A MyDD writer came up with an ingenious plan that the N.Y. Times is covering: Get Democrats running in “safe” areas to funnel their campaign funds into the war chests of candidates who have greater need of the money.

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Last week, Chris Bowers from MyDD came up with a terrific idea: get the ultra-safe Democrats without opponents or with just token opposition to donate from their huge war chests to the DCCC.

That idea evolved in to a netroots campaign called “Use It or Lose it”.

MoveOn got on board providing a handy reporting page. There are 70 House members in the safe category sitting on $50 million. The Democrats cannot be outspent this year — and if their caucus members would chip in, they won’t be.

Today’s NY Times covered the growing movement to get the Democrats to pony up to win…

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