Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.
(R. Waters, Money)
At the rate Obama is raking it in, he's likely going to be able to afford to buy a football team or two. Right after news that Hillary Clinton is having to give cash transfusions to her campaign, word comes that Obama is on track to follow up his $32 million January fundraising with at least $30 million this month.
Barack Obama’s campaign is on track to raise another $30 million in February, sources close to the Illinois senator say, while Hillary Rodham Clinton’s spokesman revealed Wednesday that she had loaned her campaign $5 million.
Insiders in both campaigns say the growing financial disparity virtually ensures that Obama will be able to significantly outspend Clinton in the critical primaries to come.
Even before all the Super Tuesday votes were counted, Obama began airing advertisements in Nebraska, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Maine — the next round of primary and caucus states — before Clinton did.
His campaign has raised $2.2 million in less than 24 hours, sources say.
“Obama’s financial superiority is straining the Clinton campaign at this point. That’s reflected in how he spread the field on her in Super Tuesday.
His ability to advertise in more states than she did, to put more resources on the ground than she did,” gave Obama an edge, said Anthony Corrado, an expert on campaign finance at Colby College.
That "brokered" thing from the previous post might be resolving itself even as you read this. Clinton's money pumps appear to be failing just at the same time that Obama's are coming on line at full power.
Most of us on the Right have been hoping for an Obama win to get the Clintons out of our lives, but we should careful what we wish for. Obama has a very deep well of money and he has earned as many votes as all the GOP candidates put together. If he gets the nomination against McCain, he is going to ride a Tsunami to the White House. All the conservative votes in the USA won’t stop him.
feeblemind looks pretty sound-minded here … especially if McCain is the nominee.
McCain vs. Hillary:
War Hero vs. Woodstock.
OUTCOME: Maverick sends Hill Force One to the ground in flames.
McCain vs. Obama:
Grumpy old Washington Insider vs. The New JFK.
OUTCOME: Obamalot.
Of course, ALL THREE OF THEM are alike in one regard …
… they all believe that it is Washington, with their leadership, that will become the fount for all solutions to the problems We the People face.
So does Huckabee, for that matter.
The one guy left, though, has a different take (albeit imperfectly executed) …
Change Begins with Us.
That is the most truthful thing that will be said in this election cycle … and it tells you something when it is coming from the only candidate that has actually had to make things work in the real world.
If only the political professionals would stop seeing every problem as an opportunity for vote-buying … and listen … and act accordingly.