Hillary raises 27Mil, over 100,000 new donors latest quarter...crushes other candidates

[SaveElmer]

Just received the following email...

Our fundraising is through the roof!

Hillary wanted you to be the first to know that this was our best quarter yet. More than 100,000 new donors. A total of $27 million raised -- substantially more than any other candidate in the race.

This is all thanks to you and your hard work. You -- and over a million supporters like you -- are working together with Hillary to create real momentum that will take us to victory.

This is the moment when you showed that America is ready for change and that you are ready to make history. This is the moment when your dedication defied the skeptics.

The early primaries and caucuses are coming up fast. We're going to need your help a lot in the next few months. Later this week, Hillary will write to tell you about how you can get involved in our new field program and talk to voters directly on behalf of the campaign.

But for now, I want to thank you again for all your incredible hard work and dedication. Hillary wanted to thank you, too -- but I'll let her speak for herself.

[wyldwolf]

1. BAM!

[NoPasaran]

2. wOOt!

[wyldwolf]

3. ...and the reviews are in...Hillary CRUSHES Obama

[Tellurian]

7. WOO-HOO! Hillary breaks all records for fundraising!

[Tellurian]

10. A real page turner...

(hope this works...took it off my 'thank you' e-mail...

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/album/?sc=1397&utm_source=1397&utm_medium=e

[ISUGRADIA]

66. OH MY GOD all is lost for Obama!

Only 22 million! how can he compete? :sarcasm:

[flyarm]

4. OF COURSE..SHE HAS THE CORPORATES DONATING..eom

[ccpup]

5. wow

my neighbor will be surprised to hear that, in addition to raising four kids, she's also a Corporation because she sent $35 to Hillary. Who knew she had so much on her plate?!

[papau]

6. It is illegal for a corporation to donate - individuals may donate through a PAC-but the individuals

know who the pac is donating to.

[wyldwolf]

9. Did you have that excuse ready to go before these numbers were announced?

[DURHAM D]

47. I gave my first donation to her campaign last week.

Is someone going to give me a corporation?

[wyldwolf]

8. kick

[Bullet1987]

11. I'll wait to hear it from a more unbiased source and not the Clinton campaign...lol

[Apollo11]

12. It's all 'bout the money!

It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum-dum du-du dum-dum
And I don't think It's funny to see us fade away
It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum-dum du-du dum-dum
and I think we got it all wrong anyway


Ten bucks* to the first person who can name the singer.

(* in the form of a donation to www.draftgore.com)

[Apollo11]

13. "crushes other candidates" ??

That's the kind of respectful tone we have learned to expect from Hillary's supporters here on DU.

[Frances]

15. I too wish people would be more careful about the words

they choose.

I don't like "crushes other candidates" anymore than I like hearing Hillary's laugh described as a "cackle."

I have said many times that our worst candidate is better than the best Repub candidate.

I don't want any Dem candidate dissing any other Dem candidate. Keep the focus on the Repubs, I say.

[geek tragedy]

21. "Crushes" is also wildly inaccurate.

Given that she outraised Obama by $3 Million in primary funds this quarter.

[Apollo11]

73. Not to mention - wildly wishful thinking

I saw Obama giving his speech in Chicago yesterday.

Boy - the guy looked crushed ...

NOT!

B-)

[Cha]

77. Yeah, I saw the post and I

thought..BFD..who gives a shit.

[flvegan]

14. Same as 2nd Quarter.

No steam picked up. Good for her.

[FormerDittoHead]

16. George W. Bush raised a lot of money too. Woo Hoo! n/t

[Semper_FiFi]

40. Yeah, and he has been running the country for the past 7 years.

I guess it does take money to win elections.

Who knew?:eyes:

[movonne]

17. Look my candidate does better than yours...this is such a childish

way to get people to love your candidate. Bush also raised more money than the others and look what we got...

[geek tragedy]

18. $22 Million for the primary. She beat Obama by $3M

in primary donations this quarter.

[Clintonista2]

19. K&R!!!!!!

[SaveElmer]

20. What's impressive about these numbers is not only the $ amount...

But the fact that Hillary added more donors than Obama...by over 7,000...one of the main talking points from the Obama campaign in previous quarters...

[durrrty libby]

23. "added more donors than Obama...by over 7,000.."

How can that be???? EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE knows that NOBODY likes her




Congratulations Hillary...You Go Girl :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo:

[cobalt1999]

22. She and Obama are doing a great job.

It takes a lot of planning, organization, and infrastructure to do what those two are doing, and it takes having a large number of people dedicated to supporting you.

They'll be tough to beat.

[Frances]

24. Thanks for your post

I like hearing both Obama and Hillary praised. I also like Edwards.

The way to beat the Repubs is to focus on how great our candidates are.

[zulchzulu]

25. AP is reporting it's $22 million, not $27 million

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $22 million for her presidential primary campaign this summer, outpacing all other candidates so far with her best three-month showing of the year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_fundraising

Congratulations to the Clinton campaign.

[ElizabethDC]

28. $22 million for the primary, $27 million total. n/t

[SaveElmer]

29. You may want to read the whole article...

27 Million total, 22 million can be used in the primary campaign...

[zulchzulu]

33. What's a few million here or there...

:hi:

Congrats to the Clinton campaign.

[Clintonista2]

35. Hillary RAISED 27 mil, by law she can only use 22 mil of that

[Tellurian]

36. No, your headline is misleading...she raised $27mil but $5mil

has to go to the General election campaign.. I know you, know your headline was misleading...but we always check your posts for accuracy.. here is direct quote from your link:

"Clinton raised a total of $27 million in the quarter, her campaign said Tuesday, but $5 million is designated for the general election and can't be used in her quest for the Democratic nomination. For the first time, she reported attracting more new donors in a quarter than her chief fundraising rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama."

+

[zulchzulu]

45. Click on the AP headline in the link....

It says:
Clinton raises $22 million, bests Obama

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_fundraising

I'm not AP. That's their headline. Get it?

[Tellurian]

58. We always read the entire article...

as you never tell the whole story..zulu..

[zulchzulu]

64. Nice cheap jab... but did you see the AP headline?

You were moaning about how I made up the headline, when in fact it WAS THE HEADLINE on the AP article. Do I need to supply you with a screen shot?

Tag...you're it...

:boring:

[karynnj]

46. Obama is still far ahead in tolal primary money - from that article

She has raised $62 million, he has raised $75 million. The other question may be how quickly each is spending it -but that is not there. If there is a significantly different burn rate, those numbers could not be what they seem.

[rinsd]

50. Don't forget about her $10M transfer. So they are very close in money for the primary.

After the 2nd Q, when debts were included Obama had outspent her by about $3M.

We'll have to wait until the 15th to see the money spent based on FEC filings.

[karynnj]

52. Thanks

I wasn't sure if the $62 included the transfer or not - so left that alone. It dose look like they will have about the say amount of money - far more than anyone at this stage in 2004. I remember it was a big deal that deal was able to raise an unprecedented $40 million in last qtr 2003 (I think).

[jefferson_dem]

26. Wow.

Congrats to Hillary and her supporters.

[IndianaJones]

27. great news. nt.

[Larkspur]

30. Proud to say I donated $0.00 to Hillary's campaign

and I'll double it next quarter.

[Tellurian]

31. I guess your zeros had zero effect on her total!

:rofl:

[Larkspur]

79. I'll be laughing at you when your job gets outsourced by one of Hillary's donors

[Semper_FiFi]

82. How noble of you.

:eyes:

[Larkspur]

88. That's your choice

[Semper_FiFi]

90. What??? You make no sense at all.

[Semper_FiFi]

39. Just as long as it doesn't cut into your "beer money".

Just saying.

[Larkspur]

41. I don't drink alcohol

Hate beer

[Semper_FiFi]

44. Kool-aid!

That's it! You drink Kool-aid.

[Larkspur]

53. Nope, not Kool-Aid. That's the drink of Hillary supporters

[Semper_FiFi]

55. Sour-Grapes Kool-aid. Your drink of choice!

It's obvious from your posts.

:hi:

[Larkspur]

74. Nope, fresh clean water

[Semper_FiFi]

76. Must be water from the well of bitterness.

Otherwise you would not have written your silly OP. :hi:

[Larkspur]

78. Nope, sweet fresh clean water

Not dirty water, like Hillary drinks

[Semper_FiFi]

81. I don't know about Hillary, but you obviously have ingested contaminants.

Your bitter and ridiculous OP are proof of that. Hillary is not relying on whatever paltry sum you might have donated to her campaign. She will get along quite well without you. Rest easy.

:hi:

[Larkspur]

89. Hillary is a corporate whore

And she has no problems shafting ordinary Americans by supporting the outsourcing of American jobs to India. She's getting millions from the Indian American community and corporate lobbyists, so yeah, she'll survive without my cash and yours. It's all of us ordinary Americans that she will willingly screw for her political ambitions.

[Semper_FiFi]

91. Link?

[William769]

32. Some candidates are cross country runners and some are not.

WTG Hillary!

[2rth2pwr]

34. Edwards only raised 7 million.

He is plummeting.

[Semper_FiFi]

37. But, but I thought no one likes her and she's unelectable?

Someone needs to tell that to the people who donate to her campaign.

K&R

[Cameron27]

38. Congratulations!

She did good:toast:

[Perky]

42. Not so fast...

how much of the $27M is earmarked for the Fall Campaign?

[jsamuel]

48. 5M general - 22M is primary money

[rinsd]

43. Wow....just wow

[Apollo11]

49. Anyone remember the story about the tortoise and the hare?

Or the one about Howard Dean and John Kerry? :eyes:

How does it go again? "Slow and steady wins the race"

Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix: Clinton Invincibility Campaign Poses Risks

In politics, as in real life, no one wants to be the last to climb aboard a crowded train that is pulling out of the station — there might not be any seats left. And that is precisely the scenario that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign is aggressively trying to promote.

This morning’s announcement that the New York Democrat collected $27 million for the fundraising quarter just ended will likely enhance her invincibility campaign. (...)

But is it too soon for Clinton to peak? Buyer’s remorse might set in among Democrats who worry that she is not ultimately electable. (...)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20071002/pl_cq_politics/craigcrawfordstrailmixclintoninvincibilitycampaignposesrisks

[wyldwolf]

51. "But is it too soon for Clinton to peak?" Who says she's peaking?

[rinsd]

56. Thta's a news story? Speculation based on nothing?

The race is far from over but this is really stretching it for the "peak too early story".

Clinton just outraised Obama for the the 1st time this year. She is beating every one of the GOP outside the MOE in head to head polling. She is shown to beating the GOP head to head in quite a few purple and red states. And polling shows her to be considered the most electable by Democrats.

The "she's not electable" meme is DEAD.

[Tellurian]

57. Obama can't decide if he's the Tortoise or the Hare..

Axelrod wasn't so kind...He called it the 'Lion and the Lamb'... the dichotomy is...
Obama is captive in a box and can't climb out of it without breaking something.

[Apollo11]

61. Wow ... too many metaphors in one post!

I'm not sure if Obama is captive in a box. That don't sound right to me.

The last I heard was Obama was a horse and Hillary had to keep him in the stable.

Obama has a chance of breaking out (Meet The Press)

The Washington Post's Dan Balz was a guest on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday. During the commercial break he was talking with Tim Russert about the latest Newsweek poll that shows Obama leading among likely caucus-goers in Iowa.

TIM RUSSERT: Dan Balz, a very strong supporter for Hillary Clinton said to me right now Barack Obama is in the stable. But if he gets out of the stable in Iowa and starts running, he’s a thoroughbred. Because the independents in New Hampshire could cross over and vote for him, you go to South Carolina, half the Democratic voters are African-American. We have to keep him in the stable in the Iowa. These polls indicate that he has a chance of breaking out, although she still is the front-runner.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21065954/page/4

[Tellurian]

68. See, I don't listen to pundits trying to frame a pseudo reality for me

then have them contrive a plausible reality. I do my own research and draw my own conclusions.

Obama is in a box...if their metaphoric use of stable resonates with you then fine. The difference is a stable has doors and the box I speak of has six closed sides. The stable metaphor implies an opening. The box I describe does not. That is the major difference. Whats more, I don't agree with Dan Balz's summary of the candidates. He based his opinion on the false impression of the "likely" voters scenario, statistically with a moe of 7% either way. In Obama's *best* case scenario, it puts him in a dead heat with Clinton in the Iowa Caucus. (frankly, I don't see it. But for the sake of this post, I'll go along with Russert's and Balz'z premise temporarily)

In the *all* Democrats voting category, Clinton is ahead by pts with a plus or moe of 5% which calculates out showing the same exact end result of the *likely* Dem poll when you factor in the moe of +-7%.

Russert pushed the story as showing Obama with a lead using the *LIKELY* Voter scenario without mentioning the 7% moe because it would have spoiled his plans. Neither, Russert or Balz ever accounted for the margin of error or included it in their back story. For the record, Stephanopolous did the same thing on his Sunday am show..

All they did was show one poll of *likely* voters placing Obama ahead of Clinton in the Iowa Caucus. That was the lead story for Sunday's political theater.

Is Tim Russert a Democrats best friend? I don't think so. Why would I want to believe him? Why would I want to think his explanation and explanation is anywhere near accurate describing the reality of this election contest, when I can figure that out for myself?

Listening to Tim Russerts rundown of the status of presidential candidates is much like reading the aberrations perpetuated by some DU'ers as gospel for their favored candidate.

[Apollo11]

70. Apparently you believe the 2008 election is already over

If "Hillary is 44" then it means you think it's inevitable that she will win the Democratic nomination and the Presidency.

Why should I believe anyone who pretends that they already know the outcome of the Presidential election on November 4th, 2008?

To be honest I would rather listen to Dan Balz, who has been reporting on National Politics for the Washington Post since 1978.

[Tellurian]

75. Apparently, you still believe Gore is going to run...

eom

[RangerRK]

54. Bush: "Money trumps peace"

n/t

[BootinUp]

59. Good. n/t

[NewHampster]

60. 100,000 New Donors - 100,000 NEW Donors

Wow! It looks like all those folks like my mom, my brothers and friends did finally send in their $25.

On the ground in New Hampshire I do see this as a little guys campaign. It seems all the old activists are for O, the huge rallies are for O but the average voter on the street loves Hillary. Yes, I know Hillary has the big guys, but it is truly amazing how many people promise to send in $25, $50 or $100 . Being somewhat un-trusting I've wondered how much of our phoning and door knocking would payoff and how many promises were empty. Well I guess it really works and the promises were real.

Go Hillary
Cackle all you want.

[democratsin08]

62. WOW

its time to unite behind the clinton express!!

[NewHampster]

63. I like that

but no complacency allowed. This time in '03 my guy Dean had a "lock" and Kerry was borrowing to help his campaign while firing the leadership.

[MethuenProgressive]

65. Nice email from Patti Solis Doyle this morning!

I've sent a little bit in to both Obama and Clinton, and the emails are always nice to read.

[jmp]

67. Not MY money ... not MY vote. (nm)

...

[eridani]

69. Sucking up to corporations pays big

The rest of us can expect a royal outsourcing and health care fucking over.

[wyldwolf]

71. Obama knows this well.

[Apollo11]

72. "doing some heavy lifting on issues"

Is Chicago-speak for "and we know Bill likes to be the one on top" ...

[jenmito]

80. I wonder how much of it went to support HER and how much of it went to a chance of sitting with Bill

on his couch to watch the next debate. What's amazing is that Obama is still leading in fundraising and number of donors even though he doesn't have a spouse who has coat-tails to ride on. Hillary wouldn't have nearly this much support if it wasn't for her husband. Despite being Bill Clinton's wife, though, she hasn't beaten Obama in fundraising and number of donors. Unbelievable how well Obama is doing against the Clinton machine!

[Semper_FiFi]

84. It's a pity all the money B.O. has raised has not helped him in the polls.

He appears to be slipping instead of gaining momentum.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/2008-postabc-poll/

[ChiciB1]

83. I'm Speechless... But I'm Even MORE Cynical! Do I Smell Fish Or

something even more offensive??

[Semper_FiFi]

85. Perhaps you find the sweet smell of success offensive?

Or could it be something you yourself are projecting?:shrug:

[ChiciB1]

86. Anyway You Like It! And Yes... Money DOES Trump PEACE!!! n/t

[Semper_FiFi]

87. As I suspected: PROJECTING.

n/t