One of the stories of the past few election cycles has been the Democrats' outstanding fundraising.  One of the earliest signs in 2005 and 2006 that a wave was building was the fact that the DSCC and the DCCC caught up to and then surpassed their Republican counterparts in cash collected, which had been unheard of in recent cycles.

With two Governor's seats to defend this cycle, the Democratic Governor's Association, which is in charge of raising funds for Democratic gubernatorial candidates, has been breaking records this year.  It collected $11.6 million in the first six months of 2009.  In 2005 it raised $10.5 million for the entire year.

There is a caveat however.  The Republican Governor's Association raised $12.23 million, compared to $3.04 million in the first half of 2005.  In fact, the Republican's haul outstripped their 2006 take, when 36 governor's races were on the ballot.