It isn't every day that the head of a party committee goes public about his unhappiness with his colleagues and their lousy fundraising pace for him, but such is life in today's troubled Republican Party.

Senator John Ensign, who's head of the committee to elect more Republicans to the Senate, has actually put out a press release chastising his fellow Senate GOPers for not opening their wallets for the GOP:

"I recently challenged my colleagues to step up to the plate and help me provide the resources our candidates need to compete in races across the country -- to match the DSCC expenditures in targeted races," Ensign's release says. "It has become clear that my call has gone largely unanswered."

Ensign then added that he now has to cut back the NRSC's ad budget, and can only expand it again if he finally gets some checks coming in. You can almost hear the tears falling.

Meanwhile, CQ points out that Senate Republicans only contributed $1.1 million to the NRSC up through June, the last month for which this number can be calculated, compared to $5 million from Senate Dems to the DSCC.