Obama raises 32 Million....wait for it.......wait for it.......this MONTH.

[mckeown1128]

Campaign manager David Plouffe says he's raised $32 million this month.

That would be more than $1 million a day.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[Zynx]

1. Okay, that's officially impressive.

[KittyWampus]

3. yes, but doesn't suck it's so much about $.

[eallen]

28. People spend money on what they think is important.

The interesting thing about Obama's fund raising is its breadth. It is mostly small donations, from individuals who have no formal tie to political fundraising, who think this election is <i>that</i> important.

:hippie:

[HereSince1628]

2. How many minutes of TV could that buy in the big markets

Like LA, NYC, Boston and such? I'm just curious. I have a general sense that although that is a LOT of money to raise in a month, it will not buy a whole lot of minutes.

[MadBadger]

4. Well, he has ads going in every Super Tuesday state except IL.

[Kittycat]

10. Technically - we have ads too. They're part of the National Buy.

I've seen him several times on MSNBC :)

[cali]

8. He's advertising in ALL the major markets

and all but 5 of the Super Tuesday states, and he'll be adding those on within the next couple of days. He has buys in the next round of states. He's raised at least as much as Clinton, if not more. And he added 160,000 new donors in a one month period.

[HereSince1628]

13. I'm still wondering about how much it costs to run an ad

in the major markets.

I don't want to judge or criticize any campaign for effort money raising,I'm just curious how much it costs.

I can imagine tens of thousands for such a spot, but I have no idea if that guess is close to the actual cost.

[GoldieAZ49]

30. it is very expensive

and no one can can give an exact dollar amount.

TV spots are sold in dayparts, the greater the reach (more viewers) the more expensive it is. It is also by demographics, what age range you are trying to reach. Then you also have the price difference between local or national buys.

The Super Bowl ad that run nationally cost over a million for a 60 second spot, the prices vary by when they run, pre game, half time, etc.

Obama's Super Bowl spots are on local stations. Political ads are not allowed for the Super Bowl at the national level.


edit: there are also discounts for multiple buys.

[Cant trust em]

35. As long as it's more than his opponents

that's what really matters.

[Renew Deal]

5. That's John Kerry level fundraising.

Outstanding result.

[Colobo]

6. A-ma-zing!

[kwolf68]

7. Cool

Now we'll know who would REALLY be running the country in the Obama administration...over half the donors probably donate to both parties.

[Inuca]

9. What nonsense! n/t

[Perky]

11. what utter hyperbolic bullshit

170,000 New Donore this month

[cali]

12. Do some math. He has well over 600,000 donors

and much has been written about how many of them have given well under the limit and thus remain a resource to be tapped over and over. Furthermore, 160,000 of those donors are new this month. He's raising grassroots money. Sorry if that doesn't fit in with your bullshit narrative and agenda.

[Occam Bandage]

15. I gave him $50. Am I "really" running the country? Cool.

[zulchzulu]

18. I work for a media relations company and gave $100

THE MEDIA HAS BOUGHT THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN!!!!

Just a suggestion for an OP thread for the anti-Obama minions...

:sarcasm:

[GoldieAZ49]

33. LOL like they need help!!!!!

[Jane Austin]

36. Me, too!

I'm excited to be running the country! :)

[AngryAmish]

46. If you are running the country, could you get me a coke?

[dkf]

20. Me! I wanna run this country!

I better go make a donation ASAP.

[berni_mccoy]

14. A million dollars a day... wow.

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. He had ad's running during American Idol

that was probably expensive. And smart too.

[1corona4u]

17. Can't wait to see that donor list...

[cali]

19. Yeah, all those small donations are just sooo

damning.

:sarcasm:

[mckeown1128]

21. I am sure out of 600,000 donors

you will probably be able to find a couple who happen to be doctors or stock investors.....that way you will be able to rant the he is owned by walsteet and the health care industry.

[Coexist]

22. 170,000 new donors - average donation $188.00; Clinton raised $27 mil

fyi

This is a new record.

Clinton also did well:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/obama-raises-32.html
Obama's cash totals this quarter will likely best Sen. Hillary Clinton D-N.Y., whose campaign has said the former first lady probably raised somewhere around $27 million.

[Jane Austin]

37. Your report about Clinton raising $27 million is from last July -

according to the link you gave us.

And in that quarter, Obama did raise $32.5 to Hillary's $27 million.

(Edit for coffee-deficit grammar error)

[Coexist]

38. sorry! I didn't check the date

I was just googling around to see if I could find out how much Clinton made. Thank you for pointing that out.

[Jane Austin]

39. No problem.

I've read things I thought were current that weren't so many times that now the date is the first thing I check. :)

[LowerManhattanite]

23. Mama needs...

...a new pair of Hsus! :)

[GoldieAZ49]

31. LOL

she sure does!

[Skidmore]

24. Well, $50 of it is mine.

All I can afford for until the GE.

[IronLionZion]

27. It's all publicly available for every candidate

www.opensecrets.org and www.fec.gov are good places to start.

[1corona4u]

34. Yeah, but it takes about a month for them to update too...

[Avalux]

50 of it was from me; hadn't donated to anyone yet.

I would like to see if it's mostly small donors, like myself. :hi:

[Avalux]

25. dupe

[Blue_State_Elitist]

26. Good job.

[Colobo]

29. I gave $50!

[GoldieAZ49]

32. I gave $50.

and will continue to donate every payday.

It is an investment in my future and the future of my country.

on edit: I have never donated directly before, and will only donate to Obama,

[loveangelc]

40. Wow....that's REALLY good.

[ecstatic]

41. WHOA! GOBAMA! nt

[kelligesq]

42. People on DU give 50/100 average americans - so where is 32 million coming from in 1 month

must be an awful lot of 2500$ givers which sounds corporate to me.

[GoldieAZ49]

43. Great link

http://www.fec.gov/press/presssummary.pdf

from sept 07

Hillary had $10 million from previous campaigns

that puts her fundraising well below Obama and doesn't even show 4th quarter or Jan donations

Barack and roll!!!

[NJObamaWoman]

44. I gave the $75.00 and then $50.00 last week.

I will continue to work my way up to $2,500 if Obama is still in it.

[abburdlen]

45. I'm #230,523

I think he's going to get a quarter of a million donors by midnight.

[ErnestoG]

47. Holy COW

That's a lot a dinero. Now just wait for the Hillarbots find something to bitch about with that.