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I agree this is great news for Obama and I can only imagine that this not just shocked but rocked the Clinton campaign. Her edge was to suck all the money out of the primary campaign before anyone else could get to it and then just prepare for the general election. Obama is a serious contender, and I think may be on the way to becoming a favorite.One point of note, adonis. Obama has been on the scene since his speech at the 2004 Democratic National convention. He has been talked about as presidential timber since that time. It is not as though people only heard of him a year ago. I wholeheartedly agree this is great news for Obama and bad news for Hillary. And ANYTHING that is political bad news for Hillary is good news for America.The real story in all of this is that Obama outdid Clinton in only a fraction of the time that Clinton has had to gain support. He's been on the national scene for less than a year, while Hillary has been around as a senator and as a first lady, and the wife of a president, for over a decade. She only beat him by 1 million dollars, and that was through maxed out contributions, and pulling her connections from that huge network the Clintons have.This speaks to Obama's strength in appealing to americans, and it really shows that he's a contender. Watch out Hillary.
I wouldn't put anything past the Clintons.
But according to KCC only Republicans attack.
But before he gets all pissy when someone in the media mentioned his big ears...At least he got a little better...
I thought it was quite funny. Frankly, the whole bit isn't even about Barack -- it is more a slam against Sharpton, et al. The song is nothing but quotes that other media outlets made about Obama.The funnier bit was Al Sharpton with a bullhorn outside of Obama headquarters insisting that he acquiesce to Sharpton's agenda. Sharpton said that if Barack didn't come out that he was going to start talking about his Mama and then lauched into a series of "your mama is so fat" jokes.Your mama is so fat, she has euros in one pocket and pesos in the other.Your mama is so fat that when she ran away, they had to use all 4 sides of the milk carton.Your mama is so fat that when she went to a restaurant and looked at the menu, she said "Ok".
Hillary leads in the polls primarily because its still VERY early in the campaign and 1/4 of all those surveyed haven't been paying any attention to the race and don't even know who Obama is.With Obama leading the money race, he'll be able to put on a PR blitz to educate the public. It's always been his campaign's plan to make a big push in the fall.
You will receive everything you have ever wanted, plus some. No idea how we will pay for it though.
By getting in more debt with China?
This is just off the top of my head and should not be considered all-inclusive:- Remove our army from fighting in Iraq's civil war and refocus on Al-Qaeda (including in Iraq).- Rebuild our army in supplies, equipment, and troops that the Iraq war has drawn down.- Move incrementally towards universal health care (he calls his plan universal health care, but all it will really do is get insurance to about 90-95% of those without it right now, and might reduce insurance costs on the rest of us).- Restore America's faith in government by minimizing partisan language, and help end corruption by limiting lobbyist influence and making earmarks transparent rather than hide the pork from the public's eye.- Restore the world's faith in America by respecting constitutional principles and international law, and re-engaging the world in dialog and diplomacy.- Increase teacher pay, but also increase accountability in education to increase standardsMostly, though, Obama uses language to inspire rather than attack, and chooses to identify problems without getting into the specifics about how to fix them. Partially I think this is because his campaign is still working on coming up with solutions that Obama can use (it's still really early here), and partially because he knows that any legislation will need help from republicans to pass and that whatever he lists as the best case scenario will never come to pass.
I was just on his site and came to the same conclusion. All his "platforms" sounded great. Hope he finds the money tree i've been looking for.
we'll get rid of the war that your President started, and that you essentially started by putting him into office...that should save us billions for starters.
Better than a bunch of crap I didn't want with no idea how to pay for it.
I agree with Obama here. I'm also not sure the fringe element that would drop support of him because of something like this is an issue he needs to be preoccupied with.
LOL. 1. Bush was elected during peacetime. The war started within a year of his first term, giving him over 3 years of war leadership experience by his 2004 re-election campaign.2. Bush was at least in the national guard.3. Bush served as the governor of Texas starting in 1994, meaning he has compiled over a decade in major public service. Obama has zero experience in the military in any capacity. He only got into the US senate in 2004. Serve two years and then run for the white house? No thx.Orange Crush said:
To borrow from Mario Cuomo, I have two words for you: mob ties...
Look at what experience Bush and his administration had and see how well this "war on terrorism" is going. We don't need someone with military experience to help us improve our situation, we need someone with wisdom, insight, and intelligence. Wisdom insight and intelligence go much further than simply having the experience of taking orders from someone while in the military, especially when his primary job will be analyzing what people with TONS of military experience are telling him. Discretion, discernment, intelligence, and insight, all of which Obama has shown he has, will go a lot further than military experience.
) re his take on Obama.
throughout this nomination process.
Read "Audacity of Hope" for a broad idea of his mindset, approach and goals. Maybe go to his website, www.barackobama.com for more details.
Ah yes, the "The Clintons really control practiaclly everything, including the 'liberal' media" premise. Good 'ole Rush.I actually agree with Rush () re his take on Obama.Basically, Rush believes Hillary sort of was putting Obama out there as some obstacle for her to overcome, knowing full well she would bury him eventually, and in doing so make it look like she had really accomplihed something, and was battle-tested. He also believes, though, that the Hillary campaign never planned on Obama being able to raise this much money, and are likely caught a little off guard at this point.Big Obama fan here, but not in denial about the Hillary factor. Definitely means
Yeah they wanted him at there so much they actually threatened donors over giving him money. The old reverse psychology bit. She wanted to be annoited early. The meida wants candidates annoited early. But Edwards and Obama just won't go away. Heck Edwards is still beating all the GOPers in a general election poll last I checked.I want an old fashioned knock down drag out at the conventions personally.Ah yes, the "The Clintons really control practiaclly everything, including the 'liberal' media" premise. Good 'ole Rush.I actually agree with Rush (
I think I read that 290,000 people contributed that $32M. Seems to have a lot of backers
With the "national primary" on Feb. 5th, I think there's a stronger possibility of this than anything we've seen in 50 years.I can see HRC and Obama splitting the majority of the delegates with Edwards and Richardson getting around 10% total. Then it gets really interesting as HRC and Obama start trying to swing deals for their delegates to get them the nomination.On the Republican side, it's even more likely at the moment. What with the leader in the polls over there coming in at < 30%. Though I think there's a solid chance that the non-Giuliani candidates bale one by one and throw their support for Fred Thompson.
Richardson better pick it up if he wants 10 percent. I am still holding out for a late Gore entry.
Of the people who care about this thing, Obama has higher support. Thus there are bigger turn-outs at his campaign stops and he's raising more money. But there's a heck of a lot more people who aren't tuning in at this point.I think I read that 290,000 people contributed that $32M. Seems to have a lot of backers
Richardson's leading in his home state of New Mexico and Nevada.
He is really doing well on the internet money at this point.Of the people who care about this thing, Obama has higher support. Thus there are bigger turn-outs at his campaign stops and he's raising more money. But there's a heck of a lot more people who aren't tuning in at this point.I think I read that 290,000 people contributed that $32M. Seems to have a lot of backers
Thinking he will have a hard time holding that if he doesn't start doing something. I like the guy. I would be willing to consider voting for him but he really got a late start and I think it has hurt his campaign badly.
His whole strategy should have been "I'm the western states' candidate". He could target California or Texas and force the other candidates to deal with him.
Still could I guess. But a regional campaign might not be the best way to sell yourself to the country.
