Remarkably, the campaign finance numbers for the Republican party committees are looking about just as bad as ever, with the Democratic committees continuing to hold better than a 2-to-1 cash-on-hand advantage even when debts and obligations are taken into account. Take a look:

Committee	November Receipts	November Disbursements	November Cash-on-Hand	October Debts & Obligations
DSCC (est.)	$4,100,000	$2,100,000	$25,500,000	$2,000,000
NRSC (est.)	$2,300,000	$1,400,000	$10,400,000	$0
DCCC	$4,409,303.36	$2,653,811.32	$30,674,711.47	$1,666,000.00
NRCC	$2,705,120.05	$2,893,522.14	$2,325,414.25	$3,350,000
DNC	$4,409,303.36	$4,883,429.77	$2,783,730.34	$1,474,125.00
RNC	$5,391,668.47	$7,360,730.66	$15,664,904.75	$0
Total Democrats	$12,918,606.72	$9,637,241.09	$58,958,441.81	$5,140,125.00
Total Republicans	$10,396,788.52	$11,654,252.8	$28,390,319	$3,350,000.00

A few days back I noted how great a disaster the seemingly competitive (but eventually not terribly competitive) special congressional elections earlier this month, both in Ohio and in Virginia, were for the GOP. In short, the DCCC was able to make a gambit and head faked the NRCC into dumping way more money than it could have afforded into both districts, further deepening the committee's monetary woes. These numbers bear out that assessment, with the NRCC still holding as large a net debt as it has in recent months -- and less than a year out from election day -- and the DCCC continuing to raise more than it spends, amassing over $29 million including debts.

And it's not only the NRCC that has been forced to spend like a drunken sailor as of late. In November, the Democratic committees raised about $2.5 million more than their Republican counterparts while the Republican committees spent $2 million more than their Democratic counterparts. So instead of cutting away at the Democrats' financial advantage the Republicans actually saw themselves losing quite a bit of ground -- more than $4.5 million, in fact.

In short, these are good days for the Democratic campaign committees, with even the DNC coming a net $1.5 million closer to the RNC than it was a month ago. No doubt it would be preferable to see better results coming out of Washington, results that would give voters a more affirmative reason for returning and indeed enlarging the Democratic majorities to Congress rather than just the reactive reason of voting against Republicans (which, it's worth noting, does remain a strong argument). That said, I'd rather be sitting on a net $54 million (or so) than a net $25 million (or so).