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Obama Raised More Than $100 MILLION In September!
Daily Kos has a post citing the NYTIMES which says
Mr. Obama is preparing to announce his September fund-raising figures in the next three days, with several top contributors saying the tally is estimated at more than $100 million. The campaign is already so heavily invested in television advertising that it is having serious problems finding open spots to place more commercials. The fund-raising has so exceeded its projections, aides said, that the campaign decided to take the rare step of buying time on network television, including a half-hour informercial in prime time across several networks later this month.Hooray? :)
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October 18, 2008 1:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
man it would be fantastic if we had people who would do the right thing with it. I still dont trust the "impeachment is off the table" lady. I understand the angle they played and how it allowed all of this right now to be only about republican corruption and failure but criminals need to be prosecuted.
October 18, 2008 1:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
According to past statements Obama has made, there's still a good chance justice will be served:
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Barack_on_torture.html
"Don't get mad. Don't get even. Win the election--then get even."
- James Carville
I agree about Pelosi. She's been a shitty Speaker, and done a horrible job. I'd like to see her replaced ASAP.
October 18, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
WHOOOOOEEEEEEEEE!!!!
October 18, 2008 1:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
...=)
October 18, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
...But I want to know exactly how much he raised. "Over $100 million" could mean $150 million, $102 million, $100.1 million. ...I want the hard numbers, yo!
October 18, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
What happened in September for this to happen?
1.Sarah Palin's convention speech.
2.John McCain's convention speech
3.A fundraiser that garnered 11 mill in one day
Those 3 events alone garnered Obama about 30 mill.
October 18, 2008 4:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
That fundraiser total isn't all Obama's though, as he can only get the maximum of $2300 of the $28k charged "per plate", with the rest going to the DNC.
October 18, 2008 6:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sarah Palin was the best thing McLame did for the Democratic ticket.
October 18, 2008 7:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
McShame's entire campaign happened. That's about it, I think. Scared the bejeezus outta people and got them motivated!
And remember, Obama is not taking money from special interest groups or PAC's. All this money is coming in from "We The People"
October 18, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
What cracks me up about this and the going on a half million raised for Michelle Bachman's Dem opponent since she exposed herself on Hardball last night:
In the middle of an economic crises, enough Dems still find $5 to $100 they will contribute to WIN BIG.
Maybe when the subject of campaign finance reform comes up in the next session, some of the businesses who are losing their Christmas revenues to campaign donations will join the effort.
October 18, 2008 6:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
The infomercial is historic, and represents the future of campaign adverising. Sound bytes are giving way to power points and DVD's. Fragments are forged into whole thoughts.
Hopefully this first long production will give us more than just a list of the issues, it should offer some real answers to major questions. Economic recovery and energy independence surely top that list, those two issues encompass the war in Iraq and the Wall Street collapse.
Considering the amont of time they will have to put the message out, we should see some serious focus on the future, more than the past.
While it would be nice to have a video reprise of the campaign's, or even Obama's history, the shorter the better, because undecided voters don't want to see how this amazing campaign unfolded, they want to hear answers to their questions about impending events.
And that is what these twenty-minute campaign spots are really all about; drawing the last, stubborn remnant of undecided voters over to the Obama side.
slightly OT, I still think WV is worth a week of barnstorming grassroots events... Like I said in a fleeting post, send Mudcat out in a Winnie, a couple days ahead of Biden and Bill Clinton, and let them speak to rural and blue-collar voters at events that Mudcat arranges for them.
And it's not like the campaign can't afford it... and WV would be a great feather in the Dem's hat, and in many ways, represents a landslide that would probably include Missouri and Ohio.
Sorry to go on and on, but we are starting to see the snowball rolling down the hill, growing as it rolls, and there's no telling how big it will be when election day comes.
Almost seems like it will be with us still, growing and rolling, even after the election, in some form or another. Like "Dean For America" became the DFA, this huge Obama networking and fundraising machine has a populist perpetual-motion thing going that might transcend the election itself.
October 18, 2008 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
The best part of all of this is that most of this money is from regular people like you and me. Millions and millions and millions of us...and we will VERY likely vote if we have donated money to a campaign!! Can anyone imagine working and donating and then just NOT VOTING??? Yeah, right. So many people are totally plugged in to what is happening, and it is historic, I think. For the first time in MY lifetime...I am proud to be an American!! Take THAT, wingers!!
October 18, 2008 8:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here's a question though: Obama raises a jillion dollars from small and not-so-small donors. Once the campaign is over and BO is president, who gets to 'help' with pushing the legislative agenda - the small donors or the not-so-small ones? In other words, how do we, the small donors, get our voices and interests taken into account? Or put more crudely, who's gonna be our lobbyist before the Obama administration?
October 18, 2008 11:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just write in your ideas and concerns on Obama's Facebook wall.
October 18, 2008 11:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just mailed back my early voting ballot, and I am done!
And there is still a voter or two to sign up before Monday, Kansas' final day to register voters. Even here in the red wilderness, we're working to get out the vote.
Anyone who wants a trip down memory lane, go to my photo-video journal of the last few months at http://ksforobama.blogspot.com/
...be sure to click-on the video I made from inside Invesco during Obama's Denver speech... and don't miss the photo of Stevie Wonder on the big screen at Mile High...
Or the video the Boston Globe did (just click that first photo of me and the Obamavan...)
Viva la Blogs!
October 18, 2008 11:16 PM | Reply | Permalink