Huffington Post: Exclusive—Obama to beat Clinton in second quarter fund-raising

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/06/obama-to-beat-clinton-in-_n_51038.html

The Huffington Post •
Obama To Beat Clinton In Second Quarter Fundraising

June 6, 2007 05:04 PM
Read More: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama
Politics


The Huffington Post has learned from sources close to both candidates that the Obama campaign will surpass the Clinton campaign in second quarter fundraising. "It's a matter of pure mathematics," an Obama fundraiser told HuffPost. "We had 104,000 donors in the first quarter; Clinton had 60,000. And while 75 percent of Hillary's contributors had maxed out, only 50 percent of ours had. So we had had a lot more potential to grow -- and we did." The fundraising period for this quarter ends on June 30, and campaigns have until July 15 to disclose their numbers. "Even though there are over three weeks left," a Clinton source told HuffPost, "it will be next to impossible for us to make up the difference. The machine we have at the $2,300 level is a superior machine, but the Obama campaign continues to beat us with small donors and on the Internet."

[still_one]

1. unfortunately, most polls show clinton 20 points higher than obama

and the primaries just aren't that far off

The more I am looking at this, the more I believe the only chance for the Democrats is for Gore to step into the race, but I don't think he will

[durrrty libby]

2. I don't find it "unfortunate" at all, and her lead will continue to grow

[emilyg]

11. Yes.

[still_one]

14. Her lead will grow only because the corporations want her to be the candidate

Yes, I will vote for her if she is the nominee, but not because I believe she is the best candidate the Democrats have to offer

That candidate is not running, Gore

[jefferson_dem]

4. Nah. Her lead is averaging single digits and Obama has the wind at his back.

Momentum is with change and against the "establishment."

[sandnsea]

8. He has money & ground game

He hasn't put himself in the lead, so he hasn't become a media target. When the dirty tricks start, he's got plenty of money to answer them. He's playing this perfectly.

[zulchzulu]

15. Name recognition at this point makes national polls fairly meaningless

With the Iowa caucus over seven months away and seeing how Senator Clinton may abandon Iowa, it's rather shoddy to speculate that any polls now mean much.

As for most polls "show clinton 20 points higher than obama", I certainly don't find that. As a matter of fact, most show Obama nearly tied and/or very close to Clinton (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=poll+obama+clinton&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8).

[RufusTFirefly]

3. Let's dispense with all these pesky issues...

... and focus on the truly important stuff in this campaign:

Polls and money! Yeah, baby!

[Colobo]

5. I'm wary about this; I don't even know if this is true or not.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Oh dear old Hufferpuff herself has found another slamming bamming

subject to post about Hillary. Darn if Adriana Huffington doesn't hate the ground Hillary walks on. Could it be JEALOUSY because the Big Dawg didn't go after her....must be....

And isn't it a shame that the democrats are laying in wait to post all the hateful articles they can about Hillary when they have a wealth of republicans...especially Fred Thompson and Rudi, who they say has just taken another mistress. Darn. Guess it is more fun to pan democrats than go after the real enemy.

[Colobo]

7. I love Ariana; she's an Obamaniac and her help is appreciated.

[Omaha Steve]

10. I didn't post this to slam Hillary....

It doesn't qualify as opinion. It seems to have accurate info. Hillary is not my first choice. My guy isn't even in the race (yet). Should Hillary win the nomination, I will donate time & money, and vote for her. I just posted info I thought was worth sharing for discussion since it is on topic.

[emilyg]

12. You're a true Democrat.

[ElizabethDC]

9. This has already been denied by Obama's spokespeople

but, of course, he's trying to lower expectations (as are all the candidates, I expect.)

[mckeown1128]

13. Warning fellow Obamaniacs...

This could be something leaked from the Clinton camp to raise expectations for Obama. Then when it turns out not to be true Obama will look like a failure. Don't trust anything not actually coming from the Obama camp.

[zulchzulu]

16. Overconfidence is the worst thing to have right now...or ever...

As far as I'm concerned, money coming into the campaigns don't mean much without seeing how the money will get spent. It can't be all just television ads. There is a much better strategy in mobilizing in critical states with a very efficient ground game as well as a superb, easy to use net presence.

If this was a baseball analogy, we're still in spring training.