Oh crap.
I guess these people would:
Photo taken with a cell phone cam of TV coverage on MLK day from Corpus
Posted on 01/22/2007 7:46:29 AM PST by areafiftyone
On the eve of her historic presidential announcement, Hillary Clinton lost the support of liberal big-ticket donor George Soros to the Barack Obama campaign, the Daily News has learned. Soros' switch was a stunner in the Clinton camp, which had hoped to woo him back amid a flurry of exchanges. "There were e-mails and conference calls," said one Democrat familiar with the shock that met the Soros defection. A spokesman for Soros stressed that he would support Clinton if she wins the Democratic nomination and noted he supported Obama's 2004 Senate campaign. Soros' move was the latest sign that Clinton's hold on big-ticket donors is not as strong as many thought. Team Hillary also recently lost Wall Street fund manager James Torrey to the Illinois senator's camp. Like Soros, Torrey's value goes beyond his own contributions; they are capable of raising millions for Obama. "Having an abundance of money is one, two and three of what political pundits look at to determine presidential viability," said Scott Levenson, president of the Advance Group, a New York-based Democratic fund-raising firm. He said Obama poses only a modest threat to Hillary Clinton because her husband's star power and her well-greased fund-raising operation give her an enormous advantage over fellow Democrats, he said. "One must presume there will be a donor who will give to Barack Obama over Hillary, but the great amount of the money and interest from the Democratic Party will go in the opposite direction," said Levenson.
"He might take from her but this is not competitive. His takes are anomalies, not patterns." Federal Election Commissioner Michael Toner predicts about $1 billion will be spent this presidential election cycle and he estimates a candidate will need to raise $100 million by the end of the year to be "taken seriously." During the last presidential primary, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) raised $234 million and President Bush raised $269 million, but Toner figures 2008 contenders will spend double that. Hillary's two main fund-raising vehicles, HillPAC, a leadership committee, and Friends of Hillary (FOH), are known for hosting a flurry of swanky soirees throughout the city.
Originally published on January 21, 2007
I always thought Hillary was American enemy Number one. Now I have to rethink things.\
If Soros is for Obama then Obama is even worse than I thought.
Is the NY Daily News Clinton friendly? Perhaps this report is Clinton generated and intended to distance her from Soros in the voters' eyes.
The Clinton/Soros alliance has existed for many years. I find it hard to believe Soros would abandon a mutually beneficial alliance in support of a candidate who, on the surface, has little to offer.
"Historic?"Shouldn't she at least win the Democratic nomination before her presidential announcement is "historic?"
Unless you want to say that she is the person with the most questionable ethics ever to announce for the presidency . . .
If he had wanted to be President; he should have changed his name for starters. . .but yes; there are some things you cannot change here.
But hey; the 'time is young'; a few more Keith Ellison's and then who knows. . .
That's gotta be a typo - I think they meant HYSTERIC! LOL!
Is the NY Daily News Clinton friendly? Perhaps this report is Clinton generated and intended to distance her from Soros in the voters' eyes. <<<
You read my mind.
Ping.
Soros didn't dump Obama or Hillary. This is just adding drama to hollywoodize the political show.
He actually has 3 funded RINO republicans, Obama and Hillary for the 2008 race.
Don't believe it for an instant.
While Obama will be an obedient lapdog for Soros, the Clintons will be cagey cats.
Some of us just know which rocks to look under. ;)
Can you say which RINOS he's funding?
ping to me for later
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771625/posts?page=53#53
Soros must figure that he's got too much money to commit Arkancide.
Photo taken with a cell phone cam of TV coverage on MLK day from Corpus
Soros is backing the nutroots and Obama for a reason. The majority of the Dim party sees Hillary as a "DINO", being pro-war, and being too close to Bush.
Of the plausible demmy candidates, Hillary is the only one with the organization, infrastructure, and experience to simply kill people who get in her way. That makes up for a lot of deficiencies in other areas, and nobody should believe that adding Soros' name to the list along with Obama's would bother her much.
Probably. It has to do with Hillary's precieved suppport for the Iraq war and being not far left enough that has Soros and Moveon.org angry with her.
My theory is that the Clintons are enabling the Oboomlet. This allows Hillary to edge out any real competition and shields her from criticism while the media focuses on Obama.
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