Obama has $25Million . Katy bar the door Hillary is not inevitable

[Perky]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA_MONEY?SITE=CATOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-04-04-12-36-55

Obama Raises $25M to Rival Clinton Camp

By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer



DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama raked in $25 million for his presidential bid in the first three months of 2007, placing him on a par with front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and dashing her image as the party's inevitable nominee.

The donations came from an eye-popping 100,000 donors, the campaign said in a statement Wednesday.

The figures were the latest evidence that Obama, a political newcomer who has served just two years in the Senate, has emerged as the most powerful new force in presidential politics this year. It also reinforced his status as a significant threat to Clinton, who'd hoped her own $26 million first quarter fundraising total would begin to squeeze her rivals out of contention.

The campaign reported that the figure included at least $23.5 million that he can spend on the highly competitive primary race. The Clinton campaign has yet to disclose how much they can use for the primary verses money that is designated for the general election

[mnhtnbb]

1. GE, Disney, and Rupert Murdoch are salivating like dogs at the

thought of how much money they're going to make selling ads for this election.

[Perky]

4. That is hardly the point

Yeah ok Money is made by the networks, but they charge less per minute for poilitcal adds then they do for coca-cola or MickeyD's

Beisdes you can also blame the state part chairman and theri resuh for a super-duper Tuesday. Frontloading to 2/5/2008 means fewer local debates and meet and greets and forces everyboly to satyrate the airwaves.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Saturate the air waves that are OWNED BY THE public. C'mon

This is the way the capitalist country, the USA, runs elections. It's about making money, for God's sake. Why do you think we needed electronic voting machines? So somebody could not only control the outcome, but make money in the process.

Yeah, I know that's cynical. But I truly think that money is what drives everything in this country.

[Perky]

10. No longer accurate

95$ or more of household receive TV transmissions via cable not over thei air. There is even some discssuon about getting out of broadcst alltogther as an unnecessary transission medium.

[mnhtnbb]

11. Ask yourself why? Who makes money? Who controls the medium?

Cable companies have monopolies in every community--unless you get your signal
from satellite.

[Perky]

12. Stop whining

I suppose you do not want campaigns on tv at all because it winds up in the hands of corporatists.

Do you have any possible altenrative process to get a campaingn message out to the poor and disenfranchised?


Any?????

[Leopolds Ghost]

26. Poor and disenfranchised who can afford cable, which my well-off family couldn't afford

Until recently, and didn't want? Please.

I have little respect for people who claim to be poor but are actually moneygrubbing elitists-in-training... their kids MUST have cable, PS3, plenty of junk food meals out of the housde, etc.

[Leopolds Ghost]

25. Nonsense. Plenty of people have broadcast TV.

We did until very recently (A new internet line was needed; I argued strenuously against cable.)

Anyone who claims not to like mainstream television but pays for cable is, well, totally foolish.

[mnhtnbb]

2. Oh, I forgot FOX. Who owns them? And Sinclair, remember them?

[mnhtnbb]

3. Answer my own question. Murdoch is the prime mover for FOX

[MannyGoldstein]

5. She's In! And She's Not Gonna Win!

If Mrs. Clinton along with "my husband", with all of their tentacles into huge money, can't do much better than Obama then she is toast.

[Perky]

7. I completely and utterly agree.

She is getting money from FOBs not rank and file. Her support is razor thin.

[bleedingheart]

6. Now imagine if all that campaign money was used to help rebuild New Orleans

even one neighborhood...that would be great...


Instead it will be spent on advertising...so that advertising and media executives can get big cushy bonuses and their wives can spend the day at Elizabeth Arden and their kids can attend private schools...

I realize it is "part of the game"...but it seems so wrong when I know families strugglig to pay the dental bills for their kids...

and by the way....I feel this way any time I see so much money spent on stuff that should cost that much...

[Perky]

9. Oh give me a frigging break

first of all I suspect that individual donation to the ReCross and other relief organization far exceeds the campaing donations.

Secondly, thesere are donations not federal funds. People hace the right to expres suppirt for their candidates. Obama's donations average $250 a piece. Not alot of money by any stretch.

Third, there is a limited amount of commerical time in any given hour of television. Coke and MickeyDs' pay hire rates. for national and local ads.

I think you are just looking for something to whine about

[bleedingheart]

13. so all the political cartoonists that are commenting on it are whining as well?

I think your icon doesn't fit with your personality.

I am just giving my opinion

[Perky]

14. Which Cartoonists?

Can you give me on pont response?

[bleedingheart]

15. Today's Toons from DU...Scroll down...there are a lot

and you will see the ones that are basically showing how the race to the White House is about the money...

Granted people can view the cartoons differently but I think that it is poking fun at the exorbitant amounts being raised for the office of the presidency.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x573647

[Clark2008]

16. Neither is Obama, nor Edwards.

Early, early, early.

[Perky]

17. agreed

[Colobo]

18. I'm proud of my donations!

VIVA BARACK OBAMA!!!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. Of course Hillary isn't inevitable.

Did anybody really think it was?

[Colobo]

20. Yeah, some Hillarites around here

have been saying that for months... I wonder what they have to say now...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. They also said Hillary's big advantage...

was how much money she could raise. If you hear from them, let me know.

:rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

22. It's the hillary-haters

who pretend that the Clinton backers said or believed that. It's not true, of course.

I never saw a supporter of hers say her nomination was inevitable. Talking about her advantages isn't the same as saying it's a sure thing.

[Colobo]

23. I can mention a specific name of someone who has said that

but I won't, because all know who that poster is.

[MonkeyFunk]

24. well I have no idea

but I don't think it's reasonable to take one post from one person and ascribe that view to everybody who believes Clinton would make a fine candidate and an even finer president.

Honestly, I've seen literally dozens of Clinton-haters rail against the "inevitable" argument, and have never seen the actual argument made by a Clinton supporter.

[Hardrada]

27. I've seen those Borg posts but have forgotten who posted them.

They are basically saying RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! The CyClintons RULE.