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Not Going to Make It

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I don’t think we are going to hit 15k by tomorrow, but still, we have raised a sizable chunk. Not to mention that our original goal was only 10k, which we have passed by a great deal.

Goal Thermometer

At any rate, $12k is still pretty damned impressive.

*** Update ***

BTW- Several more super delegates for Obama, including two from Maryland and one at-large super, as well as reports that California supers once in the bag for Hillary are now wavering.

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  1. 1.

    PeterJ

    BTW- Several more super delegates for Obama, including two from Maryland and one at-large super, as well as reports that California supers once in the bag for Hillary are now wavering.

    Super delegates are elitists.

  2. 2.

    Stooleo

    Well with this news concerning the use of a “nuclear” option its not too suprising. Some super delegates might not want to explain to their constituents how the will of the people was overturned in a backroom deal.

  3. 3.

    Rick Taylor

    Now this is surprising. Back in 2005, Hillary Clinton made the argument McCain is making now:

    Senator McCain made the point earlier today, which I agree with, and that is, it’s not so much a question of time when it comes to American military presence for the average American; I include myself in this. But it is a question of casualties,” said Clinton. “We don’t want to see our young men and women dying and suffering these grievous injuries that so many of them have. We’ve been in South Korea for 50-plus years. We’ve been in Europe for 50-plus. We’re still in Okinawa with respect to protection there coming out of World War II.

    Guess that whole hundred years thing is off the table if she’s the nominee.

  4. 4.

    Walker

    I don’t think we are going to hit 15k by tomorrow

    Did someone just give a lot of money? You are only $500 away from the goal. The banner reads 14.5k, not 12k.

  5. 5.

    Tim F.

    Did someone just give a lot of money?

    Um yeah, it sure looks like somebody just dropped $2,000. Twenty minutes ago the thermometer read $12.5k.

  7. 7.

    Nicholas Weaver

    Now which of Hillbot’s stupidities was that $20 from me from…

    a) saying economists, policy experts, environmentalists, etc are irrelevant for her pandering.

    b) her iranian comments

    c) Nuclear option…

    I gotta stop reading what Hillary Clinton and her campaign say, it gets to be an expensive habit.

  8. 8.

    lutton

    woops, better raise that estimate of what you’re not going to reach to $20k

  9. 9.

    TheFountainHead

    I want to give more this month but I just can’t handle the way my landlady glares at me!! It’s like she thinks she can get her money by piercing my soul with her eyes!

  11. 11.

    Mary

    Holy crap. I have money here, seriously, but I can’t give because I’m a damned socialist furriner. You guys are awesome, really.

  16. 16.

    Tax Analyst

    I didn’t contribute to this because I’ve been throwing mine in this Obama site thingee of “Matching Contributions”. I’m not sure if anybody is really waiting to equal my contrib. or if they’re just folks who have already tossed in the same amount and they’re pairing up those with newbies who contribute, but I like the concept, so I’ve been doing it there.

    Glad to see you’ve apparently passed the 15K without me, though.

  18. 18.

    Genine

    Wow! This is so exciting! Thanks to the big donors, the little donors and everyone in between!

  19. 19.

    JoshA

    Wow. That turned out to be some great reverse psychology by John, although I don’t think it was intentional.

    And to the person who donated 2k, you are amazing.

  20. 20.

    demimondian

    Damn. I’d been holding [a large sum] in reserve to use as a challenge grant for this evening.

    Sigh. Well, on to the general. I’m sure I’ll have another chance.

  21. 21.

    Krista

    And to the person who donated 2k, you are amazing.

    I bet it was myiq. He did it just to try to kill us all off with the shock. ;)

  24. 24.

    demimondian

    Um, Cleek? Other than the fact that Barack Obama is Not Going to Win WV in the Fall (which we already kind of, like, knew), what’s the surprise?

    Obama loses Appalachia. OK. Yup. Write it off. Too bad — those are the state which will benefit most from him being President — but you can’t force people to be smart about anything.

  25. 25.

    nightjar

    And to the person who donated 2k, you are amazing

    ELITIST! just kidding. 2000, the max, wow . My 15 bucks could be that — with 20 years interest, or longer.

  26. 26.

    jrg

    saying economists, policy experts, environmentalists, etc are irrelevant for her pandering.

    Astonishing, isn’t it? Why don’t we just give Dubya a “gender reassignment procedure” and put him in office for another 4 years? That seems like a compromise that HRC’s supporters would go for.

    Super delegates are elitists.

    Only the ones that the Clintons cannot blackmail (I’m speculating because it seems impossible that the super delegates are so gutless that they are holding out for a more pragmatic purpose, but as a junior high school graduate, I’m an elitist, too, so WTF do I know?)

  27. 27.

    Punchy

    WTFs up w/WV ?

    WV is simply a red-neckier version of KY. And KY is about the most racist, meth-addled, hick state (them and Indiana battle for these titles) east of the Miss.

    Show me an openly gay WV or strongly pro-black WVian today and I’ll show you a corpse next week.

  28. 28.

    cleek

    Um, Cleek? Other than the fact that Barack Obama is Not Going to Win WV in the Fall (which we already kind of, like, knew), what’s the surprise?

    56 / 27 ?

    why is Obama so unpopular in WV ?

  29. 29.

    cleek

    Show me an openly gay WV or strongly pro-black WVian today and I’ll show you a corpse next week.

    hmm. well, i guess that would do it.

  30. 30.

    demimondian

    why is Obama so unpopular in WV ?

    Because he’s beige.

    Seriously. I’ll bet you that a large fraction of the 17% “undecided” voters are going to vote against the “black guy”, too.

  31. 31.

    Dork

    Seriously. I’ll bet you that a large fraction of the 17% “undecided” voters are going to vote against the “black guy”, too.

    Your euphanism, not theirs.

  33. 33.

    merrinc

    why is Obama so unpopular in WV ?

    It’s nothing personal. Just the color of his skin. And not just WV but in Appalachia, where racism is alive, well, and not all that subtle. A diary at GOS last month recounted some creepy experiences in western NC as well – good ole boys stopping by a voter registration table to proclaim that they weren’t voting for a woman or a n***er.

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