CQPolitics upgrades Sestak's chances in PA-7

Congressional Quarterly Inc's July 20 2006 article says they are upgrading Joe Sestak's probability of winning the PA-7 Congressional seat.

CQPolitics.com has changed its rating on the race to Leans Republican from the less competitive Republican Favored — a move spurred by the exceptionally strong fundraising numbers that Sestak recently reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), along with other factors suggesting that his bid is increasingly competitive.

The changed ranking means that Weldon still has an edge, but that the race is highly competitive, and an upset by Sestak is at least a plausible possibility. CQPolitics.com presently places 37 districts — 26 held by Republicans and 11 by Democrats — in its most competitive categories of No Clear Favorite and Leans Democratic or Republican.

Sestak is making his first foray as a political candidate, but has quickly emerged as one of the best-financed and most impressive challengers in this year’s national House campaign.

In other news about the overall Dem efforts, today's CQPolitics.com article says:

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reported raising $10.3 million in June and ended the month with $31.9 million left to spend in this year’s competitive national House campaign, according to documents filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.

On both counts, the DCCC outpaced its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which took in $9.5 million last month and has $26.5 million left to spend.

I think it's simply that people...lots of people...have had enough!