Guess February's Total: Obama Donation Drive!
At the end of this month, Barack Obama's campaign will in all likelihood announce a record one month contribution total to a political campaign in history! I was thinking of a fun way for all of us to...
View ArticleClinton vs Obama: The Donors
I have become fascinated in this Democratic Presidential campaign by the continual use of the term "donors." I did a google search with the words "Hillary Clinton donors" and then "Barack Obama...
View ArticleClinton's "Wink-Wink" on Healthcare Reform
I posted this in a comment last night received some email suggesting that I put it up in a diary so here goes my first diary entry: I don't follow this stuff as closely as most of you so excuse me if...
View ArticleFerraro: Let's Connect the Dots
The Ferraro incident shines a lot of light on the Clinton campaign. I'll try to be brief and link two bits of news from today to paint a picture of internal strife.
View ArticleHis and Hers Campaigns (Updated)
The argument for the need for more women in leadership roles is that women have a very different management style, that women are concerned about 'big picture' issues and take better care of their...
View Article"If Clinton doesn't win we are taking our Ball"
Oh have GOT to be kidding me, and for the love of buddy Christ (thank you Kevin Smith ) So big time donors in Florida are saying "seat delegates or we are taking our money, but what if they change...
View ArticleWhy the Clinton Library is a Problem
We worry in this country about the undue influence of money in political campaigns. So much so in fact that we set a $2300 limit on how much any individual can donate to a Presidential campaign. The...
View Article2,000,000 people own this campaign!!?!!
The power of a new era of grassroots organizing and fundraising is astounding to me. Is there anyone with the Obama campaign who knows how to reach them to say PUT THIS BACK ON THE FRONT PAGE?
View ArticleHey Hillary donors-this one's for you
Read your letter - it was fabulous! This is just for you:
View ArticleLetter to House Speaker Pelosi
Dear House Speaker Pelosi, I would like to thank you for your opinion on the Super-Delegates issue, and reinforce my support as you come under question by Clinton donors. continued below . . .
View ArticleSuperDonors, Hillary, Barack...its about CHANGE
Why does Hillary and her surrogates continually do the exact opposite to the momentum that is happening within this election cycle? I talk about the Super Donors to the DCC...
View Article109PAC
Its been a long day, made even longer by the fact my head exploded after reading about the thinly veiled, no, make that naked power play attempted by some of Clinton's uberdonors. I tore up my well...
View ArticleFundraising Totals for Feb + March Are Even More Impressive
Senator Barack Obama’s campaign announced today that more than 442,000 contributors gave more than $40 million in March. More than 218,000 donors contributed to the campaign for the first time, and the...
View ArticlePenn and Bill's Colombia ties recall Kazakhstan
Mark Penn, Hillary's loyal and primary campaign advisor attended a meeting with the Ambassador of Columbia to discuss a trade deal being pushed by President Bush. The deal is strongly opposed by union...
View ArticleClinton Foundation: Transparency Can Be Sold: UPDATED
Well, as you all know, the tax returns are out, and reporters, bloggers, and activists are pouring over them. The New York Times noticed something interesting: claimed deductions for $10.2 million in...
View ArticleMore Faux-Outrage From Camp Clinton + Good News
Continuing to push the Republican agenda, Hillary Clinton released another attack ad last night. There's no other way to put it- it is an attack ad. It is a negative ad. A very shoddy one, at that....
View ArticleA vote for Obama is a vote for McCain
The myth that Obam's money all comes from small donors has been thoroughly busted.
View Article70 top Clinton donors write their first checks to Obama
While reading the WAPO article below, I picked up this little gem. Woah! 70 of her top donors defected in March. This is another reason why Hillary is $15M in the hole. Nice WAPO graph below showing...
View ArticleBarack's new superdelegate "ace in the hole".
Jonathan Alter, well known to many of us from numerous appearances on Countdown, offers the following in Newsweek as Barack's "ace in the hole".
View ArticleHillary's big donors defecting to Obama, uniting for November (Updated x2)
"Follow the money" is perhaps the ultimate truism of our capitalist society. And if you follow the money in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, it is clearer than ever that it is...
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