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Perhaps in the rarefied atmosphere of the WP's board room, festooned with millionaires, they may bemoan this lest the ad revenue they count on every election cycle may not meet the needs required to maintain their household staff at its current number.

and watch the advertising revenue pour in.

If voters think the President will win in a blow-out, some will stay home. So, as idiotic as the article is, it may actually be helpful in the long run.

Four years ago he was in a tense primary battle. This year everybody is sitting back and watching the GOP shoot themselves in the foot over and over... I am not sure what Obama needs maximum money for at the moment. The general election season will be long enough as it is without starting it now for no reason.

Also I bet many big money donors have embraced the Citizens United ruling, donating to outside groups that will still be supporting Obama in the GE.

Mitt's needed those donations to seal his own primary.

Stories like this leave out so much logic.

he blew his load before the general and is struggling to find small (cheap) donors.

With an unusually large proportion of his donors already giving the maximum contribution allowed by federal law, Mr. Romney’s campaign has made repeated appeals to grass-roots donors in recent days, including a thank-you note from Mr. Romney, sent just minutes after he was declared the victor in Ohio’s primary, asking supporters for $10 contributions.



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/politics/romney-lags-in-gop-grass-roots-fund-raising.html?pagewanted=all.

They use Dem. fund-raising success to scare their big donors.

I'll bet a lot of prospective donors are simply biding their time until the general campaign begins. Or, they may decide later to fund Senate and House candidates, if they think Obama has the race locked up.

You can donate 2,500 BEFORE the convention and another 2,500 after the convention. Thus, if people were waiting, but want to donate, they are cutting the amount they can give in half.

After all they will eventually decide on a candidate and with the pacs now able to spend unlimited money they will be able to bury obama if he doesnt have enough cash on hand to counter the advertising blitz they will probably use against him.

The article says he's raised $255 million, and has $74 million on hand.

I think most of this has been setting up offices in all the states...ands its a good strategy, if you can afford it - he's going to challenge the GOP candidate in every state. That means even some 'safe' states will be in play.

But can he afford it?

I think, if he starts to lag in the polls, he'll make another pilgrimage to Hollywood, and be able to raise more funds.

One thing to note - much of this article seems like it was sourced from a Karl Rove editorial last week (which makes it sound like beltway talk). Rove, btw, is sitting on a Super-Pac, with $20 million, and a goal to raise $300 million. He will be a force in this election. I presume all VP picks will have to go through Karl.

My wife and I are double maxed out. It would be nice if we could have used that money for Congressional races, but we're not going to unilaterally disarm.

elementary, my dears.

Thank you.

Not buying the beltway bullshit.

I'm sick of this shit.

Time to close my pocket book up so to speak.

Donated over $300.00 last time around and it wasn't exactly some spare change I had lying around either.

Enough is enough!!

You do understand that Congress doesn't want it closed right? And I suspect that the USSC would come down on their side. So what's he to do?

Bucks will be pouring in once the Republicans have picked their chump.

....I don't understand these wall-street ingrates, corporate schmucks, greedy crony-capitalists and other forms of minimum human beings....they need to realize they have a friend in Obama....

....who else but a friend would let them steal our money, gamble it away and make us pick up their losses....a very dear friend indeed....

Obama
Romney
Gingrich
Santorum
Paul

All are competing for the same money from the same people Republicans.
It is Obama’s fault because he is just not into liberal and progressive issues unless his poll numbers go down then he throws the liberal/progressive base a bone to get the numbers back up.

Sure Obama will get my vote but it is not like we have a real choice this election 4 crazy pubs and 1 moderate pub to choose from. Some choice.