You Don't Bring Me Flowers...or Money...Anymore

That's the sad refrain from House Democrats:

Twice in the past week, House Democrats used closed-door meetings with Speaker Nancy Pelosi to deliver an urgent message: They’re being crushed on the airwaves by outside groups, and they need her to do something about it.

In the meetings, according to people present, Democrats cited the nearly unmatched advantage Republicans are enjoying from conservative, third-party organizations. A sympathetic Pelosi vowed to pressure liberal groups to do more — and quickly.

“I’m saying get out there,” she told a group of Democratic freshmen, according to a source familiar with the meeting. “We need more.”

Maybe they can try selling candy or Christmas wrapping paper. That used to work for the marching band.