The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Dem party committee that has the most money in the bank, has now allotted practically all its available cash on hand for ad time this fall, with a Dem source providing us the latest list of ad reservations in swing districts throughout the country.


The latest list, which adds up to $17.6 million in 20 districts across the country, paints an extraordinary picture of just how grim the GOP's outlook is in House races: About three fourths of the money the DCCC is plunking down is going to races for seats that the GOP currently holds and now has to defend.

What's more, some of these districts where Dems are vying to knock off GOP incumbents are historically hostile territory for Dems, such as the open Second District in Alabama, or the Idaho seat now held by right-wing Rep. Bill Sali.

This comes on top of a previous round of ad reservations from a week and a half ago, which total-led over $34 million. In all, the Dems' spending on these House races adds up to nearly $53 million -- compared to just under $55 million in total ready cash according to their latest FEC filing.

In short, the Dems have now essentially budgeted for the whole season, with a playing field of about 50 seats -- a very wide map, and the vast majority of it is on offense.

It should be remembered that these reservations are not set in stone. Actual ad buys will be made later, and can be adjusted or even cancelled entirely depending on the perceived needs and priorities. But by making the reservations this early, the DCCC is able to maximize the amount of time they can get before the prices go up later on.

Check out the full listing:

District	Incumbent	Buy Amt.
AL-02	Everett (R) - Open	$598K
AL-02	Cramer (D) - Open	$678K
AZ-08	Giffords (D)	$705K
CA-04 CA-11	Doolittle (R) - Open McNerney (D)	$2.03M
FL-18 FL-21 FL-25	Ros-Lehtinen (R) M. Diaz-Balart (R) L. Diaz-Balart (R)	$1.4M
ID-01	Sali (R)	$349K
IL-10	Kirk (R)	$1.4M
IL-11	Weller (R) - Open	$1.6 M
IL-14	Foster (D)	$1.02M
LA-04	McCrery (R) - Open	$714K
MO-06	Graves (R)	$798K
MS-01	Childers (D)	$1.06M
NJ-03	Saxton (R) - Open	$1.7M
NY-25 NY-26 NY-29	Walsh (R) - Open Reynolds (R) - Open Kuhl (R)	$2.7M
WA-08	Reichert (R)	$949K

And here's the list from a week and a half ago:

District	Incumbent	Buy Amt.
AK-AL	Young (R)	$586K
AZ-01	Renzi (R) - Open	$1.7 M
AZ-05	Mitchell (D)	$1.7 M
CO-04	Musgrave (R)	$667K
CT-04	Shays (R)	$697K
FL-16	Mahoney (D)	$1.5 M
FL-24	Feeney (R)	$1 M
IN-09	Hill (D)	$1.6 M
KS-02	Boyda (D)	$1.2 M
KY-03	Yarmuth (D)	$659 K
LA-06	Cazayoux (D)	$723 K
MI-07	Walberg (R)	$1.5 M
MI-09	Knollenberg (R)	$1.1 M
MN-03	Ramstad (R) - Open	$1.4 M
MO-09	Hulshof (R) - Open	$941 K
NC-08	Hayes (R)	$1.6 M
NH-01	Shea-Porter (D)	$564 K
NJ-07	Ferguson (R) - Open	$1.8 M
NM-01	Wilson (R) - Open	$1.3 M
NM-02	Pearce (R) - Open	$1.2 M
NV-03	Porter (R)	$916 K
NY-13	Fossella (R) - Open	$1.3 M
OH-01	Chabot (R)	$928 K
OH-15	Pryce (R) - Open	$1.2 M
OH-16	Regula (R) - Open	$1.3 M
OR-05	Hooley (D) - Open	$1.2 M
PA-04	Altmire (D)	$554 K
TX-22	Lampson (D)	$1.1 M
TX-23	Rodriguez (D)	$707 K
VA-11	Davis (R) - Open	$1.3 M
WI-08	Kagen (D)	$475 K