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Feb. Not the Shortest Month for ObamaPosted on Mar 6, 2008
Though March dealt him some disappointments, February was very good to Barack Obama. His campaign blew away records by raising $55 million—that’s $20 million more than the amount taken in by Hillary Clinton, who had her best month yet. But the best news of all for Obama is that, according to The Hotline, $54 million of that money can be used in the primaries. That’s because most of Obama’s support comes from small contributions by many donors. He had 385,101 first-time contributors in February. Clinton has run into difficulty because many of her supporters have already contributed the maximum allowed amount, which means some of the money she has raised could be used only in the general election. Which is why Clinton allies have created “527 groups” to run ads in Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania. They can raise unlimited amounts of money to advertise on Clinton’s behalf, so long as they don’t coordinate with the campaign. A similar group is already running ads against John McCain, and was just outed by the Center for Investigative Reporting and National Public Radio.
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By cyrena, March 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm #
You mean ALL THREE channels in Texas, right?
So, since you got so sick of seeing him on TV, did ya ever think ya might wanna read a book instead?
Nah..not in Texas.
But still, couldn’t you just have stayed at Bible Study from Monday through until today at least? Then you wouldn’t have needed the TV or been bothered with THREE saturated channels.
Oh..BTW…maybe he didn’t mess up so badly in Texas after all…I read that he’s ahead in your ‘step-two’ caucuses.
And, who’s COURIOUS George? That’s what I mean about it not hurting to maybe read a book…like the dictionary, from time to time. Is this courious some code for something?
I see you didn’t vote for him. That’s ONE good thing.
Remember what John Edwards said at the first debate? He said for anybody who wouldn’t vote for Hillary because she was a woman, or anyone who wouldn’t vote for Barack because he was black, HE (John Edwards) DIDN’T WANT YOUR VOTE!!
Now of course neither Barack nor Hillary could get away with saying that, but I’ll say it for them both…if that’s the primary reason for bad mouthing either one of them, then neither of them needs your vote, nor should either of them want it.
Stick with McCain. He’s a real “Texan’s” man. Yall can even be buried in adjoining plots.
Report thisBy surfbum3000, March 7, 2008 at 2:30 pm #
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Why does the media always report how much money a candidate has raised? The entire media coverage is reported like a horse race, and the implication is that those with the most money will the political position. What a sad statement about American democracy.
Report thisBy DennisD, March 7, 2008 at 12:42 pm #
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$55 Million may seem like a lot but thanks to our politicians and corporate thieves it may soon be just gas money in our Bu$h-wacked economy.
Report thisBy dorkus waffkebrain, March 7, 2008 at 12:07 pm #
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He spent it all in Texas. Our stations were saturated. Would change channels he’d be on that one. Really got sick of Courious George on every channel. As one of his advisors said ” we fu*ked up in Ohio” they did in Texas as well.
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