Follow The Money (And What You Can Do Now)

By Baxter

The latest Biden-Harris fundraising totals are out, and they are impressive: $264 million in the second quarter — $127 million in June alone — and more than $33 million in the last four days. (Recall, please, that that $33-million-plus was immediately after the debate that TV talking heads have gotten in such a lather about.) This quarterly amount dwarfs that already pretty substantial $187 million that donors shoveled Biden's way from January through March.

Team Biden also reports that it has $240 million in cash on hand. Which means the next obvious step is for Democrats to start arguing about how that cash should be spent. (We wouldn't be Democrats if we didn't thrash about like that, would we?) But we cats prefer to think about the money another way: That it shows a clear disconnect between the hand-wringing among the media illuminati and folks out there in America. 

Why would 14 million Democrats take the trouble to show up in the primaries and vote for an obvious nominee — their incumbent President — if they weren't solidly behind him? Why would so many people dig into their wallets for him? (Nearly half of the post-debate donors were first-time contributors.) It's time for the pundits to get their heads out of their asses, and if they don't, just turn them off.

Meanwhile, as we ride this wave of good money news, here's our next assignment: Voting On Day One.

Set aside the freakout over last week's debate. Do you know why the Biden campaign pushed for it to be held so soon? Because early voting starts in 10 weeks. Election Day is actually the last opportunity to vote. So the campaign knew they needed to up people's awareness well before early voting began, to reach out and touch our more episodic and less-likely voters. We have the time, the money, and the volunteers to do this. And it will increase our turnout and help us win.

Because the faster our voters vote, the faster our campaigns can take them off their canvass-and-call lists, and move on to others they need to contact, and re-contact, to turn out.

Voting On Day One is a practical and efficient game plan, and it's action we can take now — especially after the Supreme Court's massive assist with its immunity decision. People are rightly upset — Americans don't like kings, you know — and so we have an excellent opportunity to channel their (and our) concerns into decisive action.

So, look up when early voting kicks off in your state — you can start here — and begin reaching out to your friends, neighbors, family, co-workers, and others in your network. LFG! We cats PURR.