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55 Million for Obama in Feb.

by Cycloptichorn, Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:35:40 PM EST

Per TPM -

Obama Campaign Raises $55 Million In February
By Greg Sargent - March 6, 2008, 2:26PM

In an extraordinary haul, the Obama campaign confirms that it raised an astonishing $55 million in February.

Forty-five million of it was raised online.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsm emo.com/2008/03/obama_campaign_raises_55 _milli.php

What a gigantic amount! This shatters Kerry's previous record of somewhere around 40 million; and it nearly DOUBLED Obama's take in January, with 2 less days in the month! It's an AVERAGE of almost 2 million a day; and word is that 90% of it came from donations of $100 or less.

Now, Clinton has done pretty well in fund-raising too; no doubt about it. But she will have a difficult time keeping up with numbers like this from the Obama camp. It's valid for her to point out how badly they got out-spent in OH and TX, yet still achieved victory; no argument there. But Obama did a hell of a lot of catching up, and limited her gains in those 'firewall' states to practically nothing.

Can he keep the fundraising going? If people will match my $100 donation today, he can!

What an exciting electoral period! 90 million the two Dem candidates raised in Feb. alone. I hope that everyone here realizes that we are going to clobber McCain this fall no matter what happens...

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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Actually, this falls short of what I was hearing- I was hearing $60-$70 million from Obama supporters.

by cmugirl90 on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:39:13 PM EST

Average Donation of ~$78 (none / 0)

The $60-70 million figures were based upon average donations over $100.

He had ~700,000 donations in February. His average donation is about $78.

So far in March, he's racked up more than 250,000 donations. At an average of $78 a pop, that's $19,500,000.

It's only the 6th of March. 25 days left to go in this month.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:41:59 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Only 1 million for the general?!? Yikes.

by americanincanada on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:08:00 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Don't worry about that - the only reason Clinton got money for the general is because her big-money donors reached their $2300 primary limit within seconds.

by marcotom on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:12:58 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

That puts the average February donation at something less than 80$. He had about 700,000 total donations in February.

Obama is piling on cash from people who are donating less than a hundred bucks.

That's people power.

That's crashing the gate.

And so far in March, he's had more than 250,000 individual donations. It's only the 6th of March, folks.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:39:33 PM EST

Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Is that so, with the march number?

Wow!

I sure hope he's investing in the ground game in Indidana and NC NOW!

by Cycloptichorn on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:42:25 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

It's so.

He ended February with about 965,000 donations in 2008.

As of this posting, he has 1,223,525.

Bill Foster would agree, Barack Obama has coat tails.

by Walt Starr on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:03:53 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Just chipped in $113 more on this great news.

by goodnbad on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:46:26 PM EST

Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

That's great. Too bad he wasn't able use all of that cash to win on Tuesday.

by JustJennifer on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:52:11 PM EST

Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Yeah, a win in TX would have sealed the deal, which is disappointing.

Still, the fact that he managed to pull a delegate win out of the state, and to come within 3, when he was down 20 a month before? That's worth the money!

As I've said before - the shine of winning wears off quick. Just ask Obama, he won 12 in a row in Feb. which hardly anyone remembers now. But the numbers REMAIN. They last. So I'm happy with where he is at.

by Cycloptichorn on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:53:58 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Well if everyone would just calm down and let the rest of the country vote then maybe we will have a more harmonious party behind whomever the candidate may be.

by JustJennifer on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:05:10 PM EST
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All the money in the world can't win a big state (none / 0)

Obama outspends Clinton in Ohio 3-1.

The result? Clinton by 10 points.

by Sieglinde on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 02:56:36 PM EST

Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

Considering that she was leading by 20-25 before then, he closed the gap pretty well.

I think the fake NAFTA smear probably helped as well. Oh well. That's politics for ya!

by Cycloptichorn on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:05:33 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

Catching up isn't good enough. He lost.

by americanincanada on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:06:43 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

In fact, it was good enough; he limited her gains in delegates to practically none.

I agree, before we get into it, that it would have been best if he had won TX. It would have knocked her out of the race, or practically done that. Yes. But he didn't, so I will take whatever advantage he could get out of it!

Before Tuesday, Obama had a 107 delegate lead INCLUDING Super-delegates, per DemConWatch. As of today, he has a 101 delegate lead; and the pledged delegates from TX caucuses have not all been factored in yet. From any objective standpoint, she didn't catch up to him at all in her 'firewall' states; her best efforts merely kept her in the game.

by Cycloptichorn on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:14:11 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

And how many delegates did she net out of Tuesday?

She's also opened the gates to a real vetting, one that is absolutely necessary since, you know, the Republicans will be asking these questions should she be the nominee.

Why won't she release the tax returns? It certainly looks like she's hiding something if they can't release returns that were filed years and years ago.

by mainelib on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:14:21 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

And Obama keeps gaining superdelegates - now only behind by 35 per AP.

by mainelib on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:14:55 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

Wow, relying on superdelegates to steal the nomination ... sounds Clintonian to me.

by Sieglinde on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:38:11 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

It isn't 'stealing' the nomination when you are AHEAD on pledged delegates.

Do you even think, before typing these things?

by Cycloptichorn on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:40:36 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

Oh right, Obama is ahead in the pledged delegates. Stop all future primaries. We have a winner.

by Sieglinde on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:42:36 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

No, we don't. We don't have a winner. Yes, we should have the future primaries.

Clinton needs to win by a lot in those primaries. It's not clear that she can or will do this. Until she does, then it's clear that Obama is in the lead by a significant amount.

by Cycloptichorn on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:46:23 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

You still don't get it. It is about delegates, stupid. And he didn't lose it, given that it was her firewall and she had to win big to stay competitive.

by marcotom on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:14:32 PM EST
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Re: All the money in the world can't win a big sta (none / 0)

what is it Clinton is doing now, umm thats right CATCHING UP because she's behind, but your right it wont be good enough for her.

by affratboy22 on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:39:20 PM EST
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Better than HRC (none / 0)

Still a better return than Iowa, Clinton dropped an estimated 100 mil to finish third.

by Socraticsilence on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:46:27 PM EST
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Re: Hillary raised $4M just in last 24 hours. (none / 0)

Right...

by marcotom on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:06:26 PM EST

Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Didn't do him a whole lot of good did it?

by Fleaflicker on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:19:44 PM EST

Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

Of course it did, look at the bigger picture. He brought her lead down to 3% in Texas, came out classier from the kitchen sick tactics and can focus on Wyoming and Mississippi. He truly played the 50 state strategy to perfection. His super delegate lead is increasing day by day and if he loses in Penn, he has North Carolina and Oregan and other smaller states to keep racking up delegates and superdelegates.

/One of the smartest campaigns in the country.

by rejectandenounce on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:25:14 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

As a matter of fact it did. It limited her net delegate gain to between 10-15 and that number may go down as the Texas caucus counts are completed.

by desertjedi on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 04:14:12 PM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

hmm...36 million in Jan., 55 million in Feb...

What the heck, let's try for 75 million in March!

If he could put this thing away, maybe he could raise 100 million a month.

by megaplayboy on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:23:30 PM EST

Re: Hillary raised $4M just in last 24 hours. (none / 0)

yeah! Why didnt he think of that? Oh thats right he's AHEAD! If Clinton were +140 del. ahead should she drop out and save her money for dems in the general? Besides i dont want him to take the VP if he were to somehow lose, he's far to good to take orders from someone the likes of her. She represents everything we're working aganist it would be an ultimate betryal for him to start taking orders from her.

by affratboy22 on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:37:53 PM EST

Re: Hillary raised $4M just in last 24 hours. (none / 0)

Yessah massa, we'sa gonna go to the back of the bus. Seriously, this is what in effect asking the leader to give way to the second place canidate is like.

by Socraticsilence on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:45:27 PM EST
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Re: Hillary raised $4M just in last 24 hours. (none / 0)

"go ahead and lose"? WE WILL LOSE if she is declared the nominee by the supers at the convention. SHE WILL LOSE. 30-50% of the Democratic party will just go home in discust. The people will not work volunteer, give etc and many will not even vote. Pres. John McCain. You think he can't carry the base of the party, we'll see how well she does after stealing the nomination.

by affratboy22 on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 10:40:38 PM EST
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Re: Hillary raised $4M just in last 24 hours. (none / 0)

I found out today that our problem is solved, she will carry all those people that abonden the party after she becomes the nominee she is joining up with McCain because she knows she will lose. She knows he's going to be president since she is going to destroy our party by stealing the nominee or endorsing him over Obama (while tearing Obama down). Funny thing is, McCain is a better person than Hillary, i just hope her ethics dont rub off on him.
McCain-Hillary '08

by affratboy22 on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 02:37:02 AM EST
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Re: 55 Million for Obama in Feb. (none / 0)

yes, it is so lame that a dem raised in one month as much as mccain has in a whole year

are some people on here really republicans in disguise? seriously, this is an unbelievable number that bodes well for dems in the fall, yet people actually take the time to come on here and try to rip it apart

get your head checked people

by chriscizzila on Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 03:39:15 PM EST

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