From the 'Fun Facts' file…

David Kowalski at MyDD offers this data point…

With Federal Election Commission numbers mostly complete, tallies of candidate and independent expenditures in the 30 seats captured by House Democrats reveal something unusual. In 70% of those races (21 of 30), Republicans outspent Democrats…

…which seems to support my contention that you don't need the most money to win elections, just enough.

Of course, these days "enough" tends to be a hell of a lot, and getting it is the toughest part of a candidates job. Sadly, that keeps many of our best potential politicians out of the business or stuck in the loser's bracket.