HQ you guys have lost touch with the Obama campaign fundraising base over the last 2 months since the primaries ended.
First, you stop putting up the counter which generated the most excitement - people want to see the counter "adding up" the donations.
The Hillary "pay off" also did not help you but that is another story I won't even get into because it's a touchy issue, still is crippling fundraising efforts overall.
Second, you have to come up with a BIG NUMBER. Don't do some 150,000 by July 4th deal (that number should be 1,000,000 donors not 150,000). DO A HUGE NUMBER - $100 Million!
At the average rate of $90, 1,000,000 donors would add $90 Million. We need a big score and this can happen. It doesn't matter WHEN it happens it just needs to happen. So what if it takes more than one reporting cycle, more than 30 days, who cares? We need to make this number.
Stop thinking SMALL HQ.
What happened to the Obama Mojo??? (i.e. "Yes We Can" ??? - where did that go?)
I can't believe HQ has let this happen. What are you guys thinking? Get Real and get back to the roots of what has been proven to work - THE COUNTER.
Every since you hid it donations have plummeted substantially.
Doing these "high dollar" fundraisers will make the core online contributor feel left out and is you don't need "our money" especially since most of us will never ever attend these events.
And PLEASE lay off the trickster donation crap (send in $5 to get a chance to be 1 of 10 for the Arena in Denver). This is below our intelligence here. Sure we would like to attend this and would give $5. But don't talk down to us and use trickery to entice a donation. We are not stupid.
Get back to your roots.
Come up with a HUGE NUMBER, put the counter back up. Go back to what has worked and GET REAL. Come down a notch from the "corporate" mindset, please.
Do this and you will see more donations come in.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_finances;_ylt=Ap83rKPIGPcWdQwSVpCP94Zh24cA
Obama outdoes Clinton in finance game
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton upped the tempo of her fundraising and her spending last month, only to be eclipsed by rival Barack Obama. At month's end, with debts of nearly $9 million, her money was nearly spent and he was sitting atop $30 million in available cash.
Obama's campaign spent at a rate of nearly $1.5 million a day in February, a crucial month that began with the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday and ended with both candidates marching to a showdown March 4 in Texas and Ohio. Clinton, riding her best fundraising period yet, spent about $1 million a day on average.
But reports filed with the Federal Election commission late Thursday showed that Obama set a single-month fundraising record, with more than $55 million in contributions.
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama raised a record $55 million in February for his presidential campaign, eclipsing rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's own substantial fundraising for the month. All told, Obama has raised $193 million during his yearlong bid for the White House.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money
Fourth Quarter 2007: $26,776,409.41
2007 Total: 107,056,585.66
Barack Obama's numbers should be up shortly. Here is a link to HRC numbers: http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/YE/C00431569.html
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests, aides said Thursday.
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. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is advertising in 12 Super Tuesday states, including her own home state of New York.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080131/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money
Tune into the debate tonight on MSNBC. The event will be broadcast live from Cashman Center in Las Vegas, Nev., from 6-8 p.m. PST.
Draw your own conclusions from this...
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Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Daily Tracking Poll: Obama Moves Into Lead Followed by Edwards; Huckabee Lead Widens
Clinton, Romney dip as Ron Paul gains
UTICA, New York – Democrat Barack Obama continued his upward momentum through the evening before the Iowa caucuses, capturing the lead ahead of rivals John Edwards and Hillary Clinton.. Meanwhile, Republican Mike Hucakbee widened his lead over Mitt Romney down the stretch, the newest and last Reuters/C–SPAN/Zogby daily telephone tracking poll in Iowa shows.
Obama broke through the 30% barrier for the first time, gaining 31% support after another strong day leading up to the caucuses. But more dramatic was Clinton’s four-point drop in this last day of tracking. Edwards moved into second place by himself after another day where he steadily gained ground. This fifth and final daily tracking poll was conducted using live telephone operators in the Zogby call center in Upstate New York. Edwards finished this Zogby daily tracking in Iowa in the same place as four years ago, when Zogby correctly identified the finishing order of the candidates in that caucus.
Obama continued to perform very well among younger likely Democratic caucus-goers, while Clinton enjoys strong support from older voters. Among men, Obama has sprinted ahead of Edwards, who is now second. Clinton continues to lead among women, but only by a small margin.
Pollster John Zogby will host a live online chat at 1:30 p.m. Friday to recap Iowa and to discuss its implications on New Hampshire and beyond! For Zogby subscribers only – go to www.zogby.com to subscribe and see the latest polling details you cannot get anywhere else.
Democrats – Iowa Tracking
12-30/1-2-08
12-29/1-1-08
12–28/31
12–27/30
12–26/29
Clinton
24%
28%
30%
31%
Obama
26%
27%
Edwards
25%
Richardson
7%
5%
Biden
4%
Dodd
1%
Kucinich
<1%
Undecided
6%
With a Huckabee surge and a Romney dip, the former Arkansas governor opened up a six-point lead over his nearest rival. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson also lost a point, and Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has been surging in New Hampshire, faded here into a tie for fourth place.
Huckabee’s strength among women was notable – he leads Romney by a 37% to 25% margin, while enjoying a narrow 27% to 25% edge among men. Huckabee also continued to show well among those likely caucus-goers age 25-34 and age 35-54, where he held significant leads over Romney and the rest of the field.
The telephone tracking survey of Democrats included 905 likely caucus–goers surveyed over four days. The margin of error for the Democratic survey was +/– 3.3 percentage points. For the telephone survey of likely Republican caucus–goers, the sample included 914 people and carries a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points. Both the Democratic sample and the Republican sample include interviews from Dec.30, 2007, to Jan. 2, 2008.
Republicans – Iowa Tracking
Huckabee
29%
Romney
McCain
10%
12%
13%
11%
Thompson
8%
Giuliani
Paul
9%
Hunter
For a complete methodological statement on these surveys, please visit:
http://www.zogby.com/methodology/readmeth.dbm?ID=1246
Detailed analysis by Pollster John Zogby is available to subscribers only
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(1/3/2008)
On January 3, 2008, ACS will host a press briefing on the Supreme Court cases, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, both of which concern the constitutionality of an Indiana statute mandating that in-person voters produce government-issued photo identification. Experts from a variety of perspectives will discuss the justification for the Indiana law, the burden that it may place on potential voters, the standard for reviewing the law, and the possible impact of a Court decision on future voting rights challenges. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument on these cases on January 9, 2008.
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Thursday, January 3, 2008 The National Press Club Murrow Room 529 14th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20045
By THOMAS BEAUMONT • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • Copyright 2007, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company • December 31, 2007
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's nominating caucuses, according to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests.
Obama's rise is the result in part of a dramatic influx of first-time caucusgoers, including a sizable bloc of political independents. Both groups prefer the Illinois senator in what has been a very competitive campaign.
