Comments on: Obama Outraises Top Three Republicans

By: just me

just me — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:58:52 +0000

I will say that one thing Obama seems to have in and around NH is a pretty good grass roots support team.

Almost every community event in the area has people in support of Obama out there wearing Obama shirts, passing out stickers/candy/other pro Obama stuff.

He seems to inspire a lot of supporters around here-how well he holds up during the election, and whether he has any major mistakes is yet to be seen, but he isn't screwing up when it comes to inspiring supporters and getting donations.

About the only GOP candidate I have seen around here working crowds is Rudy-all the other candidates have absolutely no presense at all.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:17:24 +0000

I think the Democrats have a larger number of "true believers" for a single candidate who will donate in the primaries and won't donate for the general election if their candidate doesn't win.

Maybe true, but one interesting this about Obama's "true believers" is that they haven't reached their maximum donation amount yet, meaning that later in the primary (and the general if he wins) Obama can come back to them for more, instead of having to constantly find new donors. Obama is essentially establishing a funding "customer base", instead of burning through donors and having to replace them.

By: jeff b

jeff b — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:08:26 +0000

I right, I almost forgot to mention the freeper deus ex machina Fred Thompson. Have you seen this man speak in public? He has no clue about anything. Sunni vs. Shiite or Big Mac vs. Whopper. Thompson just doesn't know.

By: jeff b

jeff b — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:03:40 +0000

The Republicans are going to have to come to a realization that all of the present candidates are 3rd-tier trash. McCain is like Clinton and Lieberman: none of them believe in anything other than their own aggrandizement. Giuliani is mobbed up, has dozens of ex-wives and ex-girlfriends, took a lot of bribes on the side as mayor, and doesn't even have the support of the FDNY. Mitt Romney has no beliefs whatsoever. He has taken both sides of every major issue. He routinely insults the people of the state where he was governor. And it turns out that there aren't as many Mormons willing to chip in for his phoney campaign as he thought there would be.

By: just me

just me — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:02:07 +0000

I think Eric makes a good point-I think there are a lot of "not sure who to support" people on the GOP side of the primary. Shoot I am one of those. While there are some I could live with, I can't say I have found any one candidate that I am passionate about and really want to see win. People like me aren't going to be so quick to write checks or even donate time, but will do so, when there is either a nominee, or a nominee really rises to the forefront to get behind. I think at this point it is a two person race on the democratic side-either Obama or Hillary. The GOP field is still pretty wide open-I think there are definite candidates that are already out, but there are several that are in that "who knows once the voting starts." Afterall, the predictions before the primary season started in the fall of 2003 was that Howard Dean was going to be the nominee-it didn't take long for his campaign to implode.

By: Eric J

Eric J — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:23:40 +0000

I think the Democrats have a larger number of "true believers" for a single candidate who will donate in the primaries and won't donate for the general election if their candidate doesn't win. I think in the Republican field, there are a lot of, say, Romney supporters who could live with a Thompson or Giuliani administration, and will be willing to get behind the eventual nominee. That would tend to depress primary fundraising. (In addition to those who may be saving their money for a Thompson run, but want to wait until he's declared.) It'll also be interesting to see what 529s play a large role in the post-primary campaign.