will the Dems $$ advantage stay the tide once the general election campaign

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gets to full throttle?

[Vepres]

Look at this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101601120.html

The GOP had a cash advantage (as the incumbent party often does), but that didn't stop Democrats in 2006.

[Brittain33]

Look at this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101601120.html

The GOP had a cash advantage (as the incumbent party often does), but that didn't stop Democrats in 2006.

It didn't stop them in the Senate, but the Dems left a lot of House seats on the table that they then picked up later or the Republicans shored up. If Democrats had unlimited money to spend, they would have picked up a few seats in California that were on nobody's radar in 2008.

It does seem like Senate spending has reached the point of maximum returns for both parties.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Incumbents are always better at raising money.

[live free or die]

Incumbents are always better at raising money.

Exactly.