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$55 million February windfall for Obama (breaks fundraising record)
Hotline / National Journal ^ | 3/6/08 | Hotline

Posted on 03/06/2008 12:48:14 PM PST by Alter Kaker

Total Funds: $55 million
Primary Funds: More than $54 million

Contributors: 727,972
First Time Contributors: 385,101
Total Contributors – Campaign to Date: 1,069,333

Online Fundraising:
More than $45 million raised online in February
More than 90% of online donations were $100 or less
More than 50% of online donations were $25 or less More than 75% of online donors in February were first-time online donors


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fundraising; nobama; obama
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To: Alter Kaker

Obama......HIRE some PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS!! There are PILES and PILES of DIRT on the Clintons....start THROWING IT!!


21 posted on 03/06/2008 1:06:20 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Antoninus

Not to worry. He (and Hillary, who’s fundraisning is up) are going to be blowing all that money on their remaining primaries, throwing bombs at each other, and buying superdelegates. Whatever McCain is raising, he can squirrel a good bit away for the big post-convention war.


22 posted on 03/06/2008 1:06:31 PM PST by cschroe
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To: Mariner

Fact of the matter is, no one gives money because they hate the other candidate. McCain is simply not energetic enough to rouse conservative voters to support him where it counts most, with their wallets and possibly not even with their votes. In other words, weak sauce. Clinton herself managed to raise 35 Billion in the same month as Obama which by and of itself would be an amazing sum were it not for Obama stealing the wind from her sails.

No matter who the democratic nominee, the odds do not look good for the Republican party in november. It may sound defeatist, but the signs are pointing towards a 96’ Bob Dole redux writ large.


23 posted on 03/06/2008 1:06:49 PM PST by cmdjing
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To: BARLF
Yes, I understand Satire but when attempting satire it is important that the time frame be accurate.
24 posted on 03/06/2008 1:07:22 PM PST by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: Antoninus

This isn’t a problem. He will spend most of it trying to defeat the Beast.


25 posted on 03/06/2008 1:12:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Truth is a Weapon

It’s not like the ‘Rats don’t have a LONG history of cheating.


26 posted on 03/06/2008 1:13:05 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Alter Kaker

50%=c. 365,000 donors@ $25= c. $9m
40% (90-50) =c. 280,000 donors @ $100=c.$28m

leaves c. $9m to be donated by 70,000 = $130 average donation


27 posted on 03/06/2008 1:13:08 PM PST by gusopol3
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To: Blood of Tyrants

90% of the donations were from people donating less than $100, meaning he can just ask them to donate more money


28 posted on 03/06/2008 1:14:06 PM PST by neutrality
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To: ClearCase_guy

Only if the money is actually EARNED. Gimme money to politicians will ALWAYS be exempt from taxes.


29 posted on 03/06/2008 1:14:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Do you believe those online fundraising numbers?


30 posted on 03/06/2008 1:17:34 PM PST by AliVeritas (DEUS VULT - 0311)
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To: Alter Kaker
There is a lot of stupid people in the world, with nothing better to do with their money than to give it to that bozo.

More power to 'em.

Barack Hussein Obama

Barack Hussein Obama

Barack Hussein Obama

31 posted on 03/06/2008 1:18:53 PM PST by OldSmaj (Death to islam. I am now and will always be, a sworn enemy of all things muslim.)
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To: BARLF

“Your hair looks like combed cotton candy.”

LOL.


32 posted on 03/06/2008 1:19:09 PM PST by jdm (Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
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To: Truth is a Weapon

donations of <$200 aren’t reportable ,right? at least you don’t see them om internet donor lists like newsmeat. The math they released allows for 700,000 + donors to give amounts of < $130 (obviously, the average donation would be $60)


33 posted on 03/06/2008 1:22:37 PM PST by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3
donations of <$200 aren’t reportable ,right?

The amounts are reportable, and campaigns are required to keep accountings. However, the names don't have to be reported to the FEC (nor, therefore, to the public).

Note that the $200 requirement is in aggregate for the duration of the campaign, so if somebody gives a candidate $199 and then gives another $2 at some other point, their name gets reported whenever the total donated goes over $200.

34 posted on 03/06/2008 1:25:55 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Antoninus

mcCain has something much stronger than all that money on his side...
That’s why he was able to beat Romney


35 posted on 03/06/2008 1:28:06 PM PST by ari-freedom (We need more conservatives like Buckley and fewer Coulters)
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To: Alter Kaker
Online Fundraising:
More than $45 million raised online in February
More than 90% of online donations were $100 or less
More than 50% of online donations were $25 or less
More than 75% of online donors in February were first-time online donors

Does the total include discounts for bounced checks and bad credit card donations?

36 posted on 03/06/2008 1:31:01 PM PST by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
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To: Alter Kaker
We often say that dead people vote for Democrats. I have no idea if that's true, or if people could manage to implement such a scheme.

But it sure seems to me that a phone book from 1937 could generate a lot of people to give $150 each. The campaign has accounting, with names and addresses, but the list is not widely reported, so who would ever do an audit? It would all look fine until you started digging, and I don't think anyone would ever dig.

37 posted on 03/06/2008 1:31:54 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: trumandogz
Yes, I understand Satire but when attempting satire it is important that the time frame be accurate.

You should make that comment on YouTube. Nobody picked up on that yet.

38 posted on 03/06/2008 1:32:05 PM PST by jdm (Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
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To: cschroe

We don’t need money to win. Have you chatted with many liberals lately? I think the average liberal agrees with us on things like taxation and how much the government should be involved in their daily lives. However, they have also been brainwashed to believe that anything someone with an R next to their name says is wrong. We just need to shake them up and get them to really listen to what the candidates are saying.


39 posted on 03/06/2008 1:32:47 PM PST by kc8ukw
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To: cschroe

Actually, a perfect example of this is the community of Digg.com. Bring up Dick Cheney and people have nothing but the vilest things to say about him. Bring up illegal immigration and they want it stopped!


40 posted on 03/06/2008 1:34:40 PM PST by kc8ukw
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