Aren’t we missing a fundraising report?
posted at 9:19 pm on July 11, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Rumor had it that Barack Obama would release his June fundraising numbers this afternoon. John McCain released his yesterday. So far this evening, no release of information has come across the wires or at Obama’s website.
Does Team Obama have bad news they want to bury far into a weekend cycle?
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Second look at public financing?
jgapinoy on July 11, 2008 at 9:22 PM
I’ve been checking all afternoon! This is going to be good!
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Oops?
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on July 11, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Refining his postion on public financing.
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 9:24 PM
WoosterOh on July 11, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Didn’t Politico ?? say something about 33 million?
JiangxiDad on July 11, 2008 at 9:28 PM
I can’t wait for this.
jencab on July 11, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Maybe they’re still waiting on some checks to clear.
Weebork on July 11, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Maybe it’s under a bus somewhere…
catmman on July 11, 2008 at 9:31 PM
I don’t see it there Jiangx
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Ummmm,the report,did anyone think about
looking under da bus?
canopfor on July 11, 2008 at 9:31 PM
WoosterOh on July 11, 2008 at 9:31 PM
As my Daddy taught me…no news is good news!
AUINSC on July 11, 2008 at 9:33 PM
His supporters may be getting the “my vote doesn’t matter” attitude, but with money. What good can their little contribution do when so much money has pouring in? That may be causing some liberals (the true tightwads) to keep their wallets closed.
But I don’t care how it happens – just that it does.
Grafted on July 11, 2008 at 9:33 PM
It takes a little longer to inscribe that on vellum and illuminate it with gold leaf, don’t you know?
Asher on July 11, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Dear Gawd, please don’t tell me they gave the report to Congressman Jefferson.
Limerick on July 11, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Weren’t they supposed to have a 100 million dollar June…
hahaha
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Sorry, I was thinking of this. It’s not definitive, and repeats the WSJ story.
JiangxiDad on July 11, 2008 at 9:37 PM
aaahh…that $30-mil report wasn’t the release. Interesting…
KarmiCommunist on July 11, 2008 at 9:38 PM
You are tearing O a new one today, Ed. Well done.
baldilocks on July 11, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Maybe Obama is waiting (hoping?) for a disaster so he can bury his bad news on the back pages. You can never find a tornado when you need one, can you?
Wethal on July 11, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Does Team Obama have bad news they want to bury far into
the weekend cycle?
AUINSC on July 11,2008 at 9:33PM.
AUINSC:Thats probably what their going to do!
And thats the same method of operation,that
the Clinton’s did,release it on Friday,and
then start the distraction process,and by
the next Friday,it repeats!
canopfor on July 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Why does he have a picture with his wife and daughters at the website after saying he shouldn’t be exposing his family so much last weekend?
clghitis on July 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM
I think they’re going to count the contents of Jefferson’s freezer this weekend….
landlines on July 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Yeah. We even had to suffer through one of Allah’s “Gulp”
headlines due to that speculation. I demand an “anti-gulp” headline if the take is below 40M
phronesis on July 11, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Bueller? Bueller?
Vizzini on July 11, 2008 at 9:43 PM
33 million sounds like a lot to me…is this news because it’s so much lower than predicted?
JustTruth101 on July 11, 2008 at 9:44 PM
ObamaPundit wont do that to his hero.
WoosterOh on July 11, 2008 at 9:45 PM
I second that motion!
KarmiCommunist on July 11, 2008 at 9:45 PM
The report was delayed because the campaign went green. Out with the 10 keys, in with the abacus.
Limerick on July 11, 2008 at 9:45 PM
did anybody check the lockers at the greyhound station?
maybe he spilled grey poupon on it and the numbers got smeared and we know how upset he gets with smears
billypaintbrush on July 11, 2008 at 9:46 PM
And the motion carries.
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Why does he have a picture…
clghitis on July 11,2008 at 9:42PM.
clghitis:Good question,heres what I thought upon,
when I visited Obama’s website!
That he ripped off the colour coordination
of the Pepsi company!
canopfor on July 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Let’s not get too excited here. I heard the matter will be cleared up on Sat afternoon after Tony Rezko has access to the computer lab in the Big House.
David in ATL on July 11, 2008 at 9:49 PM
This guy/human is falling faster than Fannie and Freddie stock!
carbon_footprint on July 11, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Anybody seen the kid lately (Allah, I mean)…I really miss him..a lot! I don’t care what some people here think about him, he was a true gem on this website…not discounting you Ed, but I hope nothing happened here…
AUINSC on July 11, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Rove, you magnificent….
wccawa on July 11, 2008 at 10:05 PM
At this point, I don’t know what, in the end will more exciting:
1. Clinton vs. Obama for the nomination round one: 2007-2008.
or
2. Clinton vs. Obama for the nomination round two: 2011-2012.
This cycle is over. McCain has won. Obama is yesterday’s news. His stock is now worth as much as Mac’s.
Prediction: McCain by apx. 65 electoral votes.
Theophile on July 11, 2008 at 10:05 PM
They’re still pouring the penny jars into the sorting machine at the credit union.
profitsbeard on July 11, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I think Allah is on vacation this week…but I’m definitely not missing him. Bobo is way too pessimistic…lol. I like my bad news fast and easy…so if we are going to lose this Nov., I want to be surprised, instead of having 4 months of hell waiting for it.
Chudi on July 11, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I predicted the same thing on my blog yeasterday Theophile. Here is how I broke it down:
States Senator Barack Obama will win with 239 Electoral Votes
California – 55
Connecticut – 7
Delaware – 3
District of Columbia – 3
Hawaii – 4
Illinois – 21
Indiana – 11
Iowa – 7
Maine – 4
Maryland – 10
Massachusetts – 12
Michigan – 17
Minnesota – 10
New Jersey – 15
New Mexico – 5
New York – 31
Oregon – 7
Rhode Island – 4
Vermont – 3
Wisconsin – 10
States Senator John McCain will win 299 Electoral votes
Alabama – 9
Alaska – 3
Arizona – 10
Arkansas – 6
Colorado – 9
Florida – 27
Georgia – 15
Idaho – 4
Kansas – 6
Kentucky – 8
Louisiana – 9
Mississippi – 6
Missouri – 11
Montana – 3
Nebraska – 5
Nevada – 5
New Hampshire – 4
North Carolina – 15
North Dakota – 3
Ohio – 20
Oklahoma – 7
Pennsylvania – 21
South Carolina – 8
South Dakota – 3
Tennessee – 11
Texas – 34
Utah – 5
Virginia – 13
Washington – 11
West Virginia – 5
Wyoming – 3
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Hahaha! Right on Chudi..but I disagree. Allah has some wicked snark and we all need that ‘chemo-therapy’ dose in this day and age…I’d rather be ‘pleasantly surprised’ than ‘shocked and disappointed’ on election day. But if it’s really bad news, at least I want to laugh about it…
AUINSC on July 11, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t attacking Allah, just his “gulp” news headlines. I eagerly anticipate his return. Ed has been doing a great job, but things inevitably fall through the cracks. For example, the fox “sexpert” had a column today and there was no link. And her picture even changed to one in which she was actually wearing her glasses. And yet I bet people here missed it all.
phronesis on July 11, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Oh come on, I really wanted to hear those pompus liberal analysts and pundits brag about his big money. I miss seeing their smug, self-important, smirky faces go on and on about how he`s out-raising McCain.
What say you, jacka$$es?
ThePrez on July 11, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I predicted…
JeffreyLloyd on July 11,2008 at 10:00PM.
JeffreyLloyd: Ya, nice try,what did you do with Obama’s
other 8 non-existant states?hahaha.
(I’m been sarcastic!)
canopfor on July 11, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Do you smell the books The Barack is cookin?
Aside: My RCP electoral map has it a 259-259 tie with Ohio the deciding state! DRAMA!
SouthernGent on July 11, 2008 at 10:24 PM
You think Indiana is going for Obama?
mikeyboss on July 11, 2008 at 10:29 PM
I’m starting to worry, it’s nearly 10:30 pm EST and no update on fundraising numbers? Maybe the person who is supposed to release it left to go see a showing of Hellboy II. Tsk tsk.
Weebork on July 11, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Yea, I gotcha..you are right too, Ed rocks bigtime! Just want to know that the whole team is in the field…we need them both, more than evah!
AUINSC on July 11, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I gave Obama Indiana as a “gimme.” He was polling pretty high there, McCain and him have pulled even now, so who knows.
JeffreyLloyd on July 11, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Perhaps a month without a fundraising record broken?
“Move along folks…nothing to see here…”
MB007 on July 11, 2008 at 10:37 PM
I’m a big fan of Allahpundit, too — I’m looking forward to his return from vacation. Or the iPhone line. Whichever…
Ed Morrissey on July 11, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Personally, I think Allah rocks. This site isn’t the same without his snark and I hope he’s back soon. Ed is marvelous, but Allah’s snark is a must.
speed911 on July 11, 2008 at 10:41 PM
This may be posted already…found at google:
KarmiCommunist on July 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Obama’s campaign probably put out the “rumored” $30 mil number themselves in an effort to set up a new threshold they can beat — instead of having to report just how short of their own predictions they fell.
JM Hanes on July 11, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Good point…and, Allahpundit will use the same excuse.
KarmiCommunist on July 11, 2008 at 10:59 PM
“This isn’t the fundraising report I knew”.
No shiite sherlock, all that flipping is going to cost you.
Bishop on July 11, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Ed, I know you’ve been a fan from back in the ‘Allah’s in the House’ days. But, of course, I’ll be asking the same question of Allah when you go on vacation…I’m insecure that way…you guys aren’t allowed vacation like us ordinary proles are, ya know…you deserve an iPhone..maybe Allah’s parents will buy you one for Christmas too.
AUINSC on July 11, 2008 at 10:59 PM
For money BHO could just charge 100 bucks a head to get into the 70,000 seat stadium. Boom! You’ve got a cool 7 million $. I think his torch bearing Reichstag mob type of coronation will hurt him.
Mojave Mark on July 11, 2008 at 11:10 PM
HELP me with some CHANGE!
BHO
TroubledMonkey on July 11, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Reuters reported that he raised $33 million earlier today and was touting the fact he outdid McCain. What would expect from Reuters?
wepeople on July 11, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Obama net fundraising needs an FBI audit, along with the FEC. Read Maureen Dowd’s column about her anonymous caller alleging most of the contributions were from the same card processors in Europe, the Middle East and (gasp) China.
For month, I’ve been saying $200 million in $10-$25 contributions does not pass the smell test. I still think Soros has something to do with providing the funds to the “small” donors, in spite of Dowd’s article.
eaglesdontflock on July 12, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Obama won’t win Indiana.
Jaibones on July 12, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Obamarx will not divulge his records as legally required
starting from the beginning with his certificate of live birth, progressing into candidacy with financial records. Every day will bring more rebuff to legal requirements from this illegitimate candidate. Again, his consistency is IRRESPONSIBILITY.
maverick muse on July 12, 2008 at 12:46 AM
eaglesdontflock on July 12, 2008 at 12:38 AM
+1
Business International Corporation, 1983, first job out of Columbia, Obamarx networked his global contacts in advance. The Clinton’s had China funding them; now Obama has the Chinese government’s flood of financial interests. There was only ONE reason to withdraw from public funding, that was because the internationals are handling him. Soros plays his manager, and Obamarx the sock puppet.
maverick muse on July 12, 2008 at 12:56 AM
This isn’t the non-public financing I knew…
drunyan8315 on July 12, 2008 at 2:01 AM
Marxists don’t need to report no nombairs!
benrand on July 12, 2008 at 2:28 AM
Yuo’d think Obama would have little trouble getting the big bucks since he can raise funds from 57 states; poor McCain is limited to the traditional 50.
electric-rascal on July 12, 2008 at 3:20 AM
Well, you see, there’s so much money, they just don’t know how to count it all!
Seixon on July 12, 2008 at 5:33 AM
O/T, Tony Snow just died.
Squid Shark on July 12, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Rest in Peace.
He would have made a great VP, if not President; his heavenly promotion is no doubt much better than either.
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-obit-snow,0,376306.story
G. Charles on July 12, 2008 at 8:27 AM
Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing.
Certain knowledge cannot be obtained./Socrates
maverick muse on July 12, 2008 at 9:47 AM
I think Ed and Allah’s styles complement each other quite well. Hotair has always been indispensable, but now it’s better than ever, IMHO.
juliesa on July 12, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Obama’s team is hunkering down to decide how he’ll suddenly announce for public financing…..since his fund raising numbers are now in the tank…….of gasoline his supporters have to buy at outrageous prices….because of his energy policies.
GarandFan on July 12, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Using the RCP map, I show McCain 324 to Obama 214. McCain wins by 110.
Wise Golden on July 12, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Dear Vayapaso,
Eddie wants an iPhone for
ChristmasLabor Day.eeyore on July 12, 2008 at 6:13 PM
MESSIAH REALITY CHECK
The people have slowly discover, that the guy behind curtain, can’t walk on water, and uses lots of mirrors.
byteshredder on July 12, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Is there a deadline for a required report?
HotWeaver on July 12, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I went to the Obama website and then clicked “back” to come back here and it wouldn’t let me. I was trapped in Obamaland. I hate it when websites do that.
29Victor on July 13, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Reports are typically due on the 20th.
http://www.fec.gov/ans/answers_filing.shtml#whendue
Last report was filed 6/20.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/
HotWeaver on July 15, 2008 at 12:50 AM