Why Political Types In DC Don't Seem To Ever Know Anything About America
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The Inland Empire is represented in Congress by wanna-be Confederate General Gary Miller, a multimillionaire real estate swindler |
This weekend the FEC candidate filings for the 4th quarter were released. They're not very hard to read. But the pros at both Politico and The Hill managed to get it wrong-- and wrong enough to completely distort the on the ground reality of the race… in favor of the DCCC narrative. What a coincidence! First the unvarnished facts:
• Eloise Gomez Reyes raised $302,084Call me crazy but I would think the story there is that Eloise Reyes, a first time, grassroots candidate up against The Machine, out raised all 3 of her opponents combined. But this is how the story is being told to naïfs Inside the Beltway. First The Hill:
• Gary Miller raised $148,943
• Pete Aguilar raised $147,086
• Joe Baca raised $20,484
Former Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.): $20,000 raised, $21,000 cash on handMiller didn't have a strong quarter despite what the NRCC may have fed The Hill. A glance at the FEC page shows clearly he raised $148,943-- not $364,000-- and that he spent $78,977. I'm sure The Hill will correct their misinformation. Sure, I am. Politico was even more cockeyed but how can you blame them when all they did was report the DCCC spin as though it was news. This is their analysis of the numbers I just laid out for you above:
Baca is seeking a return to Congress in Rep. Gary Miller’s (R-Calif.) district after losing a 2012 race post-redistricting to Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Calif.)-- but it’s looking increasingly like he has no chance of even advancing past the top-two primary in the Democratic-leaning seat.
He has been shunned by national party strategists-- the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is backing Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar (D), while EMILY’s List is supporting attorney Eloise Gomez Reyes (D). Gomez Reyes had the most impressive quarter of the Democrats, with $300,000 raised, and she and Aguilar both have around half-million dollars for the race. Miller has $840,000 in the bank after a strong $364,000 quarter.
Cash-starved: Top 10 fundraising losersSeveral California incumbents have told me that Steve Israel came to them, directly and/or through intermediaries, asking them to back Aguilar as the only way to stop Baca. He misled them into thinking it was a 2-man race. When one more savvy incumbent asked about Reyes, he was assured that only Aguilar was a serious candidate and that she couldn't raise any money and would drop out. Looks like Politico fell for the same bullshit. Maybe they should start doing their homework... like real newspaper reporters do.
When Baca announced that he would be trying to unseat vulnerable GOP Rep. Gary Miller it surprised, well, just about everyone. After all, Baca, a former Democratic congressman who represented a nearby Southern California district, had once been a Miller ally.
At this point, it’s not clear whether Baca’s waging a serious campaign. He raised a paltry $20,000 during the fourth quarter, far less than what most of his opponents brought in. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has rallied around one of Baca’s Democratic primary foes, Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, who raised about seven times more cash than Baca did last quarter.
Labels: Baca, CA-31, DCCC, Eloise Reyes, Gary Miller, Hill (The), Inland Empire, Pete Aguilar, Politico
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