Comments on: Barack Obama and the User-Generated Movement http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:21:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lake_Michigan http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement/comment-page-1#comment-25338 Lake_Michigan Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:53:46 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement#comment-25338 <p>The $100M figure is way over blown. Maybe two people out of the entire field of D Rs has a chance to reach that much (Clinton & Giuliani). Every one else is looking at $40M-$50M for competitive viability. Also, it's hard to see how Edwards hits $15M in Q1 considering (1) that he never came close to that amount during any specific quarter during the '04 cycle, and (2) he hasn't done relatively all that much fundraising prospecting in the mean time, and (3) his other competition. I think he'll hit $10M because he's rejecting matching funds, and will raise for both the primary and general, but won't hit $15M.</p> The $100M figure is way over blown. Maybe two people out of the entire field of D Rs has a chance to reach that much (Clinton & Giuliani). Every one else is looking at $40M-$50M for competitive viability. Also, it’s hard to see how Edwards hits $15M in Q1 considering (1) that he never came close to that amount during any specific quarter during the ‘04 cycle, and (2) he hasn’t done relatively all that much fundraising prospecting in the mean time, and (3) his other competition. I think he’ll hit $10M because he’s rejecting matching funds, and will raise for both the primary and general, but won’t hit $15M.

]]> By: ArchPundit » Blog Archive » Self-Organizing and the Obama Campaign http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement/comment-page-1#comment-25191 ArchPundit » Blog Archive » Self-Organizing and the Obama Campaign Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:22:27 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement#comment-25191 <p>[...] There’s a bit more to the story though than what he said in that story and it reminded me of a good post I forgot to link to the other day just before the motherboard went kaplooeey. Not Paul Begala at Blog PI picked up on a link to an old Chicago Reader article I had linked to which contained the following: What makes Obama different from other progressive politicians is that he doesn’t just want to create and support progressive programs; he wants to mobilize the people to create their own. He wants to stand politics on its head, empowering citizens by bringing together the churches and businesses and banks, scornful grandmothers and angry young. [...]</p> [...] There’s a bit more to the story though than what he said in that story and it reminded me of a good post I forgot to link to the other day just before the motherboard went kaplooeey. Not Paul Begala at Blog PI picked up on a link to an old Chicago Reader article I had linked to which contained the following: What makes Obama different from other progressive politicians is that he doesn’t just want to create and support progressive programs; he wants to mobilize the people to create their own. He wants to stand politics on its head, empowering citizens by bringing together the churches and businesses and banks, scornful grandmothers and angry young. [...]

]]> By: ArchPundit http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement/comment-page-1#comment-25190 ArchPundit Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:21:47 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement#comment-25190 <p><strong>Self-Organizing and the Obama Campaign...</strong></p> <p>Markos criticizes Obama for his statement that he saw something new at the George Mason rally that could reshape the political world.<br /> There’s a bit more to the story though than what he said in that story and it reminded me of a good post I for...</p> Self-Organizing and the Obama Campaign…

Markos criticizes Obama for his statement that he saw something new at the George Mason rally that could reshape the political world.
There’s a bit more to the story though than what he said in that story and it reminded me of a good post I for…

]]> By: Not Paul Begala http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement/comment-page-1#comment-22577 Not Paul Begala Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:35:15 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement#comment-22577 <p>Edwards will have an impressive 1st quarter. The bar for the whole year is $100 million. I'd be very surprised if he didn't start off with something over $15.</p> Edwards will have an impressive 1st quarter. The bar for the whole year is $100 million. I’d be very surprised if he didn’t start off with something over $15.

]]> By: PoliticalCritic http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement/comment-page-1#comment-22571 PoliticalCritic Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:12:51 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/barack-obama-and-the-user-generated-movement#comment-22571 <p>Edwards is definitely positioned very well to win in Iowa and New Hampshire, but it remains to be seen if he'll have enough bank to win. Obama will come out ahead in the end.</p> Edwards is definitely positioned very well to win in Iowa and New Hampshire, but it remains to be seen if he’ll have enough bank to win. Obama will come out ahead in the end.

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