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   Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story   
   misstated GOP fundraising for the two-year cycle.   
      
   WASHINGTON — Early Tuesday morning, Rep. Steve Israel received a   
   bit of good news in what is otherwise a tough election year for   
   his party: The House Democrats' campaign operation scored a $1   
   million one-day online haul from 50,000 donors.   
      
   The sudden burst of donations was fueled by Democratic   
   solicitations highlighting recent House GOP efforts to sue   
   President Obama and some Republican public figures calling for   
   his impeachment -- even as GOP leaders say they have no such   
   plans.   
      
   "I think that the Republican strategy of lawsuits and   
   approaching impeachment is fundamentally misfiring," Israel said   
   at a Tuesday breakfast roundtable with reporters hosted by The   
   Christian Science Monitor. "Look, I understand that the strategy   
   is intended to gin up their base, but it's having the unintended   
   consequence of moving our base in a midterm election in a big   
   way."   
      
   Israel may be exaggerating the overall electoral boost for   
   Democrats — every non-partisan election handicapper is   
   forecasting Republicans will gain seats in the 2014 midterms —   
   but the Democrats' official campaign operation's fundraising is   
   a bright spot for the party.   
      
   Democrats have outraised their GOP counterparts by nearly $25   
   million for the two-year campaign season, $125 million to $101   
   million, and they have more cash at the ready as the election   
   season enters the home stretch. Democrats also boast about their   
   large number of low-dollar donors as a testament to grass-roots   
   support. Their operation has raised $51 million in donations   
   less than $200, compared with $18 million for Republicans.   
      
   Democrats have a built-in advantage because their party controls   
   the White House. With Obama not running for re-election again,   
   his political efforts are directed at building the campaign war   
   chests for House and Senate campaigns.   
      
   However, Israel credited House Republicans for keeping   
   Democratic donors engaged. "John Boehner makes the case for us,"   
   he said, referring to the speaker, who is leading the effort to   
   sue the president over his use of executive authority to   
   implement the Affordable Care Act.   
      
   Since a House committee reported out a bill last week outlining   
   the lawsuit, Israel said the campaign has raised $3 million   
   online, from 160,000 donations. The previous best short-term   
   flood of donations came when GOP efforts led to a partial   
   government shutdown last fall.   
      
   "Every time they talk about impeachment or don't take it off the   
   table, or every time they talk about suing the president, that   
   just ignites our base," Israel said. "It's giving us the   
   resources we need to contest these elections."   
      
   Boehner criticized Democrats on Tuesday for cynically promoting   
   impeachment talk to raise money. While some prominent GOP   
   voices, such as Sarah Palin and former Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.,   
   have called for impeachment, Boehner characterized it as a   
   "scam" and made clear it is not on the House agenda.   
      
   "This whole talk about impeachment is coming from the   
   president's own staff and coming from Democrats on Capitol Hill.   
   Why? Because they're trying to rally their people to give money   
   and to show up in this year's elections," he said, "We have no   
   plans to impeach the president. We have no future plans."   
      
   http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/07/29/israel-   
   dccc-impeachment-money/13318765/   
      
   Don't even bother impeaching this lousy lying lawbreaking at his   
   convenience backstabbing bastard.  Hang him from a tree on the   
   Whitehouse front lawn.   
      
   After that, hunt down all his enablers and donate a bullet to   
   their brains.   
      
       
      
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