Oct 04 2007
Clinton Outraises Obama, Leads Polls
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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October 4th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I stood up and cheered when I saw that poll on the news last night.
October 4th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
The first time I saw it was this morning, but I can assure you I did exactly the same thing.
October 4th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Curious what you think about this:
All of the polls I’ve seen place Clinton ahead of Obama ahead of Edwards… but these are always polls of “likely voters”. It seems to me that a whole lot of “unlikely voters” - namely, sizable portions of all minorities - will be turning out in droves to vote for Obama. These voters are missed by pollsters because they have never voted before and are generally unlikely to vote.
I just cannot imagine a lot colored people NOT voting for Obama. The “first black president”? That’s one hell of an unstated Call to Vote. Granted, voting in primaries is different than voting in national elections (turn out is lower, only the hard core actually do it, etc.), so this may allow Hill to win the nomination, in which case she’ll grab Obama as her VP.
Anyway, curious what you think, and even more curious what will happen; I really have no idea!
At this point, the fact that Edwards is NOT going win the nomination (and won’t be a VP candidate after the ‘04 catastrophe), makes me eager, instead of anxious, to see who the Dems put forward. And of course I am still waiting for an interesting Republican candidate.
October 4th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I have no idea either. Truth is likely voters always end up voting and you can never predict what unlikely voters will do, but it wouldn’t surprise me if we suddenly see a rush of votes in both directions as the elections draw near. Once the primaries are over, I think it’ll all be moot anyway. As much as Barack may pick up a few undecideds, you can probably expect Hillary to do the same.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:33 am
I don’t have a dog in the fight (as I haven’t made up my mind who to support yet), but Obama released his health care plan, in detail, on May 29…several months before Hillary released hers.
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October 6th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Bob, really, “colored people?” Are you my grandfather? LOL
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