A lot has been said about the limits of having 60 Senators because there can at times be one or two rogue Democratic Senators who would join Republican filibusters.  It looks like we are about to see the full power of having 60 Senate seats.

Health care reform, especially with the public option, has not been the easiest kind of legislation to pass, but it is set to pass the Senate next week because all of our Democratic Senators stuck together.  In a week or two, we will better understand just how much power 60 Senate seats gives us.

This post is part question and part suggestion.  Here's the question; what is the best way for the Senate to pass an avalanche of legislation that is very popular with the American People, but not so popular with the Republican Party?

In 2006, we were lucky that voters held Republicans accountable for Iraq and corruption.   Luck is not the only thing on our side this time. While Republicans usually out-raise us in campaign funding, this election cycle we Democrats have sensed opportunity and reversed the relation.  However, if we are to begin winning elections not by chance but because of our ability to consistently out-fundraise Republicans, we must first understand why, aside from rare, anomalous, instances, Republicans routinely raise more cash than we do.  Upon analysis, the answer becomes glaringly obvious.  

Our money comes largely from the salaries of our wage-earning donors, while Republican money comes largely from the profits wealthy donors earn selling Americans products.  The way to end this major fundraising disadvantage is equally obvious; we need to beat the Republicans at their own game by selling our own products.  The rest of this diary describes how, if we begin now, we can sell enough products to raise several million dollars for Democratic campaigns by October 2008, and if we keep working beyond November, we can raise at least $100-200 million dollars for the 2010 elections.