The financial mess and Obama's ability to raise money

[cali]

over the next month. Could the financial crisis negatively impact Obama's ability to raise campaign bucks over the next month?

[Whalestoe]

1. I'll be donating twice as much.

Hopefully others do the same, realizing how important it is Barack is elected over McCrazy.

[krkaufman]

2. Interesting thought. They'll let us know. n/t

[quantass]

3. Interesting..however, i'd think it would SPIKE it since...

people would be more infuriated that things are going south and want to ensure we do get out of this mess before they finally do feel it in their wallets. Some times you need a crisis to shake people into action.

[GoesTo11]

4. Thought about this today. Probably ok.

I listened to NPR asking for money today, and thought they would suffer ("what's a dollar a day?" they ask, on a day when their prime donors just lost thousands). But my feeling about donating to the campaign is different - just makes it more urgent to win. We're still giving.