Obama raised more than $100 million in September, according to the NYT!

[jefferson_dem]

:wow:

Obama’s Ad Effort Swamps McCain and Nears Record
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: October 17, 2008

With advertisements running repeatedly day and night, on local stations and on the major broadcast networks, on niche cable networks and even on video games and his own dedicated satellite channels, Mr. Obama is now outadvertising Senator John McCain nationwide by a ratio of at least four to one, according to CMAG, a service that monitors political advertising. That difference is even larger in several closely contested states.

The huge gap has been made possible by Mr. Obama’s decision to opt out of the federal campaign finance system, which gives presidential nominees $84 million in public money and prohibits them from spending any amount above that from their party convention to Election Day. Mr. McCain is participating in the system. Mr. Obama, who at one point promised to participate in it as well, is expected to announce in the next few days that he raised more than $100 million in September,a figure that would shatter fund-raising records.

“This is uncharted territory,” said Kenneth M. Goldstein, the director of the Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin. “We’ve certainly seen heavy advertising battles before. But we’ve never seen in a presidential race one side having such a lopsided advantage.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/politics/18ads.html

[Lisa0825]

1. HOLY SH!T!!!!

:wow: :wow: :wow:

It's great being a part of that!!! :woohoo:

[babylonsister]

2. Un-freakin'-believable! Whoo Hoooo! GOBAMA!

:D

[Motown_Johnny]

3. MSNBC had this speculation on at about 7:30 am est today.. we will know for by monday (I think)

[Lancer]

4. Obama has spent $84 million in the past 2 weeks alone! (MSNBC)

That's all McCain had to spend between September 4 and November 4!

[babylonsister]

9. And, he has that 30 minute special coming up; that must cost

big bucks. If necessary, even MLBaseball is willing to wait til that's over.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. I read somewhere that the 30 minute network buy was $18,000,000.

:wow:

[babylonsister]

27. Whoa! That $100M will come in handy!

:D

[Juche]

30. I heard $1M per network

So only $4M for ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox. Not bad considering he will likely get 50-80 million viewers to hear his policies.

[GrizzlyMan]

47. That's not correct

Because it is political advertising, he receives the air time at a substanital discount. I believe Politico, the Times or Kos had it at it about $1 million for each buy, so if they go on NBC, CBS and Fox it's a roughly $3 million outlay.

[Cha]

32. I remember reading it

wouldn't cost as much as one would think:) But, that could change..

"Evan Tracey, chief operating officer of the Campaign Media Analysis Group or CMAG, estimates that 30 minutes of primetime network television would cost at least $500,000."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/09/barack-obama-buys-half-ho_n_133363.html

[sniffa]

5. Wow!

:wow:

Gobama!

[Clio the Leo]

6. ha ha! My father just said, "those Muslin's got all that money...."

"'cause they have all that oil."

He's kidding of course.

[AlCzervik]

7. Holy Schnikeys!

[BumRushDaShow]

8. I helped big time in that one!

:woohoo:

[dana_b]

10. cha-ching!!!!

no wonder he can afford to buy all that air time the week before the election. Bravo!!!!!!

[last1standing]

11. Hey! I was 0.00019% of that.

LOL! Not really trying to get credit but wanted to point out that it took a Hell of a lot of people like you and me to make up that kind of number.

GOBAMA!!!

[rzemanfl]

17. Me too, or less. eom

[last1standing]

20. Isn't it great to have a small stake in something so massive?

We are all part of this and can all be proud of what we have accomplished. We truly are the ones we have been waiting for. :D

[AlCzervik]

24. this my first election where both my husband and i maxxed out.

first time!

[ProSense]

12. Hot damn!

:woohoo:

[Barack_America]

13. Unbelievable. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!

:bounce:

[rzemanfl]

14. I have been suspecting that for a while. I think they have kept a

lid on it for fear of tamping down October fundraising.

[FVZA_Colonel]

15. No wonder he could afford that 30 minute ad-buy on so many networks.

That's a drop in the bloody bucket!

[redstate_democrat]

16. I just lost my bowels

OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!!!!!!

[quantass]

18. GOOD.GOD!!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. Holy shit!

[ClarkUSA]

21. Obama NEVER promised to participate in public financing; he promised to consider it.

After he saw that McCain and the RNC were unwilling to rein in their 527s, Barack said, "Thanks but no thanks."
This is from Obama's account of what happened, so why is the MSM repeating the right wing talking point re:
this matter... I guess it's not worth correcting them at this point as Obama blows McCain out of the water again.

:)

[FrenchieCat]

22. How does the NYT know this?

I don't want to overestimate contributions, and then a smaller but still awesome number would seem as adequate.

I'm sure they got the figure from the Obama campaign, I presume.

[BattyDem]

23. WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[morillon]

26. And he just got another $200 from me. n/t

[redstate_democrat]

28. I just donated again too

There is a t-shirt promotion right now

https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/milestoneshirt?source=20081017_DP_D1_X

[quantass]

34. still get a kick out of your sig pic

[Cha]

29. "Lopsided advantage"?!! Give me a fookin'

break! With the corporatemediawhore$$ $hillin' and lyin' for mccainpalin the People have risen up!

Deal with it.

[Laelth]

44. Ain't that the truth! Now we're on a LEVEL playing field. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[Pisces]

31. The lopsided advantage is us!! His supporters!!!!

[babylonsister]

37. You betcha! This inspired me to donate some

money to DU's donation site as well as Obama's. I'm jazzed!

[Undercurrent]

33. Jump for joy!

[Claire Beth]

35. WOW! nuff said n/t

[4_Legs_Good]

36. That's what I was hoping for! I hope it's true!

$100M. Wow! Amazing. You can tell people are hungry for change.

Ahhhhhhh... :)

David

[HughMoran]

38. The people have spoken

These are mostly individual donations from people like us. Let's hope it pays off!

[TheDonkey]

39. I just sent in $25!!!

[ShadowLiberal]

40. OMG, that's huge! The best part is McCain can't say Obama is spending his own money to do it

This is the American people's money, paid by people who really want him to be president, paid by over a million donors.

[matchstick]

41. Goodness!!!!!!!!!

[Laelth]

42. It's about time we had the $ advantage.

I am glad Obama is using it. Where would we be without the internet?

:shrug:

-Laelth

[BlooInBloo]

43. hahahah! I remember when DUers were all concerned about Obama opting to go it alone....

HAHAHAAHAAH!!!!!!

[mucifer]

45. I donated several times. But, I gotta say I'm disturbed about the decadence.

The food banks don't have enough food or money. I mean we have to donate to Obama to change the course of the country. But, 100,000,000 is insane. If we lose this election I guess you could say we supported lots of union jobs for the tshirts and buttons and actors making commercials etc. But, holy crap so much waste.

[grantcart]

48. but Obama's campaign is run with great frugality

It is a good sign of what he will do with the Government treasury.

[progressiveforever]

46. Can we double that in October?? Let's kick ass!

[Essene]

49. wow

there better be a friggin blow out...

[grantcart]

50. wel its time to get serious and start sending i some real money lol