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#1 Jun 28 2007 at 8:55 PM Rating: Decent

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_el_pr/obama_fundraising;_ylt=Auh7FH6fploquCAKFrJaQl2yFz4D

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WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has improved on his stunning support in the race for campaign cash, raising his total number of donors to more than 250,000 people in the first six months of the year.
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The freshman Illinois senator impressed rivals in the first quarter when he reported 104,000 donors, but he surpassed the mark with more than 146,000 opening their wallets in the second quarter, the campaign announced Thursday.

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The campaign set a goal of attracting 250,000 donors by midnight on Saturday, the next money reporting deadline, and ran a live tally on his Web site to help bring in more. The 250,000th donation came in less than 10 hours later from high school English teacher Angela Berg of Sumner, Wash., who donated $100 and was rewarded with a personal phone call from Obama just as he was preparing to take the stage in the third Democratic primary debate.

The campaign said it collected more than 343,000 contributions â€” meaning that many individuals made repeat donations â€” and its goal will be to reach 350,000 by the deadline.

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Aides to his top competitor, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, say she will match or slightly exceed her $26 million from the first quarter. In an e-mail, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said that while her amount would be record-setting for the quarter, "we do expect Senator Obama to significantly outraise us this quarter."

Just found this, thought it was interesting. Who knew the guy had the potential to outdo both of the Clintons when it came to raising money?

#3 Jun 29 2007 at 4:18 AM Rating: Excellent

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Obama raised more than Clinton last time they had to submit numbers as well.

I think I gave him $20 a few months back. So now he owes me.

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umm..... he's black... :p i think america wants to see a black president... so there you go... lots of people doing whatever they can...

he's a pretty good person... but i just see him being black as being a very large part of people contributing/voting for him... i'll honestly be suprised if he LOSES

x.x however i'll just be glad to see bush go...

Oddly enough, my brother and I were talking about Obama a few minutes ago or so. The weird thing about him is that, even moreso than Howard Dean back in 2004, he's really encouraging young people to donate and be interested in the process. My brother rarely is one to even think about politics, but for him to openly admit that he really wants to vote for Obama without any provocation by me...well, it says a lot.

If he wins, it would embolden a whole lot of young people to stay interested in politics, especially if he sticks to his message throughout his presidency. If he loses...well, we'll have quite a few more jaded twenty-somethings.

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I like to think of Barak Obama as the "Black" Barry Goldwater.

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I like to think of Barak Obama as the "Black" Barry Goldwater.

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Anywho, neither of them is going to win the nomination. Politics isn't about the best person, and hasn't been since Regan. It's all about the who can be elected now. It's just one big dog and pony show, with the average American being the duped idiots, voting for whomever they think is "best" between the candidates that are most likely to win.

Were it not for the turnout yesterday, I'd have thought the process failed us, but the politicians listened to what the people asked for, so maybe all is not lost. Maybe we'll actually get the people we need in those postions before I die. I'm not holding my breath or anything though.

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Redjed wrote:

I like to think of Barak Obama as the "Black" Barry Goldwater.

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Anywho, neither of them is going to win the nomination. Politics isn't about the best person, and hasn't been since Regan. It's all about the who can be elected now. It's just one big dog and pony show, with the average American being the duped idiots, voting for whomever they think is "best" between the candidates that are most likely to win.

Were it not for the turnout yesterday, I'd have thought the process failed us, but the politicians listened to what the people asked for, so maybe all is not lost. Maybe we'll actually get the people we need in those postions before I die. I'm not holding my breath or anything though.

You are a fucking moran.

Edited, Jun 29th 2007 12:00pm by Redjed

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Who would have been better in 1980?

I'm not claiming that every president before that was the best one, but the last three have completely blown, or been blown.

My point is this: Until recently, this country has usually voted for the best person, not just the person they thought would win. We've become obsessed with the winner, not the best person.

And you still didn't explain how Obama has anything in common with Goldwater. Maybe I care so little about Obama that I missed something earth shattering, but I don't see much in common.

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Who would have been better in 1980?

I'm not claiming that every president before that was the best one, but the last three have completely blown, or been blown.

My point is this: Until recently, this country has usually voted for the best person, not just the person they thought would win. We've become obsessed with the winner, not the best person.

And you still didn't explain how Obama has anything in common with Goldwater. Maybe I care so little about Obama that I missed something earth shattering, but I don't see much in common.Edited, Jun 29th 2007 1:02pm by Metastophicleas

Simple.

Obama like Goldwater, rallies a disenfranchised element of his party, in this case the anti-war progressive left democrats to the forefront, wins the nomination and then loses the general.

Of course this is all a fucking silly theory if he loses the primary, then he's Howard Dean.

Also its Reagan, if you're going reference him with such fanfare in anyway shape or form, you should be able to spell his fucking name, not the "trickled-down" version Regan.

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Way to over criticize a typo. I can't believe I missed that.

Obama is a guy that could unify the left, but I don't think he'll win.

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Does anyone remember Donald Regan?

#12 Jul 01 2007 at 10:38 AM Rating: Decent

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Looks like he did it.

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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: A source close to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says his presidential campaign raised more than $30 million during the second quarter, which ended yesterday.

That figure tops Obama's haul during the first quarter of the year, when he reported raising $25.8 million.

Official figures have not yet been released by Obama's rivals for the Democratic nomination, although the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had said it expected to raise about $27 million during the quarter, and the campaign of former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., had publicly set a goal of $9 million.

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ABC News' Jonathan Greenberger Reports: Sen. Barack Obama announced Sunday that his presidential campaign raised a at least $31 million for the primary election and at least $32.5 million including general election funds over the past three months.

Obama's cash totals this quarter will likely best Sen. Hillary Clinton D-N.Y., whose campaign has said the former first lady probably raised somewhere around $27 million.

That's quite a lot of money for only three months worth. Hillary still has that $10 million leftover from her Senate campaign, but at this rate Obama might even pass that up.

Does anyone know how well money translates into votes for a canidate? I'm not sure how a few more ads could tip the scales, though I suppose affording a few more people to work on the whole thing could help...

Edited, Jul 1st 2007 1:39pm by Sopio

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Oddly enough, my brother and I were talking about Obama a few minutes ago or so. The weird thing about him is that, even moreso than Howard Dean back in 2004, he's really encouraging young people to donate and be interested in the process. My brother rarely is one to even think about politics, but for him to openly admit that he really wants to vote for Obama without any provocation by me...well, it says a lot.

Don't worry, he won't vote at all. That's what young people do, get excited about a candidate then forget to vote for him.

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Don't worry, he won't vote at all. That's what young people do, get excited about a candidate then forget to vote for him.

He'll be the 'Snakes on a Plane' canidate.

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Vote Ron Paul :)

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Smasharoo wrote:

Oddly enough, my brother and I were talking about Obama a few minutes ago or so. The weird thing about him is that, even moreso than Howard Dean back in 2004, he's really encouraging young people to donate and be interested in the process. My brother rarely is one to even think about politics, but for him to openly admit that he really wants to vote for Obama without any provocation by me...well, it says a lot.

Don't worry, he won't vote at all. That's what young people do, get excited about a candidate then forget to vote for him.

You'd know. Of course, you're old now.

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I signed up to be an election judge in my district. I'm pretty sure that qualifies me as an old man.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2007 1:33pm by Jophiel

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#18 Jul 02 2007 at 10:34 AM Rating: Excellent

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Jophiel wrote:

I signed up to be an election judge in my district. I'm pretty sure that qualifies me as an old man.

You'll still likely be the youngest guy there. Prepare yourself for horny-old woman flirtation, young fella.

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Oh, I don't even know if I'd be selected. But I figured that, if I cared enough to ***** about the new voting machines, I should care enough to volunteer to show folks how to use them.

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Funny how everyone focuses on Obama being 'black.' Obama's mother was a small-town white girl from Kansas. He's as much white as he is black.

As a young person interested in politics, and a former Dean supporter, I can say that I am much more enthusiastic about Obama's campaign than I was for Dean. I have contributed more money, and I think he has an actual chance of winning the national election (based on the current lineup of Republicans).

...and the young people not voting thing, that pisses me off, because its true...

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He's as much white as he is black.

"Half white" doesn't win you anything in this country, from either team.

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Funny how everyone focuses on Obama being 'black.' Obama's mother was a small-town white girl from Kansas. He's as much white as he is black.

Only nominally.

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Speaking of being black and all, Secret Service protection for Obama is costing $44,000 per day.

WTF costs $44,000 per day? Is he being protected by attack robots or something? And do the robots run on chunks of gold?

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A single Voltron run on the blood of immigrants, Joph.

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Speaking of being black and all, Secret Service protection for Obama is costing $44,000 per day.

WTF costs $44,000 per day? Is he being protected by attack robots or something? And do the robots run on chunks of gold?

It does seem excessive but they must be thinking he has a big chance of assassination, some people would do anything to keep a someone black - even half-black - out of office, I'm sure.

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Does anyone know how well money translates into votes for a canidate? I'm not sure how a few more ads could tip the scales, though I suppose affording a few more people to work on the whole thing could help...

For the primaries? It's pretty huge. No amount of money will guarantee a win, but a small amount of money will guarantee a loss. At that stage, you're basically getting a feel for how many of the "money people" you've got behind you, which ultimately translates into how well you fit in with the party's political platform.

It has virtually nothing to do with whether you'll win the national election of course. I suppose if we somehow entered a universe where a party would fail to support fund raising for its nominated candidate for president it might, but that just doesn't happen. There's a reason the comparison of funds at this point of the race is between Obama and Clinton...

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