With $605 million already, Obama asks only $10 more from each of us
With $605 million already, Obama asks only $10 more from each of us
Having hauled in a record $208,333 every hour of every day last month – $150 million in all — plus a few more unreported millions so far this month, Barack Obama is worried that he might come up short in the political money war with the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket.
Just to relieve himself of that $150 million before the polls open, Obama will have to spend $12.5 million a day.
But he needs some more.
And, according to an e-mail plea to supporters, tonight’s the absolute deadline to donate $10 more and receive your special edition Official Obama-Biden car magnet.
Having now collected more than $605 million altogether, the freshman senator shows no concern over the appearance of buying the presidency. Imagine for a moment the national political conversation that could be going on now if rich Republicans had raked in that much loot for one campaign.
Obama’s team is so well-funded and well-organized it has spread its political web into one-time red states, forcing McCain to defend them with his measly $84.1 million in federal funds.
Obama aides privately profess profound concern that additional financial resources from the Republican National Committee could make the GOP ticket competitive in the closing days. And the Cincinatti Bengals are a real Super Bowl threat this year.
“The race is deadlocked in a number of crucial battleground states,” the urgent e-mail proclaims, “including Ohio, Missouri and Indiana. And we’re neck-and-neck in Florida, North Carolina and Nevada.
“We have to make our final, tough decisions about where to fight and how strong we can make our team. And those choices will depend on the financial resources we have.”
And, hey, if there’s a few hundred million dollars left over in the campaign coffers on Nov. 5, win or lose, maybe Obama would like to put it toward the immense federal budget deficits that our colleague Stephen Braun warns this morning will confront the hopes and current plans of either an Obama or McCain White House come Jan. 21.
–Andrew Malcolm
Source: LA Times
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Comments
hummmmmmm…tight race huh…
close in the battlegrounds states..
just who is spending there mony more efficientlly
yes lets vote for a guy whos spending 100’s of millions of dollars…from who knows where …
and is barely beatin a old crippled man..
what a leader he will be..
i just hope theres enough rich folks he can tax to take care of americas problems….
i bet we hear this cry for money again…guess where that’l be coming from….
thats right..the 95 5 of us he lied too….
GOD D*MN AMERICA
“Obama’s team is so well-funded and well-organized it has spread its political web into one-time red states, forcing McCain to defend them with his measly $84.1 million in federal funds.”
So basically what you are saying here is that Obama is running a better campaign than McCain.
I agree