So Rick Noriega released his fundraising numbers for Q2 yesterday. Click here to read full release from campaign.

I think the campaign realizes this total was below National expectations by its headline and lead paragraph focusing on the total amount of donors and the on-line prowess.

To me 980k in Texas will hurt as it is such a big State to cover with so many different media markets. With so many other races that the DSCC can put focus into in terms of bang for the buck, I'm a little concerned with almost half the money coming in from ACT Blue donations.

That being said, we will need to do more and contribute more to make this race stay viable. There was good news last week with the lead in on-line fundraising and some close polling numbers.

As I was reminded earlier, we are still in this race and we should only offer constructive criticism and not just whine. So I have added Rick to my $17.76 money bomb. Please take the time and Donate. We are going to need to raise 750k on-line or more next quarter for Rick. It can be done and it will be done.

I've been assured that other efforts have been stepped up as well as reminded that Rick lost two weeks due to being on Active Duty.