LOL - the campaign doesn't sell pins at campaign events. Outside vendors occasionally do, but that's not a donation.

And, even if it's a $10 donation or a shirt purchased on the website - that's money in the campaign's coffers and it's one person wearing an Obama pin instead of either not voting or wearing a Hillary pin. It's a further sign of grassroots support (which is BIGGER than hers and has been all along) and it's still a historic number of people. I realize trying to minimize the political participation of those who support Obama is a pretty typical Clinton technique, but it hardly makes it true or the campaign any less impressive.

She may come back and win the nomination, but minimizing those who support her opponent, instead of debating him on the ideas or having the integrity to acknowledge what's going on, certainly isn't going to help her in November.

Posted at February 28, 2008 2:33 PM in response to Obama's Fundraising Set To Overshadow Hillary's Yet Again

Then don't be harsh Aimey and stop embarrassing yourself. There may be people giving to her in a way that are maxing out, in order to inflate her numbers. Either way, her $35 is still less than what he raised in January - and in all indications will be MUCH less than he will have raised in February. Stop digging your hole. Fund raising is no longer an area that the Clinton's can claim to be more successful in. Not to mention they need to be raising a lot more money than he is - given the way they spend it.

Posted at February 28, 2008 2:24 PM in response to Obama's Fundraising Set To Overshadow Hillary's Yet Again

Uh, Aimey - you realize that if he raised more (especially as much more as it seems like they're going to have), that it reinforces that his grassroots campaign is much better...right? It's another measure where he's winning? That she can't say she has had 1 million donors like he can, right? That that's a REAL grassroots movement?

I understand you would like her to get her bit of favorable coverage - but it's not going to be relevant.

Posted at February 28, 2008 2:22 PM in response to Obama's Fundraising Set To Overshadow Hillary's Yet Again

Clinton staying in to force Obama to practice his ground operation is fine, if she doesn't get so negative that she hurts him in the general - which is the direction she's going.

Posted at February 26, 2008 12:09 AM in response to SurveyUSA: Obama Up By 4 Points In Texas

The difference between the Texas poll and the polls that had underestimated Obama's position in past contests is the dramatically increased latino vote in Texas. Given how hard it is to predict turnout in these contests, in particular among specific ethic groups, the Texas poll could be wrong either way - depending on how it weighs the relative predicted turnout of specific groups. The past states (except CA - where he may have actually been overestimated in polls) didn't have this kind of latino population. That, to me, makes these polls completely unreliable.

Posted at February 25, 2008 3:46 PM in response to Rasmussen: Texas Primary A Dead Heat