Obama opts out of public campaign finance system

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: UberNeuman

Originally posted by: loki8481

it's going to be amazing to see what he can spend money on... they can buy ads in red, red, red states that he doesn't have a hope of winning just to put McCain on the defensive.

And it's amazing what you can see the Barack Hussein Obama team is going to do with their cash inflow...

amazingly right? 😉

Senator Barack Obama is drawing up plans for extensive advertising and voter-turnout drives across the nation, hoping to capitalize on his expected fund-raising advantage over Senator John McCain to force Republicans to compete in states they have not had to defend in decades.

His aides and advisers said they did not believe Obama necessarily has a serious chance of winning in many of the traditionally Republican states, but rather that he can at least draw Mr. McCain into spending time and money there

Even with the fund-raising dip in May, Mr. Obama?s aides expect to have something his opponent, Mr. McCain, likely will not: enough resources to eliminate the hard choices campaigns have traditionally faced when balancing the competing needs of their various state efforts.

Referring to a state with a long history of leaning Republican, he added, ?If we want to go play in a state like Georgia ? TV advertising, staff, mail ? in the most fulsome way, we?ll be able to do that.?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06.../politics/22obama.html

Except BHO's "income" has been on the decline the last couple months. Obama had his weakest fundraising month of the year, collecting $22 million

Chicken...eggs...count...hatch... 😉

Then he has the Hillary problem. Her debts could put a dent in things if he wants to make nice and cover her...

 

[UberNeuman]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: UberNeuman

Originally posted by: loki8481

it's going to be amazing to see what he can spend money on... they can buy ads in red, red, red states that he doesn't have a hope of winning just to put McCain on the defensive.

And it's amazing what you can see the Barack Hussein Obama team is going to do with their cash inflow...

amazingly right? 😉

Senator Barack Obama is drawing up plans for extensive advertising and voter-turnout drives across the nation, hoping to capitalize on his expected fund-raising advantage over Senator John McCain to force Republicans to compete in states they have not had to defend in decades.

His aides and advisers said they did not believe Obama necessarily has a serious chance of winning in many of the traditionally Republican states, but rather that he can at least draw Mr. McCain into spending time and money there

Even with the fund-raising dip in May, Mr. Obama?s aides expect to have something his opponent, Mr. McCain, likely will not: enough resources to eliminate the hard choices campaigns have traditionally faced when balancing the competing needs of their various state efforts.

Referring to a state with a long history of leaning Republican, he added, ?If we want to go play in a state like Georgia ? TV advertising, staff, mail ? in the most fulsome way, we?ll be able to do that.?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06.../politics/22obama.html

Okay, dude - you got me there....🙂

 

[First]

Meh, you could argue it's bad that he broke a promise while also arguing that it's good because it showed he was willing to take the political heat for backing off that promise by changing his position completely. His position on taxes, Iraq, and the economy won't be changing anytime soon and he'll look smarter than the right in the process, especially when he's the runaway POTUS 4+ months from now. I'd like to see him change his position on taxes, though, I think he'd garner better support from the right if he could moderate his views on social spending (though McCain has been nearly as bad there).

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Meh, you could argue it's bad that he broke a promise while also arguing that it's good because it showed he was willing to take the political heat for backing off that promise by changing his position completely. His position on taxes, Iraq, and the economy won't be changing anytime soon and he'll look smarter than the right in the process, especially when he's the runaway POTUS 4+ months from now. I'd like to see him change his position on taxes, though, I think he'd garner better support from the right if he could moderate his views on social spending (though McCain has been nearly as bad there).

How can you be so sure on that?

The fact that he is willing to break a promise like this so easily makes you wonder how he will react when there is huge pressure on him to break other promises after he is elected.

Keeping a promise on campaign finance is a piece of cake compared to what he will face once in power.

 

[UberNeuman]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Meh, you could argue it's bad that he broke a promise while also arguing that it's good because it showed he was willing to take the political heat for backing off that promise by changing his position completely. His position on taxes, Iraq, and the economy won't be changing anytime soon and he'll look smarter than the right in the process, especially when he's the runaway POTUS 4+ months from now. I'd like to see him change his position on taxes, though, I think he'd garner better support from the right if he could moderate his views on social spending (though McCain has been nearly as bad there).

How can you be so sure on that?

The fact that he is willing to break a promise like this so easily makes you wonder how he will react when there is huge pressure on him to break other promises after he is elected.

Keeping a promise on campaign finance is a piece of cake compared to what he will face once in power.

not nation builders............

 

[UberNeuman]

we gotta be humble.........

 

[First]

^ rofl, like a totally different person. I'd have voted for that alter-ego.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
we gotta be humble.........

:laugh: Good stuff!

Obama's donation counter (which will be verified once he releases his records to the FEC at the end of the month) shows he has already smashed his first two markers for donations after declaring he'd forgo public money.

His first marker was 50,000 donations by July 4th.

His second marker was 75,000 donations by July 4th.

He's broken both, and is on pace for 100,000 donations by Independence Day. :Q

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
^ rofl, like a totally different person. I'd have voted for that alter-ego.

Yet when we tell the righties they're being used and manipulated, they don't seem to care enough to get past 'well I hate the democrats, so voting for them is not an option'.

It's not like the democratic candidates are Mao Tse Tung; they are showing more effective foreign policies than the Republicans, and balancing the budgets better.