DCCC chair Steve Israel upset that Democratic groups don’t give money to dead people.

Oh, there’s a certain reputation that clings to the Democrats about their willingness to let dead people vote, but that’s a different power dynamic entirely. This is something else:

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel told reporters Wednesday he is “frustrated” that his party’s outside groups have not supported House Democrats on television in the final stretch of the midterms.

Many big Democratic players — such as environmental and labor groups — focused their financial firepower on the Senate, which is in play this cycle. This has caused increased anxiety among House Democrats, who also face losses in 2014.

House Democrats must pick up a net of 17 seats to win control of the House, but it’s increasingly likely the party will lose seats in that chamber this cycle. For the first time, Israel made a public plea to outside groups for their financial help.

As Bob Heinlein once put it, or quoted somebody else who once put it, Tell your troubles to Jesus, buddy – the chaplain’s gone over the hill.  Those outside groups don’t have time for sacrificial lambs, given that they’re even now trying to figure out how to stave off, say, the Keystone Pipeline next year*. And there’s just no money, apparently.  The money got spent. The money is all gone.  And it’s a little late to be asking for more.

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Stop it, Steve, you’re embarrassing yourself: DCCC Chief Pleads for Outside Money http://t.co/xRinMWt4Pd

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) October 15, 2014

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*Short version? It’s going to be very hard for the Democrats to make that happen. The shift in Senate seats, coupled with the sudden fear in the Democratic survivors, should handle the situation nicely.