"Green Wave" Lifts Dems

Going into the mid-terms, the one thing the Dems have over the Rethuglicans is money, tens of millions of dollars. For example, the fundraising of underdog Beto O'Rourke over weasel and Trump ass kisser Ted "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz is staggering: just in the last quarter, O'Rourke raised $38 million, three times what the Tailgunner raised. Overall, Dems have reserved nearly twice the TV ad space as Rethugs, with $109 million vs. $60 million. Add to that the $80 million pledged by former New York City mayor and recent Dem convert Michael Bloomberg, a strong advocate of gun safety laws and a Trump nemesis. Whether the cash will be enough to offset a last minute influx of money from the likes of gambling mogul and right-wing Likudnik zealot Sheldon "Smelly Shelly" Adelson, who's pledged at least $20 million so far, remains to be seen. But ad buys are usually locked in months before they run, so the available time slots aren't nearly as much in prime time or on national networks. Alternatively, funds are also used to support grass-roots organizing and getting out the vote, so it's not all about TV ads.

There have been the usual suspects in the media who have touted the Kavanaugh effect as helping stoke Rethuglican enthusiasm for the mid-terms, an effect that's been shown to be mythical. If fundraising is any barometer, Dems are more highly motivated -- and angry -- now more than ever. But money doesn't cast ballots, so keep that motivation going through November 6, and VOTE.