HILLMENTUM!

$10 million? I guess she can pay her bills now. That'll leave her with... let me check my math... absolutely nothing.

I'll believe it when I see it. Did she ever pay the bill from the UC Davis marching band? Oh yeah and Mark Penn's townhouse is still being remodeled, he needs to pay the contractor!

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#PA

The above link... shows that with 99% of the vote counted and only 1 County still not finished... hillary clinton wins 81 delegates and obama wins 69 delegates.... it also shows that she got 55% of the vote to Obama's 45%... 55 minus 45 equals 10.... so yes, she won by 10 points... the above site and other news channels do NOT show her winning by 7.0 to 9.9% of the vote.... Not sure where the obama supporters and hillary haters are getting there facts... but even if she did win by 7 or 9 points... how come obama was not able to win pennsylvania after spending all that money and time in pennsylvania.... how come he has not been able to win the really big important democrate states, how come he has not be able to kick hillary clinton out of the process.... how come he can't reach above 50% of the vote in the national polls.... how come the race is so tight?

Sorry but i believe alot of the superdelegates and pleaged delegates are going to begin moving towards Hillary Clinton as the months go by... And if there was no chance of her winning this....how come she won pennsylvania... how come she won ohio and texas.... how come it seems that she might win the other states (besides north carolina)...its because people believe that she still has a chance of winning.....
Also, if you look at the popular vote (without counting florida or michigan) she is not losing by much... when you include florida and michigan, she is winning the popular vote... also she is not losing by much win it comes to pleaged delegates.

Guam Caucus.... according to news channels in Guam, Hillary Clinton has raised more money from there then Barack Obama.... also it looks that she might win the Guam Caucus too.... the winning strik is on her side:) GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!

tonnyb over at DKos has observed that the donation tracker on Obama's site has recorded approximately 54,000 NEW people in the 24 hours after the Mass. polls closed. Using the to-date average of $96 a pop, that adds up to about $5,000,000 from first-time donors alone. That doesn't include previous donors, many of whom certainly donated again, so he probably pulled in a lot more than that.

Obviously this is a rough estimate of his 24 hour post-Mass intake, but it's clear that Obama has added a solid chunk of cash to his already substantial war chest. It's good that Clinton supporters have stepped up to help her pay off her campaign debts, but it's hard to see how Hillary is going to have the resources to earn the 30-40 point margins she's going to need in the remaining states if she still expects to win the nomination.

I am amazed that the press falls for this every time. The last time she claimed huge fundraising figures, her reports proved she was lying (think "sniper funding"). She counts "pledges" which may never come to the campaign, and she counts money for the general election, which she can't spend. Based on her past fund-fibs, she probably raised about $3-5 million (still good) but hardly enough to make her competitive in the next eight contests (especially since Pennsylvania drained her coffers). She will have to spend all of her money in Indiana while Obama is cleaning her clock in North Carolina and splitting the delegates in Indiana.

http://www.gftunion.com/
TEAM HILLARY GUAM GETS THEIR WAVE ON

Dozens of Guam’s Hillary supporters took to Guam’s streets with a traditional wave. The crowd included union members from both the IAM and GFT, men, women and children who believed that Hillary will make a great President. Chants of “Let’s put a women in the White house!”, “A vote for Hillary is a vote for families!” and “Hillary’s a friend of Guam” rang out across Marine drive for nearly two hours. Hundreds of cars responded with horns and waves and stopped to collect Hillary bumper stickers.

Clinton has Union Backers in Guam

contact info. for guam caucus
Taling Taitano, a Democratic national committeewoman, said that she is actively working to garner votes for her candidate, Hillary Clinton.

"We are 'Team Hillary' and we're looking for delegates, and if they are interested in running to support Hillary, they can contact me or Rena Borja," Taitano said.

Borja may be contacted at 687-7362 and Taitano can be contacted at 482-2234.

Clinton tops Guam political donations & Bill Clinton stresses Guam's importance in presidential race
http://www.kuam.com/news/27544.aspx

To no one's surprise, Hillary's campaign has been asking her maxed big donors to start donating to her general election fund in a deceptive (shocking!) effort to make it appear as though more money is flowing in that really is.

In any case... how cares how much money she's raised. The race is over. Despite any concerns the Superdelegates will never overturn Obama's 100+ pledged delegate lead because they know it would destroy the party.

HillaryClinton08 stop deluding yourself. Unless you want to help McCain win the White House, it's time to start supporting the Dem nominee - Obama.

Guam Backs Sen. Hillary Clinton's Presidential Bid
Pacific News Center Staff Reporter 04.APR.08
7:05 p.m. Guam - Residents of Guam say they will back United States presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton after she pledged her support for the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act.

In a press release, Clinton said she will continue to advocate for the passage of the bill, and its enactment into law this year. The presidential aspirant also vowed that if the bill is not passed in Congress, she will ensure that Guam survivors and their families will be fairly compensated if she gets elected.

In an earlier interview with the Pacific News Center, Guam's delegate to the U.S. Congress, Madeleine Bordallo, said she would seek the assistance of the Democratic presidential candidates. The first to show support for the War Reparations Act, Bordallo said, would win her support.

Meanwhile, Clinton said the legislation is timely in light of the impending military buildup. - Pacific News Center - Guam, Saipan, CNMI, Asia-Pacific...http://pacificnewscenter.com/

guam caucus is in 9 days..... GO HILLARY!!

I'm sending 90.00 to hillary....we must win guam caucus on May 3rd and Indiana on May 6... and try for a shocker on May 6 in north carolina:):)

HillaryClinton08, to respond to your questioning the margin by which Hillary won, I will produce for your some simple math, that even a simpleton can follow, taken from the link you yourself provided.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#PA

Now, remember how you get a percentage? Divide the total number of votes Hillary/Barack received by the total number of votes.

So if
P = Percentage of vote Candidate received
H = Votes for Hillary
B = Votes for Barack
T = Total votes

With 99% of the vote being reported, the votes are as follows,

Hillary Clinton: 1,260,208
Barack Obama: 1,045,444
Total votes: 2,305,952

P = H/T = 1,260,208/2,305,952 = 0.546 = P = 54.6% (Hillary)

P = B/T = 1,045,444/2,305,952 = 0.457 = P = 45.7% (Barack)

Now, the margin of difference in their percentages:

54.6 - 45.7 = 8.9 = 8.9%, rounded up would equal 9%.

This HARDLY constitutes 10%, and thus negates the argument that Hillary won by double digits. It even negates CNN's own reporting.

Any response...?

I'll confess to being ignorant on the mechanics of fundraising, so if this seems like a stupid question, I won't argue the point:

Any rate, is it at all possible the Clinton campaign had at least some of these donations lined up prior to Tuesday and announced them to create the requiaite (and, at this stage, meaningless) sense of momentum coming out of PA?

Clinton was begging for money in her PA victory speech last night, and I've seen multiple news stations repeating that plea for cash. The talking heads have gone out of their way to say that Clinton needs money, and I've no doubt that plenty of Clinton supporters who don't pay enough attention to realize that she's lost this thing already were more than happy to login to her site and kick in a few bucks.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that she'd fudged some of the numbers, but then I wouldn't be very surprised to learn that she hadn't either. Clinton still has a lot of supporters (just shy of half of the democratic party), and plenty of those people would be more than happy to give her cash.

A. Clinton probably does do better in a lot of key swing states. Maybe Obama inspires Democrats in solidly red states like Idaho and in places like Vermont, but it seems blazingly clear Clinton plays better in FL, OH and PA. It's legitimate for super-delegates to consider this.

B. Obama really has never accomplished much of anything on his own. Without affirmative action, it's a near certainty he'd never have made it to HLS, and unlike his classmates, he qualified automatically for the HLR, and his career as a community organizer fails to impress much, and he was a lawp prof for a while but without having to demonstrate any scholarly ability at all, even if he was a "popular" teacher. OK, and a few years in the IL statehouse and a couple of years in the Senate. Man, it's a thin resume, with no demonstrated ability under real-life conditions.

C. Obama has a fruitcake "spiritual mentor" who wears a clown costume and who says crazy ignorant shit. That ought to give you pause to think.

Another double digit controversy!

Check your calculator: your Obama figure should be 45.3 not 45.7. Ergo, margin is 9.3. I'll grant you 10% is a generous rounding, but you're not entitled to your own math.

Not that it really matters. $10 million, $8 million, $5 million. It's all just barely enough to pay off her out-standing debt.

But, is there really no objective way to verify their claims?

Let's have a little fun with the numbers.
Let's suppose that Obama removes his name from the ballot in Guam, giving Hillary all 9 delegates.
Now, tell me how she closes the delegate gap.

Oops. Should've said "sent her" in stead of sent me. Cats on the keyboard.

a reminder to those who INSIST that its Hillary who can't catch up.Um NEITHER, I repeat NEITHER will Obama reach the number required to clinch the nom. The *magic* number is 2025, or 2014 depending.

Yes Obama is ahead but thats all, it has to go to the convention! The process says all 50 states should vote and he heard, its called democracy at work!

I keep reading that Hillary can't catch up when Obama is only slightly ahead and the rules say he has to reach the required number for her to hang it up.

To those who criticize her, at least be fair. And those like MODO-DO who are saying just quit to Hillary sound like communists, very un democratic.

I found out that somehow Hillary has injected $10 Million into her campaign before March 31st. The Federal Election Commission website shows that she received $10 Million from a "Previous Campaign". It is odd that that exact figure is what the Clinton aides are touting. I personally have doubts that she has raised that much.

Mathematically, it verges on impossibility. Terry McAuliffe announced that the surge in funds came about from the help of 50,000 new donors. That means that each new donor would have to give a very generous $200 each. That is quite a stretch of anybody’s imagination. If there were a total of 80,000 donors over the 24 hour period after the primary, they would have to give and average $125 each to reach $10 Million and that is still a very generous figure.

I think that the campaign injected the $10 million before March 31st, then came out with the enormously astounding figure after the PA primary just to show that they are still solvent. The question still remains. Where did this $10 million come from?

Check out the FEC figures here:
http://www.fec.gov/press/presssummary.pdf

Just about every comment here is a question or outright rejection of Hillary's fundraising prowess. Many commenters have said they donated to Obama as a reaction to Hillary's fundraising "news." This is good. It shows what a dedicated, committed activist base can do.

Just think, if Hillary inspires this kind of ill-feeling among democrats, imagine what kind of antipathy she will inspire among repubs if she were to some-how, in spite of every metric being against her, become the democratic nominee.