Posted on 09/08/2008 7:44:49 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
After months of record-breaking fund-raising, a new sense of urgency in Senator Barack Obamas fund-raising team is palpable as the full weight of the campaigns decision to bypass public financing for the general election is suddenly upon it.
Pushing a fund-raiser later this month, a finance staff member sent a sharply worded note last week to Illinois members of its national finance committee, calling their recent efforts extremely anemic.
At a convention-week meeting in Denver of the campaigns top fund-raisers, buttons with the image of a money tree were distributed to those who had already contributed the maximum $2,300 to the general election, a subtle reminder to those who had failed to ante up.
The signs of concern have become evident in recent weeks as early fund-raising totals have suggested that Mr. Obamas decision to bypass public financing may not necessarily afford him the commanding financing advantage over Senator John McCain that many had originally predicted.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“Wait a minute, I like Star Trek memorabilia”
You may have a unique buying opportunity in the next few weeks....LOL!
A penny for their thoughts
I Donate .25 cents to Obama, EVERYDAY!
(It costs them about a buck to process it!!!)
What was it ? they have spent in the last 18 months close to 1/2 a BILLION dollars and have nothing to show for it.
Well,, I don’t know if George C. Scott’s words are original to the real Patton... but, he said “ To American’s losing is hateful “
Hey what about that $10 mil Obama said he raised in one day after the Palin pick was chosen. Yep, Just as I thought and we will probably find out in the recording thereof . . . didn’t happen. If it did it was probably just a last burp from the Hollywood libs before the heartburn set in.
If it is a meltdown of the Obama Campaign.... ( McCain’s campaign should make a note of it and use it as a TV ad ) ..... can we really trust the future of America with Obama ?
Anyone who needs that many people for one field is bound to be a horrible President. How to decide among 300? I thought Clinton had problems making a decision...
If that is the case that donors are limited in helping,,, better give it to help the legal defense fund to help counter voter fraud.
"Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment"Well, he'd be dead wrong about that.
the Indonesians ARE donating to Obama.
> The posters were laughing at his arrogance (and the
> DNCs) because their 100 mil got them about FOURTEEN
> HOURS of coverage when McCain announced Sarah Palin as
> his VP pick. Their spin machine was ready to go with
> ANY of the other picks, with the ads already in-the-
> can with whomever McCain picked from the VP list
> EXCEPT SARAH!!!!
Yep. Dems spend 100 million on a 14 hour party. Meanwhile the Republican convention cost pocket change.
The way McCain and company has run their campaign so far brings tears to my eyes - its that beautiful. If they pull off the win, what Schmidt and company did will be studied for a generation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URjeS5-NaXY
The Anointed One has Soros. The Chosen One can certainly hit up Hollywood. The One America Has Ben Waitng for has Bill Ayers and his dad. Not to mention Chavez, and the Wahabbists.
Nah. Your dems have plenty of dough. All they have to do is figure out how to hide its sources
Obama doing 40 fund-raisers in September ... one in London
BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/obama_celebrity_fundraising_sc.html
The only time he’ll get to go after McCain is at the debates
Obama doing 40 fund-raisers in September ... one in London
BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/obama_celebrity_fundraising_sc.html
The only time he’ll get to go after McCain is at the debates
Update- Obama camp says it raised $66 million in August: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised $66 million in August, a record for a presidential candidate that illustrated his continuing appeal to donors and his robust outreach to new contributors. ... The campaign said it raised the money with the help of more than a half million, first-time donors. ... "The 500,000 new donors to the Obama campaign demonstrate just how strongly the American people are looking to kick the special interests out and change Washington," campaign manager David Plouffe said in a statement.
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