Re-spinning Obama's cash advantage in PA

With the reporting of March fundraising yesterday, and the aknowledgement that Hillary has borrowed and spent, and left herself in the hole financially, it is odd that Hillary has been able to spin Obama's spending in PA as a negative.

Her spin-Obama should be doing better because he has more to spend than she does. If he doesn't win outright, he has failed because he had the money to spend.

Her inability to spend competitively should be spun by Obama, especially to the super delegates.

If she really was the front runner, and the people's choice, why doesn't she have as much money as Obama. Either she can pull the money in, and she is just a bad manager. Or she can't pull the money in, and that will hurt her and the party in the fall election.

Either scenario, she loses.

If you are a super delegate, and running for re-election this year, you want somebody at the head of the ticket who has the ability to bring in huge amounts of money to the party. Every dollar spent getting the vote out for Obama, is money those downticket don't have to spend, or raise.

I would like to see some surrogates bring this up when the "Obama is outspending me" whining gets going by Hillary's people. It's her fault she doesn't have the bucks, not Obama's.

Defeating the party's cash cow is not in anyone's best interest, except Hillary's.

•  Obama The People's Choice

  As an Obama delegate candidate in PA-1 (Button 23, Column 2), I completely agree with you.

  The only argument for Clinton is that this or that "key" group of people support her.  But there can be no doubt that far more people all across the country support Obama.

  by State Rep Mark Cohen Dem PA on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:15:55 AM PDT

•  If she is really the front runner, why

  does she have to use to play the Osama Bin Laden card?  That is what Bush has been doing since Sept. 11th and now Hillary is doing it.  I sure hope Olermann asks her about her dispicable tactics.  I never thought I would see Hillary play the Osama Bin Laden card.  

  by kanuk on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:16:55 AM PDT

  •  There is actually NO excuse for playing that card

    by Virginian in Spain on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:26:26 AM PDT

    •  Sore-Losing WHINERS!!!! Waaaaahhh!!!

      by serrano on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:40:39 AM PDT

•  Indeed

  This whining is the true mark of a loser. If she were outspending Obama 3-1, she'd be bragging about how energized her donators are.

  I'd love to see a chart showing the fluctuations of donations to Hillary and Barack's campaigns month-by-month for about the last year or so.  My guess is her's would look like the low end of a roller coaster.

  Damn Obama for running such a smart campaign! And damn him for expecting to need some cash after February 5th!

  by Otis29 on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:17:52 AM PDT

•  except...

  The money she did raise is from people who expected future favors in return, so her supporters aren't interested in a grassroots 'cashcow' if it means they won't have the presidents ear.

  by shoshaku jushaku on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:24:10 AM PDT

•  The one thing the supers understand

  is money.  You can be damned sure they see this particular writing on the wall, with or without Obama's prodding.  

  I felt a tipping point last week, and Hillary's awful campaign confirmed it:  veiled racist language, the new ad with bin Laden (!), attacking Barack for being pro-McCain (!).  

  If the supers don't step up very soon, she will have ruined the party and the party's chances.  The tipping point was last week.  I think we all felt it, but can't pin down the exact minute it happened.  

  The cowardly SD's are waiting for PA, I'm sure.  Just in case she actually has inspired every racist and bigot Democrat to be more Republican than the Republicans, or to be more afraid of the black guy, and win by 18, 20 points.  Hey, it's possible.  This country bought into Bush's b.s. for two elections -- why not Hillary?  

  I honestly don't think so.  I think it will hover around 10%, a few points one way or the other.  But the SD's have got to see that she will damage and damage and damage until she drives out every Barack supporter --- and their $100 donations that are the lifeblood of the Democratic party for the next generation.  They have to see how important he is to the health of the party, don't they?  

  Step up, guys.  Now's the time.  She has to be stopped.  And you can do it.  Let's unify, let's give Barack the time he needs to heal the Hillary supporters' wounds and win them.  

  Come on.  

  by 57andFemale on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:32:17 AM PDT

•  Message to SD's about $$$$:

  If you throw the nomination to Hillary against the will of the people -- I will not donate any $ to the Democratic Party or to Hillary's campaign.  Sure I may hold my nose and vote against McCain in the GE - but no cash.  
  By the way, SD's, I am in a position to donate the maximum allowed by law and to sponser fundraisers locally - which I will do energetically for Obama.  

  by fayea on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:48:24 AM PDT

•  Ultimately unpersuasive

  interesting argument, but it's not persuasive.  Why?  Because the only metrics that matter are delegates and votes.  If Obama deploys his money to get those, it is only sensible.  Hillary started the campaign season with all the advantages in money, superdelegates, name recognition, etc.  She's squandered these.  What the SDs should notice is that Obama's deploying his money advantage rather than fighting with a hand tied behind his back. Unlike Hillary, he's not squandering his advantage.  Moreover, given the Republican ability to fundraise from corporate interest groups and their employees, Obama's money will help keep that advantage in check.  

  by Tribe Fan on Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 11:55:26 AM PDT