Did Obama spend all his money before August?

This was reported on the WSJ:

" Meanwhile, Sen. Obama would have been foolish to keep much money in the bank at the end of August because all money raised for the primary campaign had to be spent by the time he officially became a general-election candidate at the Democratic convention last week. "

I wonder if Obama was smart enough to empty his bank account before August 28th when he was officially nominated. hmmm....

...then I have to ask....

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN FOR 19 MONTHS?

OSCAR MIKE for O/B !

Is that right?

It seems that in your opinion, you have no reason to expect he has COMPETENT people running HIS campaign, is that it?

I'm not even offically in a "swing state".. we're suppose to be going McCain no matter what.. yet we still got peppered with ads. I'd say he's being perfectly brilliant about his campaign cash!

McCain tying. A state that splits its Electoral Votes like yours might actually give Obama the 270 he needs to win. Omaha-Lincoln perhaps?

That would be great if we split for Obama.. shocking actually.

Also, in Omaha we share a media market with Council Bluffs, IA - and I know that IS a swing state... so we could be getting ads from that as well. And, honestly - 90% of what I watch is cable, so now that I think of it.. not sure how many are local ads vs. national. Oh well.. i like seeing his face on my screen, and I DO see it a lot more then McCain.

The first 2300 was for the general as part of the donation sheet.

I've always been under the impression that if you forgo public financing, you can roll over your primary election surplus into the general election fund.

He can roll his primary funds into his general account. McCain had to spend all his because he is entering the public system.

Got a source?
If I was Obama and had to go on a spending spree I'd open several more field offices in key swing states and pay the staff a 2 month wage in advance.

on DU.

Is he now going all private funding?

Did he wind up taking special interest/other money?
This has been answered: "He has not accepted money from PAC/Lobbyists"' Thanks.



EDITED: the words I used obviously can't be used here without getting called names, cursed at, or threatened of a ban...

Originally I asked "didn't he take special interest money" I have changed that to "DID he wind up taking any special interest money" which is what I mean, before the knee-jerk came in and assaulted me. This form makes it so hard to want to stick around.

Sorry I have questions, point me to the answers and I will be informed!

He said he'd be willing to talk to the McCain campaign about it, IIRC.

much more sense, I tried looking for it, and even the most liberal sources frame it as a broke promise so I hope you can understand why I was as curious as I am.

Do you have a source for that? or any idea when it was said so I can narrow the search?

difficult.

lol

And from what I remember they couldn't get the McLame campaign to come to an agreement. Of course, McLame broke the law that has his name on it but why dwell on actual flip-flopping by Repukes when we can manufacture outrage at non-flip-flopping by Dems.

Regards

And then didn't accept public funding. :p

Who's being squirrelly, eh?

are so corrupt nothing surprises me anymore.

Got anything more than NO? You are not helping in the least?

Sorry if saying "special interest" offends you, I am ASKING nothing more.

hah ok thanks for the heads up, I have SAID nothing offensive. Unless asking questions that I DO NOT KNOW offends or breaks some rule here.

He said he was open to discussing this with McCain, but nothing ever came of it. He never pledged to take public money, and the ONLY reason McCain is doing so is because he can't raise that much money in his own campaign.

Spare me the cries of ideological purity, because it's utterly out of order here.

Obama also rejects--and has insisted that the DNC general fund reject--any "special interest" money.

But thanks for your concern. :sarcasm:

If you want to pretend hypocrisy only happens on one side that is fine, I have been doing this FAR too long. I feel the need to find out if it is just spin (which it has been exposed as) or has real merit, I do not believe Obama is perfect of the Messiah, I have been down that path before, but I do respect him and more so every incident I see.

Your statement helps, and will help me help others get a better Idea of what is true.

Thank you, and no sarcasm there.

Did you're puppet pay back his shady loan?

*sorry it was all I could do this morning*

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thanks, I appreciate it. We can't even discuss something without flying off the handle?!?

only republicans don't. sticking strongly to dogma is foolish and the sign of a narcissist. if you know you're wrong, change your stance.

that was easy, why did he change his mind?

I didn't know if there was something else involved, I was a Hillary supported up until around May 08.

EDIT TO ADD: do we know how much funding he currently has? Is that available online? I donated the $5 form the McCain email this morning, does that go to the General? yes since its after 20th right?

i am sure that other democrats advised him that the risk he is taking came with too high a price

not allowed to have 527? I don't get that can you explain? (sorry if you don't have time ill see what I can come up with)

Can you answer this for me?

EDIT TO ADD: do we know how much funding he currently has? Is that available online? I donated the $5 form the McCain email this morning, does that go to the General? yes since its after 20th
right?

taken money from PAC's or lobbyist.

read this article which is well balanced. after this though i am done explaining things to you because i suspect you dont really belong here

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/19/the-problem-with-obama-s-public-financing-acrobatics.aspx

I am reading it now, I wont' ask for any more, I am sure you are busy and my baby wants to go outside (before we are stuck in heat/no electric because of the hurricane. *IKE* *EEK*

I am sorry you feel I don't belong here, I am sorry I ask questions I do not know that somehow are offensive to all of you.

I really hope new people don't come here asking questions, I don't know how to prove anything besides posting what I did.... you can see my blog on my.obama and my events I hosted may be on there (they are past events) I will give my obama name in PM only, since some of these people are rabid.

and intimating that he is a liar we feel that maybe they are here just to disrupt.

how would you like it if i walked into your home and even before i establish a relationship with you, i criticize your decor?

I was asking, sorry if it came off as harsh, I am sure I am not the first to be harsh on a candidate of my own party....

Reading the article you gave me to me it is a lie but I can understand the reasons, to me it seems like he will have more with private funding since he can't do anything about the public system YET.. is that off base? is saying he lied off base or do we need to spin like a republican and say he was against it before he was before it?

and btw your Hillary avatar rocks! :)

like "What are hill supportters doing?" supporting obama, thats what we are doing. if you wanna focus on 2% of us that aren't, thats more your problem than a problem with "hill suporters"

what the HECK else would we be doing, supporting a pro-choice, pro Bush nutjob, pitbull in pumps? HAAH

do that sort of thing. He, and we as Democrats, saw that there was massive fundraising potential from millions of smaller donors, and they also saw that the rival Party is vicious and in bed with lots of big money interests, so any advantage over that syndicate is a needed advantage.
You have an odd focus here. Myself, I have never before seen a campaign ask for and respect the very smallest of donations. The Obama campaign has said 'if you only have $5, it is as meaninful as the rich man's thousands' and that resonates with many Americans.
He changed his mind as the facts on the ground changed. When millions came forward with cash large and small, that changed the game.
Now. Let's spend a moment on your terminology. 'Special Interest', what do you mean by that? All interests are specialized, and so such a term could mean many things. It is best in informed political discussion to avoid such vauge terms of art and speak in specifics. Special Interest is to me, the religious right and Big Oil...McCain/Palin's strangebed fellow base....

I can't find it online....

Question from other post: do we know how much funding he currently has? Is that available online? I donated the $5 form the McCain email this morning, does that go to the General? yes since its after 28th right?

I don't see where I broke them, and thanks for the warm welcome.

But I didn't use politically charged words to introduce myself. Sorry to jump on you, but after 8 years of this stuff, I'm sick to death of the trolls thinking DU is a good place to get their kicks. This is our HAVEN from the madness that is the * administration.

If you came with the intentions of getting the slime out of DC and your own state (I'm in a red, red state, too). welcome. Try to soften your approach, though, if you don't mind.

:hi:

is my edit not good enough?

I am not really down with the soft approach, if we can't be harsh and prepare here where can we?
I walked for clinton in 1996 and TRUST ME even supporters asked me MUCH HARSHER questions that that!

I am obviously not here enough to know what you mean. I am here every few days, have been more regularly to see Palin news that is not being reported.

Instead of using charged language, participate in our discussions. Show that you know what the campaign is doing (you seem not to).

We're all Democrats or progressives; we accept that until someone seems to indicate otherwise--which intentionally or not, you did.

Y'know--listen a LOT; speak a little. That's how I did it and I've been here since 2002 and have lots of cred (and, yes, a few enemies).

In GD/P we box with the gloves off. Be warned.

if you were referring to something else I didn't know about. :-)

How do you expect people to know about specific issues with our candidate if we can't ask questions that last time I checked contain words that the Republican's don't own (they may soon! hah)

Regardless I can respect being in here with the gloves off, I have no fear of that, just don't give if you can't take is what I was taught.

I know a lot about Barack Obama, and not just what the phone script says, this single question has come up in numerous face-to-face and It would have been nice to have a calm smooth answer that I know is correct. Now I should say "oh lord don't bring that up to any Dem!!" I think not, I need to piece together information and have verified all of it to now have an answer I can look like I KNOW not just spout off.

I would hope people can appreciate that this topic has come up (RNC recently), I have had this question and I am trying to be the best representation I can be.

my previous posts?

Never-mind, I found it... I think my history should be enough to prove I am here for DEMs. I have said some shit in the past, CHARGED shit too, but I am not a noob to this or Fora in general. I am sorry I used a word that got people upset, I will not use it here again.

as if you didn't know that Obama "never" said he was going to use public financing. What he did say, well before he was the nominee, was that if he were to win the Primary he would sit down with the McCain people and see if they could work something out. He was particularly concerned with the 527 Swift boaters. If he were accepting public financing he would not have the money to respond. Seeing as how this issue has been discussed ad nauseam, are you really surprised that your bringing up the same old tired talking points that have been floating around for more than a year would be ridiculed?

assume I did? I was NEVER an Obama supporter until it was CLEAR that Hillary could not do it... (for me around May 2008) I was NEVER a PUMA and never said a bad word about him.
IF you heard all the RNC speeches the last 2 nights you maybe just figure out why I was asking NOW...

Did he sit down with McCain or is he going to?

And I DO thank you for setting me straight, it is now one less question in my mind on this issue.

>>Seeing as how this issue has been discussed ad nauseam,
>>are you really surprised that your bringing up the same old tired talking points
>>that have been floating around for more than a year would be ridiculed?

As I said, I have not been around here much (as evident from my post count i'm sure) and never heard about this until this week when it came up. I DID know he was taking in HUGE amounts of money, but I was more focused and frazzled on HRC's campaign at the time.

Thanks for your concern. Jerk.

he is under PRIVATE financing is he not?

I am asking hence the question mark.

thanks friend.

Hmmm....

What the hell kind of question is this????

thanks!

but maybe this will help

Maybe the google could help.

None of you can take a question, snark on me I could see but what did this guy ask to get this.

the information you "seek".

I don't think you are what you want us to believe you are.

Enjoy your stay!!

I think my history should be enough to prove I am here for DEMs. I have said some shit in the past, CHARGED shit too, but I am not a noob to this or Fora in general. I am sorry I used a word that got people upset, I will not use it here again.

As posted earlier in the thread, primary money can be rolled over into the general election under this situation.

:eyes:

Since Obama isn't under public financing. It would be true if he was taking public financing.

bleuvixen: "do we know how much funding he currently has? Is that available online? I donated the $5 form the McCain email this morning, does that go to the General? yes since its after 20th
right?"

Why the hell you your donating to McCreep and posting here?

The O team sent out an email in response to McCain's speech. That email asked for donations.

It's still "my" early morning, and I'm half asleep.

:)

I donated to Obama after he sent the "McCain Speech" email asking for $5.... NOT McCAIN!! Lord strike me dead!!