Sunday, October 19, 2008

The $150 Million Man

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe announced this morning that with more than 600,000 new donors, the Obama team raised a staggering $150 million in September alone.

In a video to supporters, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said a record 632,000 new donors gave to the campaign, with the average contribution under $100. More than 3 million donors have given so far.

The Obama campaign raised $65 million in August.

Regardless of the stunning haul, Plouffe told supporters the campaign still needed more money because "of the slime that we're getting from the McCain campaign." Plouffe cited recent attack ads and robo calls in battleground states and said the campaign needed to have every resource to "fight back."

"Their campaign is going to descend even more into the gutter," he said.

Plouffe also said the campaign was expanding its reach to compete "aggressively" in West Virginia.

Tightening polls in Georgia and North Dakota meant more money and resources could be sent to those two states in the remaining days, he said.

"We can't afford to make any cuts. We have to execute everything we think is required to win," Plouffe said of their battleground strategy. "None of us can look back on the night of November 4 or the morning of November 5 and wished we had done something extra."

The video is here.

This is nothing short of mind-blowing. Donors gave nearly twice as much money in one month as McSame's entire campaign war chest. No wonder he's losing. The people are putting their cash where their hearts are, and their hearts are with Obama.

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