(Note: I'm crossposting this here from dKos, as it got quickly buried yesterday.  

My spouse, Eric Brunner-Williams, became involved in the November Victory group as a senior advisor on Chris Miller's campaign in the Maine gubernatorial primary. He remained on the list after Miller's loss in June, and has been offering his input since.  Last week, the group's director asked him to write this fundraising request regarding the upcoming August 18th conference, where Paul Hackett will be the keynote speaker. I'll be running a workshop on "GOTV on a Shoe-string", underwritten by DraftGore2008PAC. Hope to see many in the netroots there.)

The DCCC and the DSCC have targeted a few House and Senate races, and provide no financial assistance to campaigns other than those it has selected. The strategic goal of each is to obtain a majority in the House and Senate, respectively. When that goal is met, Richard Pombo will no longer chair the House Committee on Resources, James Inhofe will no longer chair the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, and Dennis Hastert and Bill Frist will no longer make the rules for the the House and Senate, respectively.