When Barrack Obama raised more than Hillary Clinton in the last quarter, suddenly, it was like the world was alive again. The media had a noticeable grin on their faces as they reported that their favorite candidate was going to kick ass and win the nomination. Hillary Clinton’s campaign was doomed to fail in the face of the juggernaut that was the black vote and the charismatic (albeit completely vapid) Barack Obama.
Fast forward a few short months. Here’s the word from the Clinton campaign’s recent announcement:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in the polls, reclaimed her lead in the money race, announcing today that she had surpassed her nearest rival by $7 million in the third quarter.
The New York Democrat overcame the typically slow third quarter by raising $27 million. Although her total dipped from her second-quarter showing, Clinton topped her nearest rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who raised about $20 million.
Of her total, $22 million was earmarked for the primary contests, which begin in three months. She also attracted 100,000 new donors, more than the 93,000 donors that Obama drew.
In other words, she’s slaying him, and badly. To put her numbers in perspective, distant third candidate and class-divider John Edwards raised a paltry $30 million this entire year.
But that isn’t the only bad news for Obama and Edwards. As it turns out, the Clinton campaign is also gigantically ahead in the polls. In a recent Washington Post / ABC News poll…
Hillary Rodham Clinton has jumped to an astounding 33-point lead over Barack Obama, topping her main rival among every major slice of the electorate and widening a dominating advantage she has held all summer.
Clinton got support from a full majority for the first time in any national survey about the Democratic presidential field. She is backed by 53 percent in the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll.
Barack Obama is unelectable. He has no plan and there’s nothing behind his speeches aside from some catchy buzzwords and tired cliches. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has ideas and a plan. She’s also never waffled on the war on Iraq; only the way it’s being managed by our illustrious President. She has a plan for health care, and released that plan in detail.
Obama, on the other hand, is big on what we need to “feed” the people of this country, and we aren’t talking about food here. If it weren’t for the fact that Obama was black, you can bet your ass he’d be polling lower than Dick Gephardt did in 2004.
I’m a very happy camper, and I look forward to watching all the pundits eat crow.
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