Political Parties See Dramatic Decline in Fundraising

I thought this article was interesting, considering that we were just talking in class about how party strength is on the rise again. Even if party unity, or partisanship, is growing, with the economic crisis actual party clout will decrease. As donors contribute less and less, the Republican and Democratic parties won't be able to provide funding and support for their candidates. It remains to be seen whether this will have an effect in the midterm elections; I think that if neither party has the funding to contribute as much as usual to campaigns, all other things being equal, the general makeup of Congress will most likely stay the same.