With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House next year and with the dream of retaking the House appearing to be a real, if improbable, possibility one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents.

The National Republican Congressional Committee, the key cog in helping to finance GOP campaigns, has banked less than a third as much money as its Democratic counterpart and is ending the year with barely enough money to fully finance a single House race no less the dozens that will be in play come 2010.

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