An Obama Minute: 12 PM EST 10/6/08 »

An Obama Minute is a fund raising event being held at 12 PM EST on 10/6/08. CLICK HERE if you want to take part.

An Obama Minute: October 6 »

At noon (EST) on October 6, 2008 An Obama Minute is trying to duplicate (or better) the success of April 21 when over a quarter of a million dollars was raised for Obama in just one minute.
Register now to take part in An Obama Minute.
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McCain/Palin Compliance Fund Pushes The Limit Of The Law »

John McCain has accepted $84 million of tax payer’s money to finance his campaign. Because of this he is not allowed to raise anymore money directly from people (since becoming the official Republican nominee.) Yet his campaign has been raising money through something called the McCain/Palin Compliance Fund.

Read the NY Times story on how this […]

Obama: $51 Million Raised In July »

The July fund raising numbers are in and Barack Obama beat John McCain handily again, this time with the help of the DNC. The Obama campaign raised $51 million & the DNC raised $28 million in July for a total of $79 million. Meanwhile McCain raised $27 million and the RNC raised $26 million in […]

Obama Campaign Reaches 2,000,000 Donors »

The Barack Obama campaign has reached the incredible figure of 2,000,000 individual donors during this campaign. Click here to read a Daily Kos story on the 2 million donor mark and why it’s important.
This story shows why Obama was right to not accept public financing. His campaign is truly “publicly financed” by real people like […]

Major Clinton Fundraiser Switches To Obama »

Read the story at CNN.
It looks as though at least some of Clinton’s supporters are realizing the obvious mathematical fact: She can not win the nomination. Knowing that, it’s important for the Democrats to come together and unify behind Barack Obama because the alternative is four more years of the failed policies of the Bush […]

An Obama Minute Is Today At 1 PM Eastern Standard Time »

Barack Obama supporters are attempting to break a fund raising record today. The goal is to raise $1,000,000 in a single minute (at 1PM EST.) This fund raising event was organized by the grassroots (and not by the Obama campaign.)
Obama’s fund raising prowess has been one of the most impressive things about his campaign. He […]

Can Obama’s Supporters Raise Him $1 Million In Just One Minute? »

Read this Business Week story on the plan to raise $1 Million for Obama in just one minute at 1 PM EST on April 21st.
April 21st is of course the day before the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary and is timed as such to give the Obama campaign a shot in the arm prior to […]

Dinner With Barack Obama »

The Barack Obama campaign has sent out this message about their latest grassroots fund raising effort:
Refusing money from PACs and Washington lobbyists makes this campaign different in one very important respect.
We are not beholden to anyone but you.
We’ve rejected the traditional Washington fundraising strategy — including countless dinners hosted by lobbyists — and put our […]

February Fund Raising: Obama $55 Million, McCain $11 Million »

Now that John McCain’s February numbers have been released we can make a direct comparison of the likely general election matchup’s fund raising totals. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s numbers had been released previously.
Obama raised 5 times as much money as McCain in February. A stunning $55 Million to $11 Million difference. This is particularly […]