Democrats Face Cash Crunch Under New Chair

“Ken Martin took over the Democratic National Committee promising to rebuild the party from the grassroots up—pulling power out of Washington and into all 50 states,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“More than a year later, Martin’s DNC is struggling. The committee has had difficulty filling its coffers as Republicans amass a 2-to-1 cash advantage. And as Democrats wage a once-a-generation battle for the soul of the party, their national chairman has yet to emerge as a central player.”

“The predicament is partly Martin’s own making, according to more than a dozen Democratic operatives. From the start, Martin made clear he wasn’t focused on repairing relationships with the major donors and party officials who hadn’t backed his bid to run the committee. If those power brokers needed the DNC, he told allies, they could come to him.”