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"With both parties clearly still unsatisfied with the “deal” struck between the White House and Republican leadership, the President is already planning to head out the door for a 50th birthday fundraising bash in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune breaks the news:"
“Obama is scheduled to attend a 50th birthday gala on Wednesday at the Aragon Ballroom, an event featuring Jennifer Hudson and Herbie Hancock. There’s also a dinner fundraiser planned for some special donors to go with the show at a cost of $35,800 a person.”
Well, this is just shameful. This guy has ZERO chance of re-election. Can you imagine any other president in a crisis leaving DC for a BD party? :shakes head:
Well, this is just shameful. This guy has ZERO chance of re-election. Can you imagine any other president in a crisis leaving DC for a BD party? :shakes head:
Look at this point IT'S UP TO CONGRESS TO GET THIS PASSED! The Democratic and Republican congressional leaders i.e. John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and Nancy Pelosi. have got to herd their damn cats and get them to vote this thing through.
Look at this point IT'S UP TO CONGRESS TO GET THIS PASSED! The Democratic and Republican congressional leaders i.e. John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and Nancy Pelosi. have got to herd their damn cats and get them to vote this thing through.
It appears several hunderd thousand feel differently.
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At the same time, the $86 million haul announced by Obama’s campaign reinforces that we are indeed in a new era of campaign finance. Obama’s team has publicly shunned talk of raising $1 billion for his reelection – and will continue to – but it now seems much more plausible.
* The competition: Obama’s huge haul looks even bigger next to his GOP opponents, none of whom managed to crack even $20 million in the second quarter, and only one of whom broke $5 million (though Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has not yet announced her totals, could still exceed that amount).
Put it this way: even if Mitt Romney, at the end of the second quarter, self-funded the same $45 million he self-funded in the entire 2008 campaign, he still would have raised less than Obama’s fundraising machine.
The fact that Obama just set a record makes it harder for the Republican field to argue that its lackluster fundraising is solely a symptom of the lagging economy. It makes it look more like donors are either uninspired, keeping their powder dry, or both.
* The DNC is playing a major role: While the combined haul of Obama and the DNC was unprecedented, the DNC’s share is also noteworthy. The total haul was $86 million, but 44 percent of that went into the DNC’s effort to reelect Obama.
When President Bush was raising money in 2003, the Republican National Committee played a smaller role. It’s hard to see what the practical effects of this are, besides the fact that the national party committee will be playing a bigger role in the campaign.
That will be true on both sides of the aisle, but on the GOP side, it is conservative third-party groups that are expected to play a major role in opposing Obama during the 2012 campaign, perhaps spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
* Small-dollar donors: Obama’s team made a point to reinforce that they’ve still got the enthusiasm of the grassroots. They noted a total of more than 550,000 donors – another record for this early in a campaign – 98 percent of whom contributed $250 or less. The $69 average donation was actually lower than it was during the 2008 campaign, when Obama set new records for small-dollar contributions.
So, if he stayed in DC no one would be unsatisfied? Oh...they would you say? OK...so why again does it matter that he's not in DC?
The guy can't even celebrate his BIRTHDAY!
He needs to ask "what would Carter do?" Carter didn't fly around the world and keep having parties when the economy was tanking in the 70s. Course, it didn't help him so maybe Obama is thinking that. Party hardy while you can.
By the way, one can celebrate their BIRTHDAY anytime and lots of people do when they have other obligations to take care of first.
Obama is only concerned with re-election---heaven help us.
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