But it's not all about money - there's also candidate recruitment.

"We need a unified message and we need to work on candidate recruitment and get-out-the-vote efforts and all aspects of our party structure," he said.

But Mr. Rothenberg argued that the two men had still done "a pretty good job" in candidate recruitment.

Eddie Mahe, a Republican political consultant, said: "It's having an effect on fund-raising, and it'll have an effect on candidate recruitment.

Authorizes the Secretary to make payments to individuals and organizations for the cost of candidate recruitment, screening and selection.

Mr. Rowland proposed strengthening the party apparatus with improved fund raising, better candidate recruitment and more aggressive computer and telephone bank operations to identify sympathetic voters.

In his position as Political Director, Davis managed the political and strategic operations of the committee, including candidate recruitment, message development, and campaign management.

Therefore, candidate recruitment emerged as a component element of the 50-state strategy.

Republicans have held that House majority through intense discipline, dedicated candidate recruitment and heavy spending, and much more forceful House leadership than Democrats ever managed.

"I expect they did out-campaign us in terms of candidate recruitment this year."