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They're getting close to matching the check that Bill wrote for Hillary.

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I feel quite sick at both facts.

Hahaha, smart on the Obama campaign.

Why does the involvement of ordinary people in politics make you sick?

Plus the 2.2 Million from yeterday.

Oh, this might be including that.

Because this is not the involvement of ordinary people in politics. This is the domination of politics by Mammon.

Mammon supplied by ordinary people...

Taking advantage of Hillary's cash crunch is a smart move on the part of Obama's campaign - I've always said that her campaign relied on her being an inevitable juggernaut. Pointing out she has to use her personal money and that he has managed to raise almost as much in a day or two puts a serious dent in that image.

Just donated $20 bucks. :)

Do you support government funded elections?

I'm not sure how manipulating people's emotions in order to get at their wallets is a good thing.
Though a sociological study (a proper one, not a normal sociological study) of the sort of people who throw their money in the general direction of American politicians would be interesting to see.

No. I support extremely strict spending caps.

The concern is how much money is spent rather than where it comes from (though after a certain point the two become hard to tell apart).

Just did $25 myself. :)

$100 more just now

I'm tempted...

Why? (serious question)

Contempt of Hillary Clinton + likability of Barack Obama (and positions) = $$$

Here is why.  All the other politician's get their money from Lobbyists and PAC's.  Except for Obama.  Funded by people who want to see change

But, as the title of this thread makes clear, he has rather a lot of money already. Why give even more?

As much as I'm aware that I'm funding a uselessly capitalistic system of "democracy," I'm also aware that it isn't going away in my lifetime.

And I really don't particularly care for Hillary Clinton, and Obama is a decent man, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

I was thinking like $20 to increase his donor numbers more than anything, but I doubt I'll do it.  I'd like to keep 100% of my political donations jokingly spiteful, since I'm one-for-one on that.

Contributing to the movement. I know kind of cheesy but I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. Plus, I want to see Obama school Hillary in fund raising by even more than January.

Good... Gooood... Give in to the dark side.

This is hilarious, considering that Clinton's reasoning behind the cash injection was the financial edge of her opponent.  What this really shows is that, regardless of what she does, she can not compete financially with Barack Obama.

I can't think of any good way of responding to this in words, so I will give this picture instead:

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What was Ron Paul's record, because it's next.

I don't know, but you're gonna need to update your headline.  They've now crested $5.1 million.

Holy Sh!t

So far since the Feb 5th contests:

Obama: 5.1 Million

Clinton: 1.3 million

$1.3M is good news for Hillary.

$5.3M. What was Paul's record? Anything attainable?

So, in 24 hours, Obama was able to cancel out Clinton's donation, which was about 10% of her networth? Awesome.

"Nearly $6 million"

That looks easily breakable at this rate.  The man has literally raised like $400,000 in the last half hour.

$900K in the last 100 minutes.

Up to 5.3 Million.

Over $1 million since I posted this thread.

Actually, almost 5.4 million now.

Ten dollars from me.

By the way, the media isn't ignoring Hillary's $5 million "loan" to her own campaign, and I'm certain this will hit the media outlets tomorrow adding to the pain.

$125 from me

$5.5 million

Something like $1.14 million in the last 2 hours.

$5.6  million and counting

I think people would have called anyone crazy who claimed in July of 2007 that as of February 2008 Obama would be raising $30 million a month while Clinton would be having to reach into her own pocket to fund her campaign.

hillary clinton more like hillary mittromneyclinton


you can't buy the election you stupid b*tchcracker

Is there some ticker we can watch the money roll in Ron Paul style?

I would have been one of them, too.

Sure you can, you just need $30 million a month like Obama is getting. ;D

As would I.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CGGpp

doesn't update after every donation, but does update a bit.  The whole site right now seems to be getting slammed right now, so it might be a little slow to load

Is Obama's campaign manager Jerry Lewis?  Do we need a tote board?

Obama's Kids Election Day Telethon  -  "If you can just spare a few dollars you could be us find a cure for partisanship.  So please pick up the phone.  Next up, the National Firefighters Associations with their check from their 'Fill the Boot for Barack' campaign!"

Obama has surpassed 5.6 million

You mean the image I put in the first post of this thread?

He's raising like $100,000 every 10 or 15 minutes. Wowza

$5.7 million now.

It's almost a sure thing that this number is going over $6 million before the night is done.

Hillary could be in real dire straits here. If the wheels of her campaign were to fall off due to financial problems, this would easily become the hugest collapse of all time, easily surpassing that of Rudy.

Careful, she could be angling for the sympathy vote again.

I can see her pandering to poor people. See I'm poor just like you.

Maybe she'll take out a sub-prime loan next :P

$5.8M.

"Hillary Clinton, a woman, is falling on hard times, like so many women across the county. Clinton, a woman, is being out-raised by a big, rich, penis-having man. I know women, women like me who is a woman, who also don't make as much money as their male co-workers. Won't you please help me, a woman, close the gap with the my sexist pig opponent, who has the support of sexist men across the country? With your help, I, a woman, can become President."

Ron Paul raised 6.04 Million. BEAT HIM!!!

The rate is slowing down.

That would be too far-fetched even by her standards. Seriously, when this is over, people will wonder how she has managed to manage her campaign so horribly. If you intend to run mostly on being the "anointed crown princess", you're supposed to stay above the fray and try to grow a Teflon body in the process.

Bill is probably going to have to sleep on the couch until the heat death of the universe (if that wasn't already the case).

It also badly undermines the one important edge she had over Obama, namely how well she is perceived to be able to run the economy.

LOL@hillary

On Wednesday, she sent out an e-mail appeal to donors Wednesday seeking $3 million in three days — an effort, that if successful, would match the fundraising rate Obama averaged for the entire month of January.

5.9 Million

BOOM $6.04 million & counting

BARACK OBAMA RLOVEUTION

I have been wondering why Obama has destroyed Clinton in the caucus states.  I thought maybe she was just running on the inevitability things, looking to pile up delegates in the big races, and not worrying about the quibbling little details like building infrastructure across the country.  That seemed ridiculously cocky though.

Could there be a financial reason that we are seeing now?  But she had money earlier in the process.  Did Obama invest in a ground game and Clinton ... just blow it?  Seems peculiar.

Did Clinton even visit states like Idaho, Colorado, and Kansas?  I think she was basically just ignoring those, instead focusing on a "swing state strategy" like we saw from both people in 2004.

Obama beat the record set by Paul

Also, I think that Clinton has run a stupidly expensive, consultant-heavy campaign. When these people, like Mark Penn, demand millions for their "service", while Obama, for that same money, was able to put up campaign offices in the caucus states.

Could 10 million be a possibility?

Just today?  No.  It's slowing down quite a bit now.

Yea!! 10 million by saturday!!!

Will Clinton could spin this by saying it only took her a matter of seconds for her campaign funding to be increased by 5 million?

$6.04 million, now breaking Ron Pauls record (although this is probably somewhat longer than 24 hours at this point). Next target: $8 million, break Clinton's $5 million loan PLUS her $3 million fundraising targer that she isn't saying how it's going (well, we only found out about last month's loan, she likes to keep everyone out of the loop).

the counter doesn't update right away so at this point we really can't say when exactly he cross the $6.04 million mark

It's now over $6.04 million. I think to have much more progress will have to wait for tomorrow.

EDIT: I spoke too soon, now over $6.1 million!

Spending caps unconstitutional, Buckley v. Valeo.

Almost $6.2 DO ITTTTTTT!

Perhaps fellow New Yorker Bloomberg could drop a cool $50 million into the Clinton for President coffers.  He could well afford it.

If Clinton becomes President, he would then be a sure bet for cabinet. 

I support that idea wholeheartedly.  That would be a great way for Clinton to lose the nomination.

$6.27 million dollars in one day!

If for no other reason than that it would be illegal (though of course it would harm her otherwise, too).

It probably won't be study.  Fund raising tends to come in waves.

I, too, do not expect Obama to raise $180M over the course of February :P

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton raises $3 million in the past 24 hours, and doubles her earlier call for $3 million over the next 72 hours to a whopping 6 million in the next 72 hours!

Sorry, Hill, been there, done that it seems. ;D

Did she find some change on the ground? :D

Fine, I'll type out the extra 7 letters. Jerks. :P

$6.4 mill....hes got the headline of media outlets across the country in the baggg

The Spin War could not possibly be better for Obama right now.

I think they did put some actual effort into Colorado, with both Clintons visiting the state.... but they pretty much ignord the other two you mentioned. I doubt they expected to be beat quite as badly as they were in them though.

This thread really is a wonderful example of American politics at its worst.

Just FYI, the ticker has passed $7 million.

A Clinton aide said they raised $4 million yesterday.  Just FYI.  Of course, as Mitt Romney found out, money don't buy votes.  We'll see in this situation...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Clintons_4_million.html

Obama's at 7.35 million now.

Anywho, Hillary raising $4 million is certainly good for her campaign, but the question is whether she can keep it up. That she had to loan $5 mil from her own purse probably encouraged her supporters to donate to try to make up for it, but it also energized the Obama supporters into donating as well. Even with a fundraising disadvantage Hillary can still be formidable, but again she has to at least get enough donations to stay competitive.

It's now up to $7,000,000 + in 30 hours, exclusive of her $5 million.

She spent the 5 Million on super tuesday contests. It came out after-the-fact.

Still exclusive of the $5 Million.

Obama has at least raised over 8.5 Million since ST (Probably more than 9) If you factor in the MoveOn.org donations. 400k. since ST.

It's not over, by a long shot.  Clinton's was just 30 hours.

I do have to give Clinton props if the claims are true. They only raised 1.5 million between Feb 1-4

...my dad is taller than your dad...

:D spot on, Al!

...my dad is taller than your dad AND he pays his campaign staff... ;)

As of Feb 7th....318,679 donors have donated so far. Their goal is to reach 500,000 by March 4th.....O_o

That's a lot of people. We are like an indestructable hive!!!