Meaningless. Money? Ha! Tell me the last time that was important in an election.

No, we need to know the essential things in this campaign, Greg. Track down the Richardson story!

Personally, I am withholding my vote for either Clinton or Obama until it is determined who believes/believed Obama cannot win, when they believed it, how many times they said it, to whom, why they changed their mind, when they changed it, who had spicy chicken sandwiches for lunch, and what color Howard Ickes’ eyes are. Only then will I be able to determine who the most able candidate for President is.

Get on the horn, Greg! Track this story down!

I gave, and I think I will give again, new month!

I donated to the ACLU.

They have done more on accountability than the whole dem party.

Powerful, consistent grassroots phenomenon, poised on the threshold of changing the nature of politics - that is what the Obama campaign is demonstrating with consistently amazing fundraising totals.

Every time the Clinton Camp opens their mouths about Bill Richardson, they just reinforce the fact that he was telling the truth when he said that they were deluging him with hundreds of calls, and they were acting with a sense of entitlement, but Senator Obama just stayed in touch with Bill Richardson directly, and never tried to strong arm him.

Keep on reporting on how the Clintons are now going all out to destroy Governor Richardson's good name, and we will make sure that the Hispanic supporters of Senator Clinton are made well aware of how the Clintons will seek to destroy them if they every stray from the Clinton Plantation.

Wow. That is in spite of the Ohxas loss and the Wright flap. They didn't even try that hard compared to Jan/Feb. I was getting emails every other day and there were counters for this and counters for that all Jan/Feb. March there weren't really any counters on the website and I got maybe 2 emails specifically asking for cash.

If I were John McCain, I would be afraid - very afraid.

i think Obama or some one with money should make an ad.

seen kids looking at Hillary photo Chanting.

Liar Liar

Sniper Fire

Liar Liar

Sniper Fire

by the way it is my believe that "Clintons Delanda est"

I gave my usual monthly amount, will do so again this month (and the next, and the next, and the next...) When Obama wins the nod, I'll start sending to his GE campaign and to the non-DLC House or Senate candidates in the most trouble around the nation.

Does anyone have that comment from Hillary Clinton (or paraphrase of a conversation with her) where she said she didn't believe Obama's support was real (I think they referred to it as a mirage)? If so, please repost, I want to remind myself just how delusional she is about the reality confronting her.

He's raised an astounding $130MM+ since January. That's just nuts.

what's the matter, Eric? Cat got your tongue?
;-)

YES.
WE.
CAN.

You can't make enough of these numbers. If Hillary got the nod, let's assume that people would vote for her. But would they contribute?

I mean, I can convince myself to back her for the sake of healthcare but can I convince myself to part with my money, of which I have very little? And is my answer (probably a no) indicative of the others who are donating to Obama?

I think too much is made of who would vote for who once the dust clears. But too little is made of having the finances, and what those finances represent (strong support), to dominate the upcoming campaign.

This is partly because everyone reports Clinton's propped up numbers as fact. As everyone will later today when she ups her "20 million" march "estimate" to "25."

40 million dollars that could be put to use against John McCain, if it weren't for Don Shexote's refusal to accept reality.

Last year I started pledging $20 a month to the ACLU. I upped it tp $25 this year.

I'm sure glad I did.

O and gotalife - good on you.

I mean that - that ACLU is better than the Democratic party - that's absolutely right.

OT, but here's a good'un: donations to DCCC spike after big HRC donors lean on pelosi.

It took a while, but I finally talked my mom (one of the new 218,000!) into donating on March 31st. She's in her late sixties, a democrat for that last 25 years, and was a big Hillary supporter who gave her some money and voted for her in the Tenn primary. In previous conversations about donating to Obama she said she couldn't talk about it b/c it made her feel too bad. This weekend she told me she finally moving out of mourning for Hillary. But what was interesting to me was that she wasn't in mourning about the fact that Hillary is losing, but that she was crushed about, "how much like a Republican Hillary was campaigning, how nasty and mean she got." She wasn't wavering about voting for Obama in the general, but giving money to him was her final acknowledgment (to herself) that Hillary Clinton was not the candidate that she thought she was.

Look at those number carefully.
442 000 contributors
average contribution: $96
as one contributor can make more than one contributions, and the 442000 refers to the number of contributors rather than of contributions, the total could be significantly more than 42 000 000. maybe this is just a case of lowering expectations again before they come out with the real one.

The $40 million raised by Obama does not matter. No Metric where Hillary looses matter. If you only count the $20 million that Hillary raised, you will see very clearly that Hillary raised the most amount of money and that she's # 1! What planet do you live in? Don't you know that only Hillary matters. When you discount everything else Hillary is really winning this.

Hillary for Hillary 2008!

Well enough about donations - where's the tax return????????

THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!! FOR HILLARY!!!

I think Obama's ability to raise money has to be a big positive for the super-delegates.

On a personal level - I've never seen anything like this in my life. I have been an Obama supporter since he had nothing but an exploratory committee; my first donation was to that. Over the past fifteen months I've given small donations whenever I could, usually once a month or so.

This is the genius of Obama's campaign - everyone feels like they matter, that their small donation, whatever it is, counts. And that's because, of course, it does: millions of small donations toward one goal. It's a movement I feel privileged to be part of.

Tena, make that tax returnS

Yes, you're right of course. I said it right on another thread - I lose my head once in awhile and right now it hasn't quite floated back to my body - but I shouldn't talk about my recreational habits online.

LOL!

Hillary is Obama's BFF!!!

The longer she stays in the race, the more money he raises!

The longer she stays in the race, the longer the GOP has to wait to find out who their 527 target is!

The longer she stays in the race, the greater the enthusiasm of Obama's grassroots organizers in states that haven't had primaries yet!

The longer she stays in the race, the longer Obama has to polish his campaign skills!

The longer she stays in the race, the longer McCain has to wait to find out who his opponent is, and the longer he has to sit off to the side spinning Grandpa Simpson stories!

Yeah Hillary!!! The more she tries to knee-cap Obama, the stronger he gets!

Obama-wan Kenobi Lives!!!

Correction: Barack Obama raised $55 million in February, according to Obama house organ Huffington Post. So at $40 million for March, he's actually off more than 25% from the previous month. Anyone know how much was primary and how much was GE?

The Hillary campaign was expecting to lose in March so this does not matter. Before Obama entered the picture Hillary was raising more money. Only funds raised before Obama entered the campaign count. Nothing favorable to Obama counts, as this is all about Hillary.

Hillary for Hillary 2008!

Like Nixon before him, Obama is being successfully marketed to voters. The Glitzkrieg will continue with growing force. It would be interesting to have the exact cash layout per vote.
Axelrod believes in "stories" rather than "record". It was logical for him to pick Obama, a person who has less of a record behind him. But whatever the glossy cover previews, it's only by previous record that you'll have an idea of what's really in store for us.
Don't let yourselves get axel-railroaded into the wrong choice. Look at the economy, war vs. peace, Gay rights, civil rights during the Clinton years. We need to get back on track, to have a no-nonsense person in the White House who'll roll up her sleeves and get the job done.
Resist the Glitz.