It’s hard to play hardball politics these days without vast sums of cash at a candidate’s disposal. In that respect Obama has proven that he knows how to raise money from lots of far left Democrats who want ABC (Anybody But Clinton).
What’s not yet clear is whether or not Obama knows how to translate all that cash into primary victories — or at least the anticipation of victories to come.
In the latest South Carolina poll by the American Research Group, Obama still trails front-runner Hillary Clinton by a daunting margin. As noted in the AngusReid Global Monitor, Hillary is first with 37 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 22 per cent, and Illinois senator Barack Obama with 21 per cent.
That’s the second major primary poll within the past week in which Hillary trounced Obama. Sooner or later, the big donors will abandon the senator from Illinois and get on the former First Lady’s bandwagon. The far left anti-war drones — maybe all 250,000 who have contributed to Obama’s campaign – will continue to contribute to a losing cause.
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Sheldon // July 5, 2007 at 3:16 pm
These polls show that Hillary Clinton remains the Democratic frontrunner.
F.Igwealor // July 5, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Hillary’s Chief Strategist, Mark Penn is a pollster by profession.
Therefore fellow pollsters are just patronizing Mark Penn by skewing the polls to favor Hillary.
Hillary is actually not leading in any polls.
If this guy could be sued for hacking into a former colleague’s email, he could buy Hillary a poll position until the rubber meets the road, which was what happened with the Q2 fundraising.
If Hillary is that popular among Americans, why was it that only 60,000 gave her money as opposed to Obama’s 258,000?
Why was it that Obama out-raised her by a whopping $10 million?
Those two are the numbers that mattered right now.
The professional pollster, Penn could use his colleagues in the industry as much as he wants, but the American people knows who’s capable of bringing people together to tackle the big issues that were left un-tackled from 1988-2007 because of yesterday’s politics of division, cronyism, and pardon-marketing.
Please tell the pollster to wake up and smell coffee - Obama is collecting everything.
Rake Morgan // July 5, 2007 at 10:24 pm
If you have any concrete evidence that Penn has manipulated polls in favor of Hillary, you should produce it. If not, your accusations are just slanderous, wishful thinking about a reputable research company (American Research Group).
Saun Scott // July 7, 2007 at 2:50 pm
If the pollsters insist on discrediting themselves by allowing silly headlines like this, they will be the losers in the end. The general public already looks at the polls with a skeptical eye. Why don’t you just relax, and let your candidate, Hillary, try to win the old fashioned way…by earning it. Of course, if it makes you happy to refer to inaccurate polls, have a blast. I hear that CNN is getting into your game as well.
Rake Morgan // July 7, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Saun, opinions don’t change facts. Never have, never will. When polls show someone besides Hillary leading, I am more than willing to accept reality. For some reason, you and many other Obama supporters seem more inclined to make unfounded accusations against reputable pollsters than to live with the facts. Give me any documented, objective proof that the pollsters are lying and I will print it here.
Vipul T. // July 15, 2007 at 5:41 pm
The reason why Mr. Obama is doing so well is because he has a huge internet following. He has raised over $11million on face book.com Myspace.com and many other sites like those. Also the reason why Mrs. Clinton is higher in polls is because she has been around for a little while. While Mr. Obama was attending Harvard law school Mrs. Clinton was almost the first lady (1991) . If you do the math soon enough Mr. Obama is going to run out of people to fun him but Mrs. Clinton is going to raise money slowly but steadily. You can compare it to a 100 yard dash to a 5 mile marathon.
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