Obama posts an obscene January money total
Posted on January 31st, 2008 at 1:31 pm by David Kaiser, EditorWith just days remaining until the battle royal across the nation that is Tsunami Tuesday, Barack Obama has apparently gone, dare I say, en fuego in the fundraising wars by scooping up an absolutely filthy $32 million in just the month of January.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said the campaign attracted 170,000 new donors for a total of 650,000 donors overall. The $32 million raised in one month matches the campaign’s best three-month fundraising period in 2007, when the campaign raised $30 million in primary money and $2 million for the general. The money raised in January was all for the primaries.
Just how does this translate for his campaign? Here’s some information:
Obama is now advertising in 20 of the 22 states in play for next week’s Super Tuesday and plans to begin advertising in seven more states that hold primaries or caucuses later in February.
The only two Feb. 5 states Obama is not advertising in are Oklahoma and his home state of Illinois. Plouffe said the campaign also is set to begin radio and television ads Friday in states with contests between Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, including Louisiana, Washington, Nebraska, Maine, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
That is one big load of cash.
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Barack Obama will be the Democratic Nominee. He has the momentum, the money, the backers, and as someone who works in political circles, I know that he likely will have Edwards endorsement very shortly.
I have seen polling numbers that suggest he will have a stronger showing then people realize on Super Tuesday.
the fact that money cam from 170,000 new voters after being in the campaign for as he has is the amazing part. it shows what grass root movements can do.
Obama is going to win this election
This might be the best poll in terms of actually indicating the support Obama has out there. Although he has gained an amazing numer of poll points in the last 4-weeks, Hillary still has a strong lead in the national polls.
However, as has happened before, conventional polls don’t always reach everybody in terms of there sample. I believe this is the current case with the polls regarding Obama. He has brough so many young people–most who use cell phones rather than land lines–and blacks into the process, that I have a feeling the polls aren’t measuring properly.
That’s why when you see how much he raised–it surprised me and I expected him to do very well–BUT NOT THAT WELL, it might be a strong suggestion that his support is far stronger and widespread than the polls indicate.
David, you can cross Bill Nelson (Florida) off of her Obama VP suggestions list; he endorsed Hillary. I suppose that leaves the other Nelson–Ben from Nebraska.
Of course that then begs the philosophical as well as practical political question: Is a Half-Nelson as good as a Full-Nelson, assuming a Full-Nelson was good in the first place?
it’s very heartening to see, having been part of this thing since the draft obama days
The polls are a little troubling for the Obama fan. The thing is, it seems like nobody knows what effect his huge victory in S. Carolina had. Followed by the Kennedy endorsements (and they’re actually campaigning for him too, right?), and Edwards’ exit.
Does anyone really know where he stands now?
Barack Obama will make John Edwards Attorney General and Tim Kaine, Governor (VA) will be his running mate. You heard it here, first.
the polls are far from troubling for Obama, especially the ones released today. They show a VERY competitive Super Duper Deluxe Tuesday, where Obama could win California, win a great deal of delegates in New York (based mostly on a strong showing in NYC), slaughter in Illinois, win in many southern states and in the midwest, and some NE states (where he overcame a 40 point deficit in Conneticut to tie things up)as well as remaining competitive in the states where Hillary wanted a stronghold.
Expect that to become stronger if he gets the Richardson endorsement (perhaps) the Edwards endorsment (more likely) or, heavnens, both
Obama’s even advertising on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I can’t remember the last time that happened with a presidential candidate.
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley backed Hillary and I think he’s sorry about that now. You can see it in his face!
Obama claimed in last night’s debate that he garnered 60% of all new voters in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. He also noted that voting turnout has near doubled in all the primaries/caucusi so far.
If that’s true (check it out David), that’s a trend that will sweep him into the White House.
Is there a faction in the DNC that wishes to see the end of the Clinton era?
It just seems sometimes that a faction of the party (and not a small group either), would like to see Billary loose this election - even if it means loosing the general election to McCandidate come November.
The democrats seem to have a ‘Anyone but Hillary’ mind-set similar to some republics who think ‘we’ll vote democrat rather than vote for McCain’
Anyone notice this?
I’m not sure if he’s garnered 60% of all new voters in NH, but I do know that turnout was huge in states that had competitive races.
Iowa’s turnout was 44% higher than 2004 for the Dems, 23% higher in New Hampshire, doubled in Florida and nearly doubled in South Carolina.
Bruce, I think there is “an anybody but Clinton” faction in the Democratic party. However, there’s also a “any Democratic that can win is better than a Republican” faction–it’s about 100%.
As such, Many Dems who are of the “anybody but Hillary” mind-set, have supported her. Many have done so becuase in the case of Obama, they haven’t felt that he could REALLY win. And in the case of Edwards they just see him as a loser; part of the losing team last time around.
I think, in part, Obama’s surging in the polls of late can be attributed to many of those Dems in that “anybody bu Hillary” faction now believing Obama CAN win. As such they are shifting to him.
She still has strong support though. And in fact, I think some Dems who early on were of the “anybody but Hillary” school have given her a second look. On the Dem side I think this thing could well go on between Obama and Clinton right up to the convention.
Look at the new polls out today, polls I have seen internally on the Obama Campaign.. as I suspected Obama has pulled ahead in CA and even in NJ and MO. National polls have tightened as well. I think Obama will be the nominee and I stand by that.