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April 11, 2008

John Edwards raising funds for DSCC

I got a piece of mail today from John Edwards. Inside was a letter explaining that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) needs donations to help Dems take back some of the 49 Senate seats currently held by Republicans.

Now, the mail doesn't explicitly state anything about primary races between Democrats. But on the donation form there is a line stating that I should provide my email address on the following line if I would like "updates on our early campaign efforts and candidate recruitment." And it was targeted at an Oregonian whom it presumed is a Democrat. It also pushes an April 30 deadline in order for the donation to qualify for matching funds to be donated by a group of Democratic Senators pledged to matching two dollars for every dollar raised by the DSCC by April 30.

What's really interesting about all of this to me is that there are several outspoken former Edwards supporters here in Oregon who have been harshly critical of the DSCC. Most notably, Steve Novick and several of his core supporters.

Yet here is John Edwards asking for donations to the DSCC well before Oregon's primary election and offering updates on "early campaign efforts and candidate recruitment."

Personally, I find the Edwards mail perfectly reasonable.

Posted by Kevin at April 11, 2008 08:30 AM