Facing Obama Fund-Raising Juggernaut, Clinton Seeks New Sources of Cash

[BarkleUSA]

Facing Obama Fund-Raising Juggernaut, Clinton Seeks New Sources of Cash
By MICHAEL LUO

Senator Barack Obama is swamping Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton with television advertising in their prolonged battle for the Democratic nomination, putting fresh pressure on Mrs. Clinton’s fund-raising machine to find new sources of money to help her keep pace.

But her big-dollar fund-raising apparatus that was once the envy of the political world is encountering obstacles as many of those in its regular networks of donors have reached the maximum on their personal contributions or grown tired of the relentless press for donations.

The campaign is actively hunting for new wellsprings of cash, while tapped-out donors who want to give more are contemplating financing independent efforts on her behalf that are not bound by contribution limits. So far, however, the independent efforts have been halting at best.

The scramble for fresh resources comes as the money gap between the two candidates is growing. In March, largely because of a continued advantage in small donations given over the Internet, Mr. Obama was able to raise twice what Mrs. Clinton brought in, collecting $40 million compared with her $20 million. He has been spending it freely in Pennsylvania, hoping to stymie Mrs. Clinton in a contest that could determine whether she stays in the race. More (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/us/politics/20donor.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin)

[DesertFox]

Lousy as Obama is, I take huge delight in Hillary Clinton's political demise. She's gotten off easy, but it's gotta be hard to one always protected by the media to suddenly be treated almost (but not quite) like a Republican -- her gaffes get reported, her nastiness sees the light of day, her lies aren't allowed to pass unchallenged, her husband isn't given any slack, she actually gets asked a hard question now and then, her daughter gets embarrassed by retards with no taste asking questions they shouldn't.

One can feel sympathy for Chelsea, who did nothing to deserve the treatment meted out to her; but one feels nothing but smug satisfaction at Hillary's fall from grace. Her foul mouth, evil temper and sense of entitlement have kicked her in her fat ass and she will tumble down the stairs as gracelessly as she ascended them in the first place. The best she'll ever be able to say is, "We were the president."

[BarkleUSA]

...I've come up with nine positive results from the prolonged Obama/Clinton primary - but every good list should have 10. I'm open to a 10th suggestion:

1. They are spending campaign money besmirching each other (instead of McCain). The pool of Democratic donors are being squeezed even tighter for donations - to fight another Democrat - how beautiful is THAT!

2. The MSM has taken sides, some exposing Hillary to objectivity, some exposing Obama. This is the first time a Democrat didn't get a free pass from the MSM.

3. McCain can look presidential and above the fray visiting foreign leaders while Hillary and Obama look like typical politicians slinging mud at each other over trivial "gotcha" incidents.

4. The long bitter power struggle has made supporters in each camp more likely to vote for McCain if their candidate is not "the chosen one". This was shown by Frank Luntz after the PA debate when nearly half the Dems raised their hands saying they would NOT vote for the other candidate if theirs lost.

5. The common wisdom of Hillary inevitability has been destoyed. The fact that she refuses to accept reality now reveals just how power hungry she (and Bill) are.

6. Many long time Clinton "friends" given a choice have displayed their deep animosity by choosing Obama (Kerry, Richardson, Kennedy all come to mind - but there are many others).

7. America has been stunned by the racism and hate speech of separatist black churches.

8. America has been stunned by the radical anti-America left, most notably Ayers, unrependant terroist teaching at prestigious Universities.

9. The DNC's Superdelegate process has been exposed as an elitist device that usurps the will of the voter - a theme the Dems repeated endlessly in 2000.

[Kathy30]

America has been pretty stunned, period. We see the dank underbelly of the democrats and it isn't at all attractive, nor does it smell good.