In the 2008 fundrace, the Democratic committees are beating the Republican committees by a huge margin.

First, let’s look at the DCCC:

• For the first time in at least two decades, the DCCC has out-raised the NRCC, and by the sizeable margin of $56.6 million to $40.7 million.
• The freshmen Democrats, many of them elected from normally GOP constituencies in 2006 and thus potentially vulnerable, have been doing particularly well in fundraising.
• Out of 23 open seats for 2008–places where the incumbent member of Congress has decided to step down–nearly three-quarters (17) are held by Republicans… As of now, not a single retiring Democrat is leaving a seat easily subject to a takeover bid by a Republican, while at least seven GOP seats are clearly vulnerable and comprise our TOSS-UP category for the moment.

Ouch.  Democrats have a solid freshman class and a $16 million advantage, while Republicans will have to defend a lot of vacancies with little money.

Now, let’s look at the DSCC:

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In fact, the Roadblock Republicans are on track to use 134 filibusters in two years, more than doubling the previous record.

So congratulations, GOP.  You have almost no money and plenty of seats to defend, your members in Congress are deserting you like rats from a sinking ship, and your legislative strategy consists of obstructing as much of the people’s business as possible.  You’re both unpopular and ineffective–with less than a year left until the 2008 elections, you’re not even close to improving your destroyed image in the minds of the voters.