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Hillary Clinton's Contribution To Barack Obama's Campaign Focuses On Dollars And Cents

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by soulfocus1 June 23, 2008 5:20 PM EDT
I was under the impression that Senator Clinton was the one who needed money to pay off her campaign debts. While I am sure that Barack Obama will welcome the funds that Senator Clinton can help to generate for his campaign, he has done a remarkable job of raising funds without her. I, for one, have contributed to his campaign four times since January. These were small amounts each time, but as someone who has never contributed to a political candidacy before, I can testify to Senator Obama''s ability to garner support from people who are inspired by his new brand of politics. I am not surprised that his donations experienced a slump in May, given that the task of securing the nomination had been achieved. I am equally sure that once he takes John McCain on in the general election (following the conventions) you will see those numbers spike again, whether Senator Clinton is involved or not. By the way, I am an over-sixty white female who chose to put my support behind the person, not the gender or the race of that person.
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by soulfocus1 June 23, 2008 5:18 PM EDT
I was under the impression that Senator Clinton was the one who needed money to pay off her campaign debts. While I am sure that Barack Obama will welcome the funds that Senator Clinton can help to generate for his campaign, he has done a remarkable job of raising funds without her. I, for one, have contributed to his campaign four times since January. These were small amounts each time, but as someone who has never contributed to a political candidacy before, I can testify to Senator Obama''s ability to garner support from people who are inspired by his new brand of politics. I am not surprised that his donations experienced a slump in May, given that the task of securing the nomination had been achieved. I am equally sure that once he takes John McCain on in the general election (following the conventions) you will see those numbers spike again, whether Senator Clinton is involved or not. By the way, I am an over-sixty white female who chose to put my support behind the person, not the gender or the race of that person.
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by soulfocus1 June 23, 2008 5:14 PM EDT
I was under the impression that Senator Clinton was the one who needed money to pay off her campaign debts. While I am sure that Barack Obama will welcome the funds that Senator Clinton can help to generate for his campaign, he has done a remarkable job of raising funds without her. I, for one, have contributed to his campaign four times since January. These were small amounts each time, but as someone who has never contributed to a political candidacy before, I can testify to Senator Obama''s ability to garner support from people who are inspired by his new brand of politics. I am not surprised that his donations experienced a slump in May, given that the task of securing the nomination had been achieved. I am equally sure that once he takes John McCain on in the general election (following the conventions) you will see those numbers spike again, whether Senator Clinton is involved or not. By the way, I am an over-sixty white female who chose to put my support behind the person, not the gender or the race of that person.
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by soulfocus1 June 23, 2008 5:12 PM EDT
I was under the impression that Senator Clinton was the one who needed money to pay off her campaign debts. While I am sure that Barack Obama will welcome the funds that Senator Clinton can help to generate for his campaign, he has done a remarkable job of raising funds without her. I, for one, have contributed to his campaign four times since January. These were small amounts each time, but as someone who has never contributed to a political candidacy before, I can testify to Senator Obama''s ability to garner support from people who are inspired by his new brand of politics. I am not surprised that his donations experienced a slump in May, given that the task of securing the nomination had been achieved. I am equally sure that once he takes John McCain on in the general election (following the conventions) you will see those numbers spike again, whether Senator Clinton is involved or not. By the way, I am an over-sixty white female who chose to put my support behind the person, not the gender or the race of that person.
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by rad_outrage June 23, 2008 5:12 PM EDT
Ok, I don''t get it. Obama needs financial support from Clinton (or her supporters)? ABC news (Jake Tapper) has an article saying that they are close to an agreement where Obama will "help retire her more than 10 million in debt." A CNN "Commentary" by Leslie Sanchez says that he "threatens to outspend McCain by six -- perhaps eight -- to one." Oh, and by the way, Obama did never "broke his pledge." This has been covered ad naseum by the pundits (Olberman, for instance) that he signed a statement that he would try to secure an agreement with the Republican nominee. No pledge. And he would ask McCain to play fair -- something I have seen no evidence of in recent days. Moveon.org has now shut down its 527. We are finally getting somewhere and don''t need journalism that might sway some voters to impede the progress!
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by rad_outrage June 23, 2008 5:11 PM EDT
Ok, I don''t get it. Obama needs financial support from Clinton (or her supporters)? ABC news (Jake Tapper) has an article saying that they are close to an agreement where Obama will "help retire her more than 10 million in debt." A CNN "Commentary" by Leslie Sanchez says that he "threatens to outspend McCain by six -- perhaps eight -- to one." Oh, and by the way, Obama did never "broke his pledge." This has been covered ad naseum by the pundits (Olberman, for instance) that he signed a statement that he would try to secure an agreement with the Republican nominee. No pledge. And he would ask McCain to play fair -- something I have seen no evidence of in recent days. Moveon.org has now shut down its 527. We are finally getting somewhere and don''t need faulty journalism that might sway some voters to impede the progress!
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by rad_outrage June 23, 2008 5:09 PM EDT
Ok, I don''t get it. Obama needs financial support from Clinton (or her supporters)? ABC news (Jake Tapper) has an article saying that they are close to an agreement where Obama will "help retire her more than 10 million in debt." A CNN "Commentary" by Leslie Sanchez says that he "threatens to outspend McCain by six -- perhaps eight -- to one." Oh, and by the way, Obama did never "broke his pledge." This has been covered ad naseum by the pundits (Olberman, for instance) that he signed a statement that he would try to secure an agreement with the Republican nominee. No pledge. And he would ask McCain to play fair -- something I have seen no evidence of in recent days. Moveon.org has now shut down its 527. We are finally getting somewhere and don''t need faulty journalism that might sway some voters to impede the progress!
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by hoseobama June 23, 2008 5:02 PM EDT
In Barack''s words, "Get over it."

Yeah, I think that is a great way for Obama to re-introduce himself. Much more in keeping with the real Barack.

I hope this person gets a clue. You don''t get the chance to hit the reset button in politics. You insisted on this baggage, so you now get the opportunity to carry it.
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by aldon61 June 23, 2008 5:01 PM EDT
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by wakeup60 June 23, 2008 4:47 PM EDT
OBAMA.....ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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