What sort of legislation could be passed that would affect small donors? Just WTF is he talking about? Enact some sort of minimum donation necessary rule? As in, if you want to contribute, you have to contribute at least $100 the first time? I wouldn't put it past Republicans.

3 million people, John. Reality bites, doesn't it?

Love the endorsement and especially the 150 extra large.

Another point or two in the nationals and in OH, MO, IN and VA would be nice for Monday...

Gobama!

"Norah Carolina?"

Been thinking a bit too much about Norah O'Donnell, Eric?

Does anyone know how much money each campaign has left on hand at this point?
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Late late last night I wrote about this crazy Cindy holding a rally on her own. She is another Bachmann. She is probably Rovier than Rove. I guarantee you by the end of the day you will find out the extent of her fascist extremism.

"McCain added that we'll eventually have to pass legislation to deal with the problems created by Obama's small-donor fundraising model."

Simple: pass laws banning contributions to Democratic candidates.

"not a surprise"= they're both black. -john "asshat" mccain

If some hater suggest again that Obama should "donate" his money to charity,I am going to scream.On CNN they were amazed and cannot understand where all this money is coming from especially in these hard economic times? Simple, people want change and are willing to part with some of their hard earn ,limited cash if it means better economic times ahead.We make small donations to Obama (25.00 being the most we donated at one time) and we are a family of 5 with one income and at times cannot afford $ 10.00 or $15.00 dollar donation, but we do it because we believe in Obama's message. My 13 year old packs a school lunch and does not go to the movies with friends in order for us to make some of our small donations. He is proud that we can contribute and feels he is part of history in the making. This is what McCain and his supporters simply cannot understand.

Yup, small contributors can exert as much pressure as any revolving door lobbyist that McSame relies on to fund his campaign.

/sarcasm

That FoxNews transcript is an awesome read: filled with ignorance, lies, and heaps upon heaps of irony.

To wit:
"WALLACE: But Senator, back — if I may, back in 2000 when you were the target of robo calls, you called these hate calls and you said...

MCCAIN: They worked."

Yeah, who cares if the ads are an awful political tactic not done in the spirit of integrity? It worked.

Also?
"WALLACE: What have you learned about the mainstream media in this campaign?

MCCAIN: Oh, listen, I — if I complain about anything, my friend, a guy that stood fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy that now has the nomination of the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, I'd be crazy.

I'm honored and humbled. This is the most exciting experience that anybody could have. I'm just grateful."

Imagine if Obama had those same qualifications... Would he even have made it this far? Yet, McCain's spending all this money, and roughening up civic discourse, just so he can get some attention lavished upon him.

Disgusted?

It's not hard to see McMajorShit boycotting Obama's inaugural. He'll be back on Turtle Island in Fiji (with Palin/without Cindy):

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/index.html

This makes me laugh.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/mccain-counters-powell-en_n_135954.html

As for the Powell endorsement, like many of you guys I don't care for Powell because of his role in the Bush administration, but this endorsement -- not only the fact he endorsed (which was expected anyway), but the reasons he said he did so -- is just powerful, more so than I had expected from him. I'm pleasantly surprised he was so forthcoming.

F**k McScum, he calls tax cuts for middle class people "welfare" and a grass-root movement "scandal". Can't hide his disdain for ordinary people like us. F**k him. With 16 days to go, I will send more money to the Obama campaign.

McCain is becoming a blowhard in the sprit of Rush Limbaugh.Obama is getting money from people like me that can`t afford four more years of nation destruction like the last eight.I`m gladly giving money that I can`t really afford and time that I can, in order to elect a man of integrity.
Palin is in Roswell,N.M.,today.She better watch out.Mulder and Scully are not available, today

I have a question for all the commenters here. Josh recently (earlier today) posted another cautionary note about complacency and so-forth by Obama supporters, and seemed to suggest that this is widespread already:

And many Obama supporters, sure the election is basically wrapped up, appear ready to slack

What I'm wondering is, who exactly is being complacent? This almost sounds like the notorious Fox News-style "some say" argument - assert that there is complacency, but conveniently avoid naming actual names.

Really, from where I sit and read, I'm not seeing any of this. Who's being complacent? Who's saying that nothing more needs to be done, that it's over and we don't even have to bother voting? Sure, there's lots of optimism but so what - it's a sign of good morale. Are we not allowed good morale, lest it interfere with our usual handwringing?

In order to just TIE Obama at 269 electoral votes, McCain has to win the states of Nevada, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. He has to WIN THEM ALL just to TIE Obama at 269 electoral votes. All he has to do to lose the election is lose ONE of those states. All Obama has to do to win the election is win ONE of those states. Only ONE! Does anyone believe Obama can't win ONE of those states?

Small donors give McCain a headache just like voters give the GOP heartburn.

About complacency....I went to the giant rally in St. Louis yesterday and then came home and prepared "here's your polling place" packets that volunteers delivered to identified Obama supporters this afternoon. While I was waiting for these folks to get back I called 50 voters to survey whether or not they would be voting for Obama. There's no complacency out here in Missouri; we're ignoring the polls with consistency; and we're all telling folks that we absolutely NEED their vote(s).

All who can need to complete the distasteful task of phoning voters; I agree it's like a root canal but it's needed. Thanks.

Paid for by St. Louisians for a sane government. :)

Inundated a few months ago, Mary-Kay Gamel, literature professor at U.C. Santa Cruz disabused all inquirers as to her purported authorship of an account of one family's nightmare week-long vacation to Turtle Island in Fiji circa 2000 WITH THE McCAIN CLAN.

The same account can now be found on Neil Young's website, authored by Doctor Ana Dubey who is a practicing psychologist in San Francisco.

Given the amazing allegations made in the written account, it is not hard to understand why a mainstream media outlet or a political or current events website would touch it. Why suffer a storm of attack dogs, storm troopers (digital and otherwise) and Gordon Liddy wannabes?

Why would a major artist such as singer/songwriter Neil Young hazard the blowback from acting as an agent publicizing the allegations. He is known as having supported Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984 and no one excepting a certifiable kook would suspect him of being a Rove operator of the left. He would not be so stupid as to feature the allegations in the way that he has without his lawyer and his record label's lawyers vetting the allegations and Ms. Dubey in equal measure.

Moreover, it is well known that Neil's father has had a career in journalism in Canada and has been quite well known and respected north of the border.

Artist Young has deep pockets, his label has deep pockets and the McCains can surely afford the finest lawyers in the nation.

Wake up people; there may likely be gold here:

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/index.html

Even I was a little surprised to see Palin actually go to Roswell. WTF??!

Still, I have said repeatedly that her natural cohort is the low-information/anti-information voter who is often 'UFO-curious.' Why deal
with reality when you can dream shit up?

Her link to UFO-curious space shots makes Roswell not *such* a totally odd choice. Still pretty flipping odd, though.

Oh, and just to state the obvious, on top of (a) the increasingly indefensible Klondike Barbie decison, (b) backfired campaign-suspension antics,

his again-unvetted embrace of Non-plumber-the-Republican-snake-Joe is another McCain failure.

How are people supposed to get behind such inexplicably poor decision-making?

Roswell is known to the rest of you as the UFO capital of the world. In fact, it is in southeastern New Mexico -- redneck rancher and military rocket/missile program country. It has much more in common with the Texas panhandle than it does with Santa Fe/Albuquerque.