From LBN Obama breaks money record in August- more than 55 mil

[CatsDogsBabies]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3480349

[Phredicles]

1. Cool. But how does this square with the threads from this morning

that the campaign was having money troubles, especially in terms of being able to buy advertising time?

[Cha]

2. I took those threads with a grain of salt and

almost posted that but then I thought.."why not just donate money like he needs it?" Gets expensive running around the country batting down pathological liars whose donors have a bottomless pit of wealth.

[AtomicKitten]

4. I read he had a goal for his campaign and the DNC and

fell short of that. $55 million is nothing to sneeze at though. No worries, lotsa actual celebrities are ponying up. My boyfriend, George Clooney, headlined a sold-out fundraiser for Obama in Geneva.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/people_nm/usa_politics_clooney_dc

[Cha]

7. Thanks for that link, AK..you know I love

Clooney, too:loveya: I have to check out that ad Gwenyth did too for Dems Abroad. So exciting to read about all this money coming from people who actually care about our country and don't mind paying their fair share of taxes to help with its running well.

That's right..I remember reading about the goal for the DNC, too. But, I predict an upsurge of generosity now that Jupiter has gone direct with excellent timing as we get closer to November:bounce:

[Hamlette]

5. he needs the party to raise that much too n/t

[1corona4u]

6. From what I read earlier, this is why they put this info out there...

to dispel that rumor.

[Thrill]

3. We have to hit 55 mill for September too