Obama Unraveling?
Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, politics
I've heard many things about Barack Obama over the last several weeks. I've also heard some really nutty stuff via Rush Limbaugh. Rush mentioned something Monday afternoon about the Clintons siccing Al Sharpton on Don Imus. Meanwhile, a British newspaper suggested Imus had been silenced because he was "about to reveal the truth about 9/11." Now, I hear Obama is trying to tie Imus to the Virgina Tech massacre. Michelle Malkin: "The next time an MSM outlet describes Barack Obama as 'articulate,' " I suggest you send them this audio link. My friend Jessica McBride sent it along, and man, is it painful. It's from his speech yesterday in Milwaukee--tying the Virginia Tech massacre to Iraq, Darfur, Don Imus, and everything but the kitchen sink."
Obama recently appeared on the David Letterman Late Night TV show, evidently hoping more Americans will become familiar with him. The New York Times published an article about Obama this evening online, which states: "Obama is a relative newcomer to the national scene: He has been a senator for all of 27 months.
But his filing to the Federal Election Commission on Sunday indicated just how effectively he has parlayed his popularity since his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which he followed up with a landslide win in Illinois’ open-seat Senate race three months later.
Obama’s campaign reported first-quarter receipts of $25.8 million from 104,000 donors — by far the largest number of donors of any 2008 White House hopeful.
Clinton’s overall first-quarter receipts of $36.1 million gave her a sizable lead over Obama. Yet if you subtract the $10 million that Clinton transferred to her presidential campaign from her Senate campaign committee, she and Obama were virtually tied in first-quarter receipts from outside donors.
Of Obama’s first-quarter receipts, $24.8 million was for the primary election and just $1 million for the general election. This means that many of Obama’s donors have yet to “max out” to his campaign by giving the maximum amount of $4,600 allowed by federal campaign finance law: $2,300 for the primary campaign and another $2,300 for the general election campaign.
Obama also has leveraged the growing importance of the Internet as a campaign fundraising tool. His campaign said he raised $6.9 million through the Internet from 50,000 donors — about half of the total number of contributors to his campaign."
Obama, Clinton lead early money race (MarketWatch)
Internet essayist Bill Whittle expounds on conspiracy mania.
I've heard many things about Barack Obama over the last several weeks. I've also heard some really nutty stuff via Rush Limbaugh. Rush mentioned something Monday afternoon about the Clintons siccing Al Sharpton on Don Imus. Meanwhile, a British newspaper suggested Imus had been silenced because he was "about to reveal the truth about 9/11." Now, I hear Obama is trying to tie Imus to the Virgina Tech massacre. Michelle Malkin: "The next time an MSM outlet describes Barack Obama as 'articulate,' " I suggest you send them this audio link. My friend Jessica McBride sent it along, and man, is it painful. It's from his speech yesterday in Milwaukee--tying the Virginia Tech massacre to Iraq, Darfur, Don Imus, and everything but the kitchen sink."
Obama recently appeared on the David Letterman Late Night TV show, evidently hoping more Americans will become familiar with him. The New York Times published an article about Obama this evening online, which states: "Obama is a relative newcomer to the national scene: He has been a senator for all of 27 months.
But his filing to the Federal Election Commission on Sunday indicated just how effectively he has parlayed his popularity since his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which he followed up with a landslide win in Illinois’ open-seat Senate race three months later.
Obama’s campaign reported first-quarter receipts of $25.8 million from 104,000 donors — by far the largest number of donors of any 2008 White House hopeful.
Clinton’s overall first-quarter receipts of $36.1 million gave her a sizable lead over Obama. Yet if you subtract the $10 million that Clinton transferred to her presidential campaign from her Senate campaign committee, she and Obama were virtually tied in first-quarter receipts from outside donors.
Of Obama’s first-quarter receipts, $24.8 million was for the primary election and just $1 million for the general election. This means that many of Obama’s donors have yet to “max out” to his campaign by giving the maximum amount of $4,600 allowed by federal campaign finance law: $2,300 for the primary campaign and another $2,300 for the general election campaign.
Obama also has leveraged the growing importance of the Internet as a campaign fundraising tool. His campaign said he raised $6.9 million through the Internet from 50,000 donors — about half of the total number of contributors to his campaign."
Obama, Clinton lead early money race (MarketWatch)
Internet essayist Bill Whittle expounds on conspiracy mania.
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