That is a haul; no doubt. Good money after bad if you ask me. Now they can pay Mark Penn? Good for them. The Obama machine hasn't stopped and will out rais her for April

Although, these numbers seem extreme, Obama had a major jump as well. In any event the picture will be clear on the next FEC report that shows the day by day amounts.

Wow, so Hillary must have gotten Hsu, and all his nonexistent dishwashers, to contribute again.

snark

It's true. It's certainly possible! And it really doesn't matter. Good for her. It's probably true. But Greg, the fact that the Hillary Camp is STILL saying it's true, doesn't make it any truer.

Election Central? The Rasmussen numbers you have posted are from yesterday, not today.

Congrats to the Clinton campaign--I wish Senator Obama could raise money like that.

Greg, have you asked them if they paid off their small vendors and other outstanding debt? Or is that money already gone too?

TPM has the wrong figures posted for Rasmussen
Obama versus Clinton: Why are they doing this.

Here is the correct figures. Obama 49 versus Clinton 42

Thursday, April 24, 2008

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll November.

In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination little has changed--Obama earns support from 49% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters while Clinton attracts 42%

They're lying. Just like they been lying every step of the way when it comes to fund raising numbers.

When the numbers come out weeks from now for this period, no one is going to remember – and the media isn’t going to bother – let alone be able to prove they did raise this, but that's what they're counting on.

This is all for the benefit of Super delegates and the gullible media who spread the news like “she one by double digits” (the campaign used that phrase first on election night and the media hasn’t let go of that terminology).

And if this figure is even close to being real, how much was 1) loaned by the Clinton's themselves, 2) is for the general , 3) from big donors who are already over the limit but will have the $$ returned later (after bookkeeping is corrected)?

They have been full of shit since day one on all issues, but especially the fund raising numbers.

Remember the first quarter of the race in January 2007?

Obama announced his numbers and then Clinton came out with figures just above, taking the spotlight off his incredible first quarter take.

Months later, when it didn't matter, the Clinton campaign "corrected" their figures DOWN and called it a "bookkeeping error". Turns out Obama beat THE CLINTON’S fundraising machine in the first quarter of the campain.

And finally, do you remember after March 5th she raised $5 Million that night (then it became 15 million in 15 days)? Yet she ended March in the red?

They are Clinton's. They are LIARS.

2 quick points.

1. This is obviously good for HRC considering her mounting debts and low cash on hand. Showing that she's still in the race, notwithstanding the fact, that it's mathematical impossible to catch up on delegates.

2.There is a tension she must negotiate, in that, BHO has 1.4 Million Donors and the sound of HRC bringing in 10M in one day is all the motivation his donors need to drop some more dough.

Full Disclosure:
I'm a BHO fan and when I heard that HRC raised 10M in one day, I went to BarackObama.com and dropped another $100 on his campaign.

Check out the "Calendar" over in the right column. How can Bill and Hillary do so much campaigning and still be so far behind?

Full Disclosure: I'm a BHO fan and when I heard that HRC raised 10M in one day, I went to BarackObama.com and dropped another $100 on his campaign.

Yesterday.

Twice. The first thing I did yesterday morning was to send him another donation.

Then another one when I heard about her supposed $10 million.

Another super for Obama today:

Superdelegate Wu Backs Obama In Oregon

Oregon Rep. David Wu, one of Oregon's 12 Democratic superdelegates, announced Thursday that he'd back Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, citing Obama's stand against the Iraq war "from the very beginning."

Wu joins Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer in backing Obama. Gov. Ted Kulongoski and Rep. Darlene Hooley are supporting New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. The rest of Oregon's superdelegates have not yet announced their choice.

"We need new policies both at home and abroad," Wu said in a statement. "Like Americans, the international community wants to see real change in America and I believe that Senator Obama embodies that change."

The endorsement is an important win for Obama in one of the few states still to vote. Oregon's primary ballots are counted on May 20.

http://www.kptv.com/politics/15978606/detail.html

so that's really $9.4 million, right?

From Politico:

9.2%

It doesn't look like Clinton's going to get that double-digit win in Pennsylvania after all.

With 99.5% of precincts reporting, she's at a 9.2% lead -- and the votes left to be counted seem to be in Philadelphia.

Are Hillary's number for real? Call me a cynic, but I never trust anything they say. These are the same folks who had big contributions from dishwashers and empty warehouses last year. I always get the feeling that her big donors, all maxed out, will find nieces and nephews, even pets, to "contribute" through the internet. It would be awfully easy to cheat on those small donors.

Dishwashers for Clinton

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102101069.html

I've never heard much discussion about these fraud donations.

the firstFEC Report: Hillary Clinton (April Monthly 2008)
April 21, 2008
On April 20, 2008, Hillary Clinton’s campaign filed its April Monthly FEC Report. This report covers the period of Mar. 1 - 31, 2008. Here’s the breakdown:

Total Raised In March: $20,931,870.78
Money Spent In March: $22,372,765.27
Cash On Hand At End Of March: $31,712,197.67
—> For Primary: Approx $9,000,000
—> For General Election: Approx $22,000,000
Debts: $10,321,562.87

*It’s worth noting that this report does not include the $2.5 million that Sen. Clinton raised at the recently held fundraiser with Elton John.

Sen. Clinton is in a similar financial position to the one she was in last month; it’s actually slightly worse when the numbers are analyzed, since her campaign actually began the month in the red with almost a million dollars more owed than they had available in primary funds. A big win in Pennsylvania would certainly help her short term financial outlook. It’s also worth adding that Clinton raised approximately $15 million online during the month of March, which demonstrates an increase in ability to raise money online
of the 2.5 million????

Hillary said that she voted for the Iraq Invasion because George W. Bush mislead her; in other words,, her excuse for voting for the Iraq war is: She was Duped by A Dope.

How would she do against intelligent foes, if she could be so fooled by Bush!

Also, who can she blame for having duped her into out Bushing Bush by threating to "Obliterate" seventy million men, women, and CHILDREN, even though that country does not have any nuclear weapons, and the country she is protecting does. What will she do if the country with the nukes attacks the other country. Hmmmmm?

Dr Hillary Strangelove Clinton has crossed The Fear Monger In Chief Threshold!!!

"Democrats worry Obama won't be able to win in November

It is the question that has hung over Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and it loomed large on Tuesday night after his loss to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania: Why has he been unable to win over enough working-class and white voters to wrap up the Democratic nomination?"

The choice is clear.

Clinton wins the general easily.

Its a no brainer for the supers.

Damn these rented finners!

Does it really matter? It should be clear by now that there's no trick to raising bursts of cash over the internet. The real question is can she sustain it.

Or: Morrigan in Oregon, prepare to shell out more!

It would just be so profoundly uncharacteristic for this $10 million story to be true, without some major qualification that makes the original statement highly misleading (e.g., half were for a GE race that will never come).

Quote: "e.g., half were for a GE race that will never come"

Yes, I did read that she was asking maxed-out donors to contribute to the GE, on the theory that most reporters would be too stupid to note the distinction.

Truth to tell, I can't imagine why anyone who hadn't been contributing to her all along would decide now that the lies and GOP trash talk had turned it for them. But that's what makes horse races, I guess.

The idea that someone who is hated by half this country easily winning the GE is quite laughable..
The best hillary could ever hope for is the 51% bush win, and I'm sure I don't need to remind anyone where that's gotten us. And maybe someone can explain why these hillary supporters are so nutty about her? Do they think she will return us to the '90s? I sure hope not, once was enough. You can slice it anyway you want, or justify it any way you want, Obama is winning fair and square
The rules are plain and simple, Michigan, Florida and and the dem party knew the consequences of their actions. Either play the game by the rules or get out and stop acting like children who don't like it when they are losing.

Does it really matter? It should be clear by now that there's no trick to raising bursts of cash over the internet. The real question is can she sustain it.

Or: Morrigan in Oregon, prepare to shell out more

How much gas would Obama supporters contributions have bought them when McCain wins in the GE because the children's crusade of Obama gets to the ocean and the seas don't part so they can walk dry shod to the holy land?.

That is the real question.

I still don't buy it. Unless she hauls in like $30-40 million for the month, I say it's BS.

As an aside, I find it amusing that Camp Hillary, as she is about to finally lose the nomination, is now trumpeting a higher percentage of small donors after Obama's been running his entire campaign like that. A day late and a dollar short as they say...

Question: "How much gas would Obama supporters contributions have bought them when McCain wins in the GE because the children's crusade of Obama gets to the ocean and the seas don't part so they can walk dry shod to the holy land?"

Yikes. Translation, please! I want to answer, but I can't make heads or tails of this.

BTW, re children's crusade: I am ostensibly part of Hillary's base: white, female, baby boomer, mother of two, and I've supported Obama almost from the beginning.

Please tell me you've got something more than snark in your quiver.

Greg, where's the headline for David Wu's superdel endorsement?

http://www.kptv.com/politics/15978606/detail.html

Anyone asked if that's actually all for the primary? I believe the answer is no.

I still don't buy the veracity of these claims from the heroine of Tuzla's campaign.

Lynn Dee,
I could not give a rat's patootie if you understand me or not.
You are also suggesting I have only snark 'in my quiver.' It seems I must be in good company around Obama supporters, or you just haven't been reading TPM's boards much.
I feel about Obama like I feel about Jesus, the dude himself is awesome but the followers leave me cold.

Morrigan, If I could ask one question (because you sound sincere in your support of Hillary and smart enough to articulate your reasons for that support): What do you make of Hillary's continually redefining of what "winning" means? Do you not see it that way? (And if you don't, how do you see it?) Or, do you see it that way and think it's unfortunate but necessary? Something else? I'm genuinely curious.

Those of you who refuse to believe that Clinton could possibly have brought in anywhere near that amount of money need to get out of the pro-Obama blogs and away from the MSM pundits for a while and look at the facts.

There are millions of Democrats who want Hillary Clinton to be the nominee. 13.9 million have voted for her in the states that are being recognized and 15.1 million if you count those of us in Michigan and Florida. A win, however insignificant you believe it to be, gave Clinton supporters a little bit of renewed hope, leading to an opening of the wallets.

Do us all a favor and try to remember that, as much as you might want to dismiss us, we make up around half of the Democratic electorate.