Like Politico’s Ben Smith, I was sent by Republican National Committee Spokesman Doug Heye a long list of Democratic National Committee expenditures. I was hesitant to post them (they are below) because the RNC couldn’t provide the Federal Election Commission links to each of the searches and the DNC disputed at least one item: the catering charge at the Elysian which wasn’t at the Bahamian beach resort but, rather, the Elysian Hotel in Chicago.

I wasn’t about to spend all afternoon executing FEC searches for these charges myself to verify them so I called DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan. Hari wouldn’t confirm the expenses but he did note that none of them were particularly controversial. He’s right. In going through these expenses the most striking thing is how very milquetoast they are: they’re exactly the kind of expenses you’d expect a political fundraising organization to incur. I can understand why the RNC sent them out: having been raked over the coals for their expenses the last few days they believe that the DNC should be subject to the same scrutiny. The problem is there’s no $2,000 charge at a club called “Voyeur” which pops out of this list. Hilton, Sheraton, a Dallas Cowboys game, chauffeured cars, the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant and the Lucky Strike Bowling alley are all pretty much how I imagined political parties wined and dined top donors (okay, maybe for the Dems a Patriots game would’ve been less surprising). Sorry, Doug, but my decision to ultimately post these came down to the fact that they don’t include a smoking gun.