BREAKING: OBAMA RAISES $55,000,000 IN FEBRUARY!!!

[RoadRage]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

(CNN) – Barack Obama’s campaign said Thursday that it had set a new campaign fundraising record, raising $55 million in February – roughly $20 million more than rival Hillary Clinton during the same time period. Nearly all of the money came in the form of contributions that can be used during the primary process.

The campaign said that 727,972 donors contributed to the campaign last month, including 385,101 first-time contributors. More than one million individuals have donated to Obama’s presidential campaign since it began last year.

More than $45 million of the February haul came in the form of online contributions, according to the campaign. More than 90 percent of those donations were $100 or less; half were $25 or less. Three-quarters of online donors in February were first-time contributors, and more than a third of those individuals went on to engage in volunteer activity coordinated through the campaign’s Web site.

[TheDonkey]

1. OBAMA TRAIN IS MOVING ALONG!

Thank you supporters

[msmcghee]

2. And HRC only raised 30 million.

That's almost 2 to 1. Amazing that she still beat him in 3 out of 4 of the contests. Wonder what would happen if they both had the same cash to spend.

[tabatha]

3. Well, Obama was 20-30 pts behind.

[RoadRage]

4. Umm.. 3 out of the 4..well, actually probably 2 out of 4 when TX is all said & done..

and well, let's not forget the contests all before that he DID win.

Yeah.. you're right, shame on Obama for raising $55 Million.. and getting over 700,000 people excited enough in his campaign to put money where their mouths are.

Imagine how much less Clinton would have if say, she didn't take cash from lobbiests or loan her husbands speaking money to herself? :eyes:

[anamandujano]

15. Texas is said and done. She won the primary. You will have to accept that one day soon.

:rofl:

[RoadRage]

19. Yeah.. it's HYSTERICAL that she "won" and has less delegates to show for it..

:eyes:

[anamandujano]

21. Non-representational caucuses will do that. Most of BO's wins are that.

Don't think for a second that this simple fact won't weigh heavily at the brokered convention (if we have one, which looks likely now).

[RoadRage]

23. Ahh.. there only non-represenational when your candidate continues to lose them..

I'm sure Nevada's was fine though, right?

And let's also remember he won a lot of these caucuses by 60 - 40 or better.. it's not like it was close every time.

Yeah.. i'm sure that if we head to convention the Super Delegates will happily give the nomination to the candidate who hasn't got the most delegates or popular vote, and then watch as McCain runs away with the title of President.

Whatever makes you happy though.. it seems like Clinton & many of her supporters really would be happier with McCain instead of Obama. Pathetic.. but true. Ehh.. at this piont though, I guess that's one point we can agree on - i'd rather see McCain win the Clinton too if she wins by stealing it at the convention.

[anamandujano]

24. They are non-representational no matter who wins. They've got the numbers.

Deal.

[RoadRage]

26. Nothin' for me to deal with..

you talk as though i'm able to make one phone call to TX and make the caucus part disappear for ya! But, I can't (and won't). It counts.. and it's the part that is going to make TX be a delegate loss for Clinton. And at this point.. that's what she needs more then anything - Delegate wins.. not moral victories. Because moral victories are only going to get her through the week.. not into the general election.

[cali]

32. Nope. He's won more primaries than she has. n/t

[Jawja]

7. Aw, she doesn't need it.

The Corporate Media is giving her lots of free time to run her "fear bomb" ad and spin her straw campaign into gold.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Didn't she start with a $75 million advantage?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[cottonseed]

11. That would mean people would have to support her enough to donate.

[anamandujano]

14. They like to brag so much about the money but it looks so stupid when

matched against what Hillary has done with so much less.

BO is probably using some of it to fund challengers to black officials who don't bow to his demand to throw their super vote to him.

Bill Bradley, in a most thug like manner, changed the game last night from "vote with your constituents" to "you will be challenged and may lose your seat." This is the way they decided to let Kennedy and Kerry off the hook after Hillary made them look ridiculous when she took Massachusetts.

Who better than Dollar Bill to help them move the goal posts.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

25. Poor "poor" Hillary.

:rofl:

Absurd!

[Spider Jerusalem]

33. ha!

Hillary blew through ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION by Super Tuesday. 'What Hillary has done with so much less', my arse. Poor management and organisation; the fault for that rests with Hillary, who is ultimately responsible for the campaign she's run.

[RoadRage]

34. B-I-NGO... B-I-NGO.. B-I-NGO and BINGO WAS HER NAME-O

[cali]

31. the other way to look at it

is that Hill LOST 13 out of 15. That's right 13. NPR called TX for Obama tonight. And for a long time she had as much or more cash than he did. She spent $33 million on assholes like Penn. She wasted her money. He invested his. That's why he's ahead and she's not. You may not like those facts, but they are facts and they are stubborn things.

[RoadRage]

5. A litttle Kick help to keep this up at the top for a while, PLEASE!!

[Frustratedlady]

13. Done!

Pretty incredible, isn't it?

[RoadRage]

28. Yup.. i remember when that kind of take was a good "year"..

not a good month. People who vote with their wallets show up on election day, and bring 10 friends with them. A good predictor of what we can look forward to in November if he wins the nomination... republicans aren't crossing over to donate to Obama to "skew the polls".. that's a real tangible number of how well he is supported.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. The people have spoken! GObama!

[susankh4]

18. If donations decided our presidency....

Why, I think Ronald McDonald would be in the White House.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

22. Obviously your're right. That's not what I'm saying. It's all about the grassroots . . .

who are getting involved in Obama's campagin in record numbers. Together with the higher vote totals, delegate count, and number of states won, I think Obama clearly deserves to be the Democratic nominee. I understand (somewhat) the rationale for Hillary continuing in her quest to overthrow the will of the people, but it only hurts the party and strengthens McPain's chances in the GE.

[book_worm]

8. And were going for $60 million in March!

[ingac70]

10. Kick.

[rug]

12. So the two of them raised $90,000,000.00 in one month?

[susankh4]

16. When will we see the records of WHO is donating?

And how many are over $1000?

[onenote]

27. maybe this will help

from the most recent data from opensecrets.org:

Obama:
Percentage of "large" contributors ($1000 and up): 50 percent
Percentage of contributions from "large" constributors: 84.5%


Clinton:
Percentage of "large" contributors ($1000 and up): 68 percent
Percentage of contributions from "large" constributors: 92%

FWIW, Obama's percentages of "large" contributors and contributions from large contributors are virtually identical to the percentages racked up in those categories by John Edwards, who most people agree was a populist candidate.

[susankh4]

29. 50% to 68%

I don't see a significant difference here.

So they all have small donors and large.

What's the big deal?

[RoadRage]

30. With 700,000 Donators.. we certainly know there are A LOT. NT

[ExtraGriz]

17. 45,000 contributed to hillary since tuesday night

thats huge....heard obama spent 47 million for the recent primaries in texas, ohio, ri and vermont

[RoadRage]

20. 750,000 donated to Obama in February..

that's an average of 25,862 EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Wow.. just WOW.

[Political Heretic]

35. By the way, I reported this about a week and a half ago, and everyone doubted me. :(

[barack the house]

36. It's all about the money, hunny.

[neverforget]

37. I made my first donation of $25 to Obama tonight.

I was going to hold off on donating to anyone until the general election but Hillary's comments about McCain, her staff's comment about Ken Starr and the idea that she can win while losing the delegates AND the popular vote while pressuring the supers to go to her is over the top for me. I've had it with her.

[RoadRage]

38. Well.. K&R To You!!

I'm waiting until April 1st.. i do $100 per quarter - and he got my first $100 in January.

[BenDavid]

39. well great and thus far in March he won ..drum roll.....VERMONT

[neverforget]

40. Hillary has won how many states? how many delegates? the popular vote?

Obama is still ahead and will be farther ahead come Saturday in Wyoming and Tuesday in Mississippi.