Just a few hours to go until the government shuts down! While some folks may be turning to random Craigslist hookups to pass their time at home, the political world has money on its mind, rather than sex. Much of the coverage of the defund-Obamacare movement has focused on the boost its given to conservative groups, as we saw last week, but Democrats have seized on today’s Congressional deadline in a big way. Groups large and small have been carpet-bombing my email inbox all day, which is a perfect opportunity to observe tactics and trends.
The upshot: sixteen emails in ten hours (8AM – 5:50PM Eastern), not even counting a few advocacy messages related to the shutdown but not focused on raising money. Four senders used ActBlue, one NGP, one Blue State (the DNC) and one NationBuilder. Two others used systems that are either proprietary or unidentifiable. Here’s the full list:
| Sender | Subject Line | URL | Notes |
| Emily’s List | ** Fwd: I refuse to let Republicans take control | landing page | Note: References/repeats a message from earlier today; arrived while I was formatting this list. |
| DNC (as Barack Obama) | Crucial | landing page | Note: actually an end-of-quarter message, but I’m including it b/c it arrived while I was formatting this list. |
| Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comittee | BREAKING VOTE RESULTS: (shutdown) | landing page | Note: check out the landing page URL and look at the donation-amount presets in the string of variables. |
| Rob Zerban (Candidate) | BREAKING: Gov’t Shutdown is Ryan’s Fault – Politico | landing page | |
| ActBlue | Let’s show Republicans their actions have consequences | landing page | |
| House Majority PAC | it’s time Colin | landing page | |
| Mike Honda (candidate) | Shudown | landing page | |
| DSCC | news just broke: (shutdown) | landing page | Note: a triple-match on donations |
| Democratic National Committee | Midnight | landing page | Note: landing page uses Optimizely to measure performance |
| Arizona Democratic Party | Hey, Can you help us out? | landing page | |
| House Majority PAC | 12 hours left… | landing page | Note: Donation supports a “Tea Party Rapid Response Fund.” |
| DSCC | BREAKING: Senate to reject shutdown plan | landing page | Note: another triple-match |
| Emily’s List | ** I refuse to let Republicans take control | landing page | Note: email includes a classic “fundraising thermometer” graphic. |
| Joe Kennedy III (candidate) | real quick | landing page | Note: email doesn’t explicitly mention the shutdown, but talks about “obstructionism.” |
| House Majority PAC (as “Stop The Tea Party”) | Breaking: GOP poised to shut down government | landing page | |
| DNC | Colin | landing page | Note: ask emphasizes quarterly deadline, but does allude to Republican hijinks. Also: sender name = Joe Biden. |