I'd appreciate it if they bought some ideas. No leadership, no ideas and no future!

I think people are missing the point. In the post-911 period, Pelosi would have leaked a picture of herself waterboarding a terrorist in order to prove that the Dems were not soft on terror. As soon as the political climate changed, she joined the attack. She could have kept her mouth shut, but didn't. It is laughable to assume that a member of the Congressional intelligence group did not know of these techniques. She is a liar and a hypocrite (like most politicians). What concerns me the most is she is attacking the intelligence committee even though she backed their pervious actions. She is not fit to serve.

They're gonna need it to get attorneys for Bush and Cheney in a world court for War Crimes. WE WILL NOT DROP THIS, NO MATTER WHO ELSE GOES DOWN WITH THEM.

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.

And this is news, while the fact that a key figure in the torture investigations, a man who was tortured and gave wrong info on purpose, who was going to testify to the torture he was subjected to, and what he was told to say, Ibn-al-shiek Al-libi, was found dead yesterday? Is Cheney's hit squad still on the loose? Does anyone believe this is NOT connected to the current questions about the heinous crimes committed by these jokers in our names? They tortured for ONE reason: to get someone, anyone, to admit an Iraq/al-queda connection to support their invasion. When no one would because it doesn't exist, they got closer and closer to killing these people. And it's just unbelievable that so many people still support that regime. How can you call yourself an American or a Christian if you support torture, abortion, the death penalty, and war? You either value human life, all of it, or you, too, are a terrorist.

Libs and MSM are belittling and dismissing the anger in this country. They think that the country all wants to sit to do is sit around and smoke dope like them (while collecting their entitlement money) and they don't realize how angry the 50% of us who do pay taxes and work for living are.

haha. the DNC is in debt. How fitting is that. They're putting us in debt with their free healthcare for all now they're in debt.

That should tell you something.

Should I be impressed?

What morons are actually giving the morally bankrupt party money? I would love to know.

Not too shabby for a dying party.

The DNC has yet to release its April fundraising figures.

So what was the point if you don't have the DNC April release just CNN making some noise.

Well CNN and many of their bloggers have tried desparately to portray the Republicans as a party on the ropes for the past "100 days". It appears to me that the people that lined up to vote in Obama seem to be lining up to vote someone else in that will hopefully stop the spending lunacy taking place with Obama! See, when you run for office and you have no record to be held up too, it is easy to be liked. Once you begin making hard decisions, you are going to ruffle feathers and lose votes – lots of votes!!

All it takes is a few billionaires worried about losing their second G5.. to get $25M into the republican coffers.

Or it could just be Limp-Bag propping "his" party.

The RNC has outpaced its Democratic counterpart on the fundraising front since Steele took the helm.

Sorry it is becasue the Republicans get their support from BIG Corporation and the Dems get their support from the employess which is a big different. Everybody know that the CEO'S support the Republicans party that is why the Repubicans do no like President Obama policy because it take more money away from their CEO'S FRIENDS.

A couple of appearances and speeches from the current President, and the amount raised wouldn't even compare. If he asked, I am willing to send thousands.

Let us all go Vegas Baby!!!

Money well spent – if people have money to help a not just a sinking ship but a ROTTEN one....

I don't get this when on 25% "admit" to being Republican, as one news outlet put it. I guess they have the 25% richest that can out donate the other 75% of us.

Way to go GOP!!! Let's get it together for 2012!!! The Democrats are big spenders so eventually they will be in the hole! LOL

Yep. Because fundraising is where it's at.

Jesus, people!

There is no difference between the socialists running this country now, and the conservatives who ran it for over a decade.

Both are spreading the disease known as socialism.

All the fundraising in the world won't pay for the nonsense that Congress is currently authorizing under its "fiscal policy".

Sounds like a lot of voters are donating to get Ron Paul Republicans in office

Raise all the money you want. You still going down in the next several elections.

Mr. Steele, Congratuation!..But your clock is still ticking.

haha...

It's amazing...Newt is right on target; Pelosi lied...it was on tape during the interview...in fact, she lied about lying! Now, CNN posts a column about Newt's words, and quickly fills the blog with >90% comments supporting the mentally deficient Pelosi....Shame on you CNN for supporting the liar! She needs to step down or be removed. She, along with the rest of the liberal democrats are a disgrace for the country.

You mean to tell me that the party of Rich Old White men raises a lot of money??? The heck you say. I'm stunned.

And this will probably be my most sarcastic comment of the day, Thank you

Is there a tax on contrubutions? Maybe we should consider it. I think they should be outlawed. Instead of money going into our economy, it's going to a political fight. Wake up America!

giggle...how much of that has come from the Health Care Industry?

While your boasting of money...I want to thank the President for intervening for Roxana Saleri's release.
CNN if you want a good story...check out J.RONALD TERWILLIGER..he can set the example for the rich...he just donated $100 MILLION to a social agency Habitat for Humanity..now that is something to admire!

I wouldn't donate money to either side. People need to revolt and throw out both Democrats and Republicans and start over. We should vote for a party that has to retire off of Social Security and have Medicare like the rest of us. They would be more concerned about the health of these programs if they too had to live off of them.

and?

"Democrats have raked in less than $18 million over the first three months of the year, while Republicans have pulled in more than $25 million. "

Not suprising. If we've learned anything from history, one of the biggest problems the DNC has is resting on its laurels once it wins big. My fellow libs need to wake up and smell the pewp the RNC is still flinging: overconfidence will cost us.

Caught red handed, typical democrat, end of error 01.20.2010.

Okay....let's see....that would be:
$1 Million from Cindy & John McCain
$1 Million from the Mit Romneys
$1 Million from Rush the Lush Limpballs
$1 Million from Chuck the Cluck Norris
it adds up quick doesn't it?

"The DNC did outraise the RNC in March, $7.8 million to $6.8 million, but remained $6.6 million in debt. The RNC is currently debt-free."

Ironic don't you think?

The DNC in debt?

Absolutely classic. Who could have seen that coming?

Lovely...that's gonna buy a lot of pewp for the party of screeching macaques to fling.

Tax money spent on ifrastructure bad. Money thrown at political advertising good.

Did they raise the money or keep it from stimulus funds they refused to share with their people? Nothing they do now in desperation would surprise me. As long as John Boehner is crying, it is a great day in America. If you see him smiling, get ready America, don't bend over.

Don't put the nails in the GOP coffin just yet. That would just be wishful thinking on your part, dems. After the 2010 mid-terms, we will see. Until then, neither side is clairvoyant.

Oh hooray, now they can buy some ideas!

Big blow to Democrats: Roy Cooper will not run for Senate.

All the money in the world wont do them any good. If they keep being the party of NO and dont change their ways and keep going against the president is trying to do and they keep listening to Rush. John didnt come and defend his mother against the scumb bag. I thought Megan for sure would come out and defend her. Just goes to show you that Mom is not afraid of this guy.

Sorry, needed an edit:

"That would pay for approximately 5.7 studies into the public health effects on communities neighboring large pig farm industry opf massive amounts of pig odor…i.e., something over which the GOPer crybabies had an aneurism, crying "pork pork pork."

Instead, it will go into silly advertisements and the campaign coffers of people who have no chance of winning anything until they and their party stop stinking like a pig farm."

'Cause if there's one thing the republicans are good at, it's amassing huge piles of cash. Have a nice day!

That would pay for approximately 5.7 studies into the public health effects on communities neighboring large pig farm industry...i.e., something over which the GOPer crybabies had an aneurism, crying "pork pork pork."

Instead, it will go into silly advertisements and the campaign coffers of people who have no chance of winning anything until they and their party stop stinking like a pig farm.

The Republicans are Pimping Steele and he doesn't see it. Puppet on a string is what grandma use to call it