Obama Had More Donors Than Hillary And Edwards — Combined!

[babylonsister]

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/apr/04/obama_more_donors_than_hillary_and_edwards_combined

Obama Had More Donors Than Hillary And Edwards — Combined!
By Eric Kleefeld | bio

Another quick thought on Barack Obama's more than 100,000 donors.

Take Hillary Clinton's 50,000 donors, and combine them with John Edwards' 40,000 donors...and you get this striking conclusion:

Obama had more individual donors — over 100,000 of them, remember — than his two main rivals put together.

Meanwhile, Obama had the smallest average donation, at $250 per donor, versus $350 for Edwards and an astonishingly high $520 for Hillary — which means he'll perhaps be in a better position to tap his past donors for more small donations as the campaign progresses.

[Nica-Libre]

1. For the record,

I LOVE that man. He's fresh, he's smart, he's not got a lot of baggage. I really, really hope he gets to be our second black president. :)

[babylonsister]

3. Might you be referring to Jefferson or Clinton-in-name-only?

And welcome to DU, Nica-Libre! :hi:

[Nica-Libre]

7. I was referring to the first black president,

Bill Clinton. And I am noticing that the First Black First Lady is garnering a lot of support from the black community.

And thanks for the welcome.

[Colobo]

2. Gobama! Gobama!

(Katzenkavalier makes dance moves while chanting O-BA-MA!) :)

[AtomicKitten]

9. w00t

[IndyOp]

4. Somethings happening here. What it isn't ain't exactly clear...

There is certainly a tremendous amount of energy welling up around Obama --

I am currently an Edwards supporter, but I am watching and listening.

[Nica-Libre]

6. If you haven't already, I encourage you to read

the Audacity of Hope. It will probably convince you (I supported Edwards in the last race, BTW)

[Bitwit1234]

5. With all the screwing with the facts who belives it.

I don't believe anything Obama's campaign comes up with now...So much swiftboating he is imitating the republicans.

[Colobo]

10. Someone not liking Obama's success over here...

:)

[Nica-Libre]

11. What are you talking about?

[PresidentObama]

8. Absolutely wonderful news for Obama.

He's got the Dean-like grassroots fundraising. And Edwards is doing quite well in grassroots campaigning. Didn't the Edwards camp say 80% of his donations were from $100 or less donors? Or something like that. Like Trippi said on MSNBC today, in his experience a lot of these donors that give even $25-50 will come back five to ten more times and donate and keep the campaign going and make sure they have money!!

[RestoreGore]

12. Democracy for sale

Like always, it's the money that talks.

[Pachamama]

13. Hey Babylonsister! I posted this earlier today regarding what a contact in the Obama camp said:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2793844&mesg_id=2793890

Basically, the Clinton people are freaking out because it was more than just about the $$$....its about the votes....

:applause: right on Obama!

[babylonsister]

15. "it shows that the Clintons can't win simply by playing the money card."

You typed a mouthful. I'm very pleased because Clinton won't win because she raised the most money; it's a race now.
:hi: :thumbsup:

Signed,
undecided babsis!

[Diane R]

14. .......or, add Edwards and Obama's together, and there are 140,000 to Hillary's 50,000.