Yeah, all donated from ExxonMobil and Holliburton execs, and military contractors.

ANYONE BUT McBUSH!!!

John McCain should go to Czechoslovakia and contemplate his navel–
that is, if he can find it!

Doesn't matter what Obama brings in and what McCain brings in.
Obama will loose in November.
There are more whites in America who are not ready for the wrong reasons to vote for an African American president than there are African Americans 98% who will vote for Obama.

Hey, I'd pay to see a freak show too.
To each their own.

Obama was smart to opt out of Public financing. He was smarter than anyone else on Iraq. Smart on supporting talks with Iran before we have a nuclear disaster. Smart on focusing the fight on terror to Afghanistan. Smart on legislating against the threat of nuclear ploliferation. Smart on the Economy. Smart on improving our image across the world…..

I love this man.

Good luck Senator. WIth the press gushing over Obama like a newborn baby (although given his lack of experience, everything he does is a first time thing), you'll need it.

Seems the momentum, thus far, is with the Obamanator.

no one wants to throw their money to a loser.

Spending money on useless ads. It's time to get off the campaign. You are too old for this modern presidency anyway.

"Mental recession", sure looks as if people have plenty of money. I cannot believe the amount of money spent to buy an election. Is your vote for sale? I will write Hillary on my ballot, no matter how much these jerks receive or spend. It boggles my mind to see the waste of hard earned money. When will the well dry up? Fuel,food and the loss of jobs, will have to effect the cash flow, eventually.

McCain has the worst grades from top military veteran groups.

— Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans. (By contrast, Obama got a B+.)

– Disabled Veterans of America noted McCain’s dismal 20 percent voting record on veterans’ issues. (Obama had an 80 percent.)

– In a list of “Key Votes,” Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) notes McCain “Voted Against Us” 15 times and “Voted For Us” only 8. (Obama voted for VVA 12 times, and against only once.)

It looks like Obama is getting from average person in the street all the help $68 average while McCain has good lobbyest sources where he can achieve things easily. Considering the odds at start obama has achieved very well to create the movement and momentum. If he wins i hope and works with same energy then he may get the USA true respect back in nationas of world. What i have seen till now i would vote for obama but still there is long way to go.

Thank God! He will lack money to prosecute bloody wars against the will of the people.

Money doesn't buy votes…..remember PA, TX, CA, OH, SD, IN……

Won't matter. They will try to call Obama names, but McCain makes errors, or tells lies, every time he opens his mouth, and I do believe we've had more than enough of that from the current war criminals in office.

He's going to go down in flames come November… It will be one of the WORST landslides in history. The really sad part is that if he only would have stayed the 'Maverick' he would have had a decent shot at it. As it stands now, he's become just another brick in the Culture of Corruption wall…

First McCain said Obama was irresponsible for saying he would attack Al Queida in Pakistan if their was solid intelligence. Since calling Obama 'irresponsilbe' our miliarty has attacked Al Queida 4 times in Pakistan.

McCain calls Obama naive and reckless for wanting to set a timetable to get out of Iraq. Next thing you know the sovereign Iraq government demands we set a timetable and Bush has given in but would rather call it a "time horizon".

McCain calls Obama reckless and an appeaser for saying he will sit down with leaders of countries unfriendly to the U.S. 3 months later the U.S. successfully appeases and negoitiates with N. Korea ('axis of evil') and they begin to dismantle their nuclear plants. Now they are doing the same with Iran.

Obama has been saying Afganistan needs more troops and equipment for a year now while McCain barely mentioned it. Obama makes a big speech about it and McCain follows Obama's coattails and states what Obama has been saying all along.

Who has the judgement?

Less than half?

So what? Obama was outspending Hillary Clinton two-to-one, three-to-one, four-to-one in Texas, Pennsylvania, and on and on. Still Clinton beat him time after time.

Axelrod, Obama's "brain," thinks like a rhino with a hammer that can't find the head of the nail no matter how hard, how many times, or how loudly it keeps trying to hit it.

The only way Obama wins in November is if he manipulates the rules such that the contest is decided by caucuses, where he can send in his goons to step on our democracy even more than they already have.

NFIL
NotFallingInLine.org

We ALREADY know that this year it has become a positive thing for a candidate to raise an obscene amount of money JUST to buy the election.

I thought Americans were opposed to money being the deciding factor in who wins?

Does it mean that fron now on ONLY people with bandwagons full of celebrity money will be able to run for president?

That is why we NEED campaign finance reform and all candidates must be made to accept public financing.

This wastefulness from Obama just to self-promote is disgusting.

Does Obama believe he can buy this election?

This election is so far showing that $$$$ doesnt matter a whole lot.
Too close to call.

Barack supporters better send more money looks like he only ahead by one point in the Gallup poll!

The man of change, Obama, has wasted MORE money campaigning than any of the Old Washington Insiders before him ever did.

This is hypocritical, sad, and obscene in light of how the average American is struggling to survive.

Is THIS the change you all believe in?

I am opposed to purchasing the presidency and eliminating more qualified candidates JUST on the basis of money.

Yes, we know, CNN! How many more times are you going to spin this? Everybody at CNN out at Starbuck's this morning?

That is because Obama is the candidate of change who supports campaign finance reform…. and opposes millions being wasted on campaigns….oh wait… that was BEFORE Obama became a celebrity backed pop icon capable of OUTspending everyone else.

So much for the starving, struggling poor people.

The amount Obama has wasted just to force his way into the white house could feed a small Nation.

The democrats have lost their way and it will cost them votes.

Obama has corporate backing and celebrity backing… though he denies it.

well,, it seems mccain cant handle the bucks,,, spend spend and spend more and he still cant make headways,,,, maybe its his way of thinkin which isnt the american way,, whats he proved by all this spendin,, just ads with negative instead of stickin to the issues at hand,, we dont need a president like that,,,, at least i dont, i vote for obama who has positive ideas on helpin america get out of this mess,,, go obama!!!!!!!!!!!

So if McCain can't beat Obama in election strategy, what makes some people so certain he can beat him in war strategy?

I have a hard time with how this wastefulness on campaigning is now being turned into a positive thing- JUST because Obama is the hypocrit throwing the money around to buy his unqualified way into the white house.

Americans have been criticizing this sort of waste for decades and have been pushing for campaign finance reform and public funding to provide a fair playing field.

Now that it benefits Obama, HE and the democratic party are suddenly gleeful at the millions being wasted on PROPAGANDA.

Sadly, Americans no longer vote for the best candidate- we vote for who runs a better FUNDED slick and glitzy campaign.

Shame on Obama and shame on the democratic party for this turn about on their ideals.

Obama will bankrupt him like he did to Hillary, come September-October, Obama will be the only one who can afford to advertise!…McShame is outspending Obama right now. Not very smart…all that is a waste of time and money, I know he is trying to make O' lose his lead but sorry Johnny boy, it won't work!

Not to worry ! The super-rich and the big companies will feed the RNC. His campaign war chest is just the radical-redneck-fund … pocket change, peanuts, mad money for the Republicans.

I have taken Obama's lofty rhetoric about not being red states or blue states and about uniting in bipartisanship to heart.

For the FIRST time in 35 years of voting democratic, I have broken with my own party.

The BEST candidate is NOT- and never WAS, Obama.

This wasteful spending to buy the election is unbefitting to the platform and ideals of the democratic party- and contrary to Obama's own stated position in support of restricted, public financing.

IN THIS PRIMARY SEASON, The democrats have become indistinguishable from the republicans they CONTINUE to criticize.

Is it possible that Republicans are begining to " see the light"? Are they prepared to take some responsibility for the disaster of the Bush administration? George Bush's immaturity and incompentence was evident as early as 2000 yet the Republicans choose to put him back in office. They got what they wanted but do they want what they got?

It is really sad that it takes this amount of money to run for higher office. The average citizen could never even consider such a run. The amount of money spent and the length of the Presidential election is utterly ridiculous. Those that don't already know everything about the candidates are just not listening and don't care anyway.

Well, Obama is pulling in millions of NEW voters- people who never cared enough to vote before… but are now BUYING the office of the president for their rock star candidate.

Who knows if they will ever vote again.

Meanwhile… millions of democrats- who have voted democratic for 20, 30, 40 or 50 years… are now defecting. These people never HAVE believed in BUYing the elections. We supported public financing and are appalled at this sham.

We will see what the fall out from the change of guard: out with the old lifelong democratic base, in with the new forceful newbie leftists- will ultimately have on the democratic party down the road.

So let's be perfectly clear:
The democrats are now gleefully boasting and bragging about the very campaign wastefulness they have been deploring and fighting against for decades?

Welcome to the NEW democratic party- a party of hypocritical haters for Obama.

Of Course Obama is going to bring in more money than McCain. Every
black person in this country is sending Obama their Welfare checks.

The media. Always trying to polish that obama turd.

Senator McCain does not have the ability to inspire anybody but himself. I would never evern consider to donate to his caimpain. For me to make donation to his caimpain is like throwing my hopes way. My hope for this country to be relevant again. See, he laughs at his own jokes when his is reffering to senator Obama. No body is laughing but him. Well Jack, I quest jokes on him pal. Obama 08.

Funding him is like funding a mad guy
McPain has no Brain
OBAMA (2008 -16)

The only downside to Obama's World tour is that now we will have to contend with stories about this Old Warmonger day in day out on CNN can't wait for him to return for some newsworthy stories..
Obama 2008. Just say no to the GOP Fear machine.

Half the man half the money. The people are not falling for the republicans tricks anymore. We want them out so that we and the world can move on and do what we need to do and that is make the world a better place to live for all and not just the rich.
Obama08 with or without the PUMA people.

Bet Botox Barbie donated most of that thru one of her "blind companies".

This primary has been an eye opener for this life long (35 yrs) democrat.

The democratic primary was downright ugly and hateful.

Obama has played slick and dirty politics of old- the kind that would make republicans proud.

The attacks- on Hillary Clinton- came NOT from the republicans, but from Obama, his campaign, his pundits, the biased media, his hateful supporters and from Pelosi, Dean, Richardson and the DNC.

PEOPLE… this was democrats attacking and swiftboating other democrats. Democrats hating with vile, filthy, vulgar name-calling debasing comments against other democrats.

If this is the new direction of the democratic party- to gleefully tear apart your own best candidate and recklessly divide the party just to steal a nomination- and then go counter to your own message and SPEND SPEND SPEND until you buy the white house… then say goodbye now to the party.

The hope, unity and change message has been all show, perception and hype.

CNN = anti-Obama censorship and pro-Obama propaganda

Stick to headline news

Answer:
Gallup… 45 to 44
Rasmussen 46 to 46
Question: What does 52 million buy you?

We Democrats must be careful not to get too big of heads.

I think it is interesting that CNN (the political ticker) reports on so many non-issues involving Obama, but has of yet to post the story about McCain involved in a serious security breach by announcing to the world that Obama is supposed to be in Iraq within the next couple of days.

McCain, with all his experience, makes major CIC mistakes or misspeaks day in and day out, and the MSM including CNN, has to wait to have a negative story on Obama before they can mention it.

I can guarantee you is Obama made an ape - rape joke, it would be on 30 minutes of each our and pushed at the top of the blog as often as possible.

I wish Mccain would quit bragging about his war time heroics. He was a POW just as many other service personnel. He won no wars and is a big BSA and I don't mean boyscout.
All he has done is bash Obama and his lovely wife.
He has no more experience than the man in the moon. I can count on one hand the Presidcents we had with foreign relations and commander in chief experience.
He should go in his wheelchair and retire to his ranch and forget ever running again.
He is a big fourflusher and does not desrve to be President.

$26 million spent on negative ads and lies.
Mccain, the American voters are not stupid.
All these lies, distortions will catch up with
you.
We cannot count on the media, AP for truthful,
unbiased reporting, but you can count on the
voters to see through their lack of integrity and
responsibility.
The republicans have gotten our country in the
worse mess it has ever been, so all they
have to campaign on is dirty politics.
IT WILL NOT WORK THIS TIME!

Well that is just great. He was expecting one hundred million and only got 52 mil. Obama is a serial flip flopper and the more the people find out about him to less they are going to support him. He will do or say anything to win. McCain will win the general election if he is the nominee. Theeeere is only two possible candidates that can defeat and they are Al Gore or Hillary Clinton.. The PUMA movement is growing day by day and by the time of the National convention they are going to be in position to have Hillary's name in nomination and if the super delegates have any sense at all and want to win the general election they will cast their ballots for Hillary.

I did not vote for Bush- either time.

I don't believe in a boastful, cocky, arrogant swaggering self-impressed candidate who promises to unite and then goes out to divide and conquer and to polarize.

So… I won't be voting for Obama, either.

I prefer qualified, experienced, humble politicians who DO- and don't blow their own horns.

Hillary would have worked tirelessly to gain UNIVERSAL health care for all Americans. Obama will work tirelessly to grab for power and buy his way into the white house.

Who do YOU think is the better leader for the country?

I voted for the best and I will have a clear conscience NO matter what happens to AMERIKA now.

Good!!! The GOP are outta here come Nov!

It is all about money and race this time around.

Our Nation will cry the tears for this mockery of the electoral process and this sham of an election.

It has been American Idol all along.

MONEY AND POLITICS MAKE STRANGE BED FELLOWS. THE REPUBLICANS FOR A LONG TIME HAD A MONOPLY ON MONEY AND POLITICS. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE. GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE TO HIS WORD —
LAST FIRST AND THE FIRST LAST. SOME WON'T EVEN MAKE IT. "WORDS DO COUNT".

I am ashamed at how McCain is putting out these negative, untrue ads about Obama. Can't we defend our position on the truths of our positions. If we can't say anything positive about ourselves, what does that say about us?
This is the party of Lincoln. Where is our morality now? How far we have fallen, being beholden to large corporations. It is like the days of the english aristocracy, with lords & ladies. If we don't get our act together there will be dire consequences. The republican party will be remembered as a party of hate, war & negativity.
Now I want to know, does McCain feel ashamed of how he has been in lockstep with the President? It seems he wants it both ways, "I like him, I like him not".

His best month was 1/2 of what Obama raised, Yet CNN and the rest of the media want to make this thing seem as close as possible so they can keep people watching. Headlines such as "Obama takes beating in latest ad" make me sick. It's over!!

What really does this man mccain bring to the talbe! Nothing but war, death and destuction. For the whole month of june all I hear from mccain is doom and gloom about Obama but nothing insiring about him self, no sensible policy proposles, only refried bush policies All he has to offer is fear, and dispare…

BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!!!!

BARACK / SEBELIUS 08

If you want peace- work for justice.

Obama is only working for himself- to make history and to prematurely grab for power. It is all about HIM- and his self-importance.

HE is his own favorite subject and topic.

Never has a MORE self-impressed do-nothing spinner of words been handed the nomination of the once great democratic party.

There will be a price to pay for this hatred, conceit, demagoguery and injustice.

Freedom, justice and fair campaigning over party loyalty.

McCain follow the leader……..Obama.

I wonder who McCain's pointing at now in this picture, and who is looking at… If he's looking toward leadership, he need only direct himself to Barack Obama.

Why isn't CNN reporting on the fact that Maliki today endorsed *Obama's* plan for withdrawal in 16 months?!?!?

This is a big deal, and yet CNN is slow on the draw once again. Shocker.

THE ONLY THING OBAMA IS GOOD FOR IS CONNING MONEY OUT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVING SMOOTH EMPTY SPEECHES. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A CHICAGO CON MAN.

This guy is such a flip-flopper. First he agreed that he would accept public funding, as did McCain. Then he later said he would not. Later he claimed he was the underdog and was not raising funds compared to McCain. He's a liar and cannot be trusted. Wake up people. God help us all if this guy wins. Hillary should mount an Independent run for November. She owes nothing to Obama, the DNC or Howard Dean. Country first, then party. BTW, she would win.

It seems that McCain is not living up to the spirit of the public financing he has decided to accept. He takes and relies on most of his money from GOP, not personal donors. The ironic thing is that he has knocked Obama for not taking public financing, when Obama's money predominately comes from individual donors. If that is not the spirit of public financing, I don't know what is!
PS- CNN how can you call "first contrast ad of the general" a contrast ad? Do you mean "it contrasts with the truth"?

These CNN headlines are becoming more biased in McCain's favor. Seriously though, McCain's "contrast ad" instead of "negative ad" or "attack ad" like these kinds of ads have always been called? Also Obama raises more than double McCain and the headline is that McCain broke his own fundraising record?

John old chap.. good to see you are working the RNC money machines but just incase you didn't realise it.. the world has changed a tad bit since you were last running for the Whitehouse in 2000.

1. They don't want another BUSH!

2. They don't want another oilman in the whitehouse.

3. No more WAR presidents!

4. They don't want a president who isn't clever or who can't even remember.

5. They don't want presidential advisers who are all out of the oil mens pockets and big business interests.

6. People don't like advisers who have a history of disregarding US law by spying on their own board (Karli Fiorina ring a bell).

7. Swift boating.. is that what you would call ethical?

8. Someone who is no intouch with the average joe public.. do we need that again..

the guy is in big trouble.

his main problem is that not very many people want him to be president.

..let the PAC, special interest and Lobby money flow…it has no where to go except McCain…I'm sure there is a lot of worry about real change in Washington…

i still don't believe that the mom and pop organizations out there are raising that much money for obama. I would like to know where the money is really coming from. After all rezko and auchi financed his two senate runs…wonder who is doing it now.

Its about half of what Obama raised which pretty much runs along the lines of the margin of defeat McPhony will endure on votes.

I guess the lobbiests still have to throw their money some where.

So now Bush accepts a timeline for U.S. troop withdrawl from Iraq. Will McCain now slam Bush as a flip-flopping surrender monkey?

Really people, do we want another 4 years of grumpy old rich white guys who only want to make themselves and their friends richer, running the country?

Fact remains- Obama, the uniter, has divided the democratic party with his dirty campaign and the effects of that- NO amount of money can hide.

That is okay John. I'll send some serious cash in today.

Now hear this:

I don't like the way Obama's supporters are treating Bud Day and John McCain. Most of the negative writers don't belong on the same earth as our national hero Bud Day and John McCain. I may not agree with all Bud and John say, but I'll defend to the death their right to say it.

Why is it whenever anyone mentions Obama, that person is charged with racism?

It is sickening to me to hear all the crap that some of them write. I wish they could have shared a cell with Bud and John. Think about what they have now because of guys like McCain and Day, They have a freedom unknown to mankind since the beginning of time. With people like Obama in charge, they probably would still be on the plantation picking cotton.

Obama is a twit. I wonder what his real name is? I also wonder what religion he is. I've heard he is a closet Muslim. Nothing wrong with that so I don't know why the negative. Some of my friends are Muslim and i don't give a hoot. But they are not radicals or ultra liberals either.

I think it would be a big mistake to hand the keys to the White House to Michelle. That is a disaster waiting to happen. OMG. Wonder if Michelle is still blindfolded with a muzzle on her mouth.

Ce Chat pas fume

Good for Obama….Bad for McCain….Ugly for the Republican.

Go Bama

got ready for a bumpy ride when it comes to money

The Election from Hell:

One is buying the election. From the party who CAN NOT lose due to the prevailing anti-Bush (anti-McCain) sentiment.

The other does not need to do anything at all to win. And, he is from the party that CAN NOT win due to a Nation eager for change.
But then, He is up against an installed nominee who has been rejected by more than 50% of his own party.

So the shoo in keeps on campaigning and raising monsy- why, if he is the shoo in that everyone wants?

The other stumbles and falls… but is still better than the demagogue who destroyed his own party just to steal his way to the white house.

I love the irony of life.

What goes around comes around.

I said it before, and I say it again… "It's not how big it is, it's how you use it"….. That wins the day…

I really am tired of "journalists" who link the amount of money raked in by candidates as a measure of their ability, skill, etc. More money is being raised in this election than ever before in history.

It's sickening. Apparently Obama and his followers know no limit on greed. What happens if there's money left over? Does it disappear into one of those secret coffers?

In a country with poor people suffering, huge donors would rather fund the elitist in all this. Obama should be ashamed to take money from elitist lawyers and corporations when people are hungry.

What happened to all concern for the ordinary guy?

And what happened to all the talk about campaign finance reform? The only mechanism provided to limit this obscenity is the candidates agreeing to run their campaigns on the dollars okayed by the American taxpayer, and Obama is a liar on this one. No attempt to "refine" this position.

Why is Obama still trying to raise money? Why does he even NEED to campaign? Aren't we sick of the last 8 years and dying for Obama to SAVE us?

I thought this year the Nation was begging for a democrat. I thought the NATION was eager for change- i.e, Obama.

I thought everyone was going to the voting booth in NOV looking for the lever labeled with the big "D" to pull?

I thought everyone rallied to and worshipped the great Obama, and he was the inevitable shoo in?

What… all that was propaganda and media hype and Obama spin all along?

it feels like Obam is sucking money from people who give him every month certain sum…I would not let anyone to do this to me.
He is just taking advantage from people who do not know……

MB, Ga. The RNC is helping McCain. What is the DNC doing for Obama in fundraising. Whlie it is true that Obama is raising millions, the DNC needs to come in to compete with the RNC. Remember that we are out of public financing.

CNN,

==1) you never report that mcBush gets Social Security Benefits . WHY??

==2) you never report that mcBush Leaked Details of Obama's Iraq Trip. WHY????

CNN=mcBush Supporter

Jeff,

Racist people like you are what's wrong with today's politics. And we are going to prove you wrong this November. I'm white and know many white people that support Obama.

Anyone who thinks this is going to be a landslide in Obama's favor - how much you want to bet on it?

Obama may well win - he SHOULD win - but it isn't going to be easy.

If Bush was able to fool the American voters twice, then Obama's
record fund raising results would suggest that he may very well
repeat that feat in November.

Obama 08: YES, WE SCAM!

That's because Candidate McCain is less than half the campaigner Candidate Obama is.

Maybe if McCain would stop hiding behind questionable surrogate hacks like Bob Day, he would be perceived in a more positive light.

I doubt that McCain will give the voters the opporunity to find out.

WOW! What a terrific slamming of McCain and his wife on your biographies last night. Anyone watching could hardly vote for the dishonorable McCain and his drug addicted wife. It was good that you never mentioned Cindy's Smile Foundation for children in poor countries with cleft lips and all the time and money being spent on giving them a real chance in life, which is how she met her adopted black child; or her organization for clearing land mines from war zones or any and all things that would give people an idea that the McCains were decent human beings. Never a good word for McCain is a good way for you to use your station's influence to get the Democrats back into the White House. Anderson is a good actor. but his reporting is what is dishonorable. How do you sleep at night?

I continue to be amazed at the ignorance of Obama supporters who inhabit this and other blogs. They flaunt their stupidity and naivite for all to see. Having lived overseas for 15 years, I can see why so many foreigners see the American electorate as incredibly uninformed.

For those of you who think that Obama will lift the US standing in world opinion, you need to leave home more often and meet individual from other countries. Not just visit tourist sites for a couple of weeks then come back to the US considering yourselves "worldly".

I can't imagine why in the world anyone in their right mind would either contribute to this old out of touch man, or why they would vote for him!

If there is anything that McCain is NOT going to do, it's go down in flames. As much as Obama supporters love to constantly talk about that, it just isn't going to happen. The polls are still relatively close, and McCain will pick up points when they debate. I know, I know…you Obama people will say your Hero will tear him apart. Guess what? McCain's been there, done that in debates and he's pretty good himself.

Bottom line, regardless of who wins in November, it's going to be closer than most people think. At this point, the Obama and McCain fanatics are already on board, and the "undecideds" are still up for grabs. If they haven't already gravitated to Obama, when all he was doing was his "platitude" stuff, it's likely going to get more difficult when he has to sooner or later talk about specifics. If McCain wasn't as moderate as he is, I'd say it's over. But both McCain and Obama can appeal to the moderates (in Obama's case it's because he's trying to convince people that's where he is, whereas for McCain he truly is one).

We'll see. But keep telling yourselves, Obama folks, that it's going to be a landslide if it makes you feel better. Smart money knows otherwise.

But RNC is the money machine.They have raised morey money than Obama and DNC combined. That's part of the reson Obama declined to take part in the public funding because DNC and Obama campaign would have been out spent. Thank goodness for such smart move by Obama.

By the way, you also need to understand that the people that contribute to these blogs are anything BUT a random cross-section of America. They're going to tend to be Obama supporters. When it comes voting time you're going to be surprised.

All the Obama haters against hatred, bigotry, racism and injustice will come out in force now to knock, degrade and ridicule McCain.

Here come the Mc + insults, and ageist comments, and redneck name-calling etc etc.

Obama followers are Totally blind to the hypocrisy of their own biases, hatred, stereotypes, and bigotry.

Nelson Mandela was 76- 81 years old during his term as president of South Africa.

Poor John,I may have voted for him years ago,but he sold his soul to the greed mongers.He doesnt have a snowballs chance now,the media just makes it look close to sell papers and air time.

I'm tired of this 2 party crap. Before I die, I'd like to see Americans routinely have a 3rd choice in these important elections. But the 2 established parties tell you "you're wasting your vote" if you vote for a 3rd party candidate. That's simply not true. I wasted my vote by voting AGAINST the Republican Bush (by voting for Kerry, who I didn't like), when I should have voted for a third party candidate, just to build up another option for future elections. I think we can scrap the current election (it's the worst choice of candidates in my lifetime), and start telling these politicians we want more choices by NOT voting for the 2 party system. Personally, I'll probably vote Nader, but we should all pick someone other than Obama or McCain, no matter how obscure. Let them know we MEAN IT when we say we want change. We need to get the ball rolling. It's not a waste at all if we can create more options for the future.

With the way the RNC is raising money, Senator McCain doesn't need to worry about nothing. Plus, there is a major discrepancy in all of this. They both raise money differently and I gotta say, it couldn't have been better…

His best at anything comes up way short of Barack Obama. It's time for CHANGE! Obama 08

TO: jeff July 19th, 2008 9:24 am ET

"Doesn't matter what Obama brings in and what McCain brings in.
Obama will loose in November.
There are more whites in America who are not ready for the wrong reasons to vote for an African American president than there are African Americans 98% who will vote for Obama."

VERY IGNORANT POST. WHETHER YOU LIKE OR NOT WHITES ARE VOTING OBAMA TOO!!! if he can't win why are you wasting your time posting this? I smell fear.

What do you expect from a man that 's almost twice the age of a younger opponent, still living in the 60's with friends like the old cronies he has. We are all past this, that is why Obama doubles his intakes.
mccain, not only accepted public finance, but he also accepts money from special interest groups and lobbyist.
Everyone needs to watch 'romney,' he is after the republican nomination.

Of course Obama is going to bring in more money than McCain, every
black person in this country is sending Obama their welfare checks.

CNN PLEASE PRINT THIS

Glad McCain has raised enough money so he can continue to use it campaigning for Obama. McCain spends supporters money talking about Obama and nothing of sustance about the issues. You'd think he'd know better being this isn't his first time campaigning and this is just one of many examples how he would mismanage the economy. Vote Obama.

Where is the ticker that the Iraqi Prime Minister told a German newspaper that he SUPPORTS Obama's timetable for withdrawal??

McCain is a Warmonger - fear tatics is all he knows.

All McCain can do is critize Barck. Barak hasn;t been to Iraq in whatever number of days - Now Barack goes and there is more critizism. McCain is NOT Presidential at all. He needs to get some viagra and retire.

McSlim is a joke. McShame on him for having an affair with Cindy while his wonderful wife laid helpless.

I was a Republican - Now voting for Barack Obama and proud of it and proud of him.

Hey Jeff,

Go back in your closet. We dont need or want BIGOTS like you spouting your crud. Didnt your Mamma ever teach you… Color doesnt make the person, insight, knowledge, judgement, and the ability to see both side of an issue do. Barack Obama WILL win in November!!!! A large percentage of the "white" population will make sure he wins, myself included.

Sen Obama..The Peoples President 08/12

Hey Bulldog..I'm totally with you.. I like that phase about a "time horizon"…Someone needs to ask him, Hey Mr. Presdent, if you started walking to the horizon, how long do you think it would take (lol)…He thinks we're all stupid..Of course, some people are, their voting for Mr. McGoo…

Mc+ infantile addition of your choosing.

To the left wingers, a comment or action is only an insult and hate if the criticism is of Obama.

Everyone else- HRC, Bill, their supporters, fellow Americans, blue collar workers, democrats who voted for another candidate, all republicans etc… those people are fair game. You can denigrate and insult THEM in any filthy, vile and vulgar fashion.

Oh… but Don't generalize about ALL Muslims, ALL blacks… Just feel free to generalize about middle aged white women, Old white men, Christians, and all Republicans.

You are all sorry excuses for democrats.

I like McCain, and the media was so unfair to Hillary.

you ll see the desperation moves by the rethugs coming soon.
they need to face the music. i know romney is going to eat crow after the exchange over Dole in the primaries. just to be the hotheads vp.
they will bring in more juice once they announce their vp.
what a loosing cause following Bushes theme.

time to retire McSame

Why hasn't McCain not repudiated or denounced Bud Day's comment. Is this the "change" that we can trust? Think again. McCain is just another politician who allows his buds and himself roam around and make very unfortunate comments, statements and mistakes. Here is a short list:

Gramm
Hagee
Falwell
Parsley
Loren Davis
Cunningham
La Raza
Fiorina

and now this fear mongering 527 fool Bud???

Yes, the money spent on the campaigns is ridiculous, but it's not as though the money is going to the candidate. It goes to employ people, television/newspaper ads, hotels, restaurants, printing companies, etc., etc. So in a weird way, the money does help stimulate the economy. It's better than giving it to companies who make their products in foreign countries. Hmmm… well, I think I just convinced myself to donate again to Obama!!!

This just goes to prove the old adage "a fool and his money…"

I think CNN is so irresponsible… How can anyone call a site that promulgates liberal rhetoric and attracts only liberals… The news presented in such a biased and manipulative way is not just a disservice to America, it's a complete abhorrance of the American spirit. Freedom of speech is a kindred right of our people, however, why should such freedoms continue to act as propaganda to a weakminded public. Like lambs to slaughter, ratings and convenient truths continue to keep our citizenry at bay. Why should the democrats own populist messages? Why should the republicans own morality. The two party system is not perfect and it's time we stop seeing issues as "democrat" and "republican" and start seeing them as problems. It's our differences that prevent us from seeing our similarities… stop the hate and lets get to work~!

McCain hammers Obama on foreign policy and the war. When Rumsfeld told the Generals in Iraq to stop complaining about needing better equipment for the troops that were being killed in large numbers(Rumsfeld said you go to war with what you have), did McCain do anything, no, he said nothing. You would think McCain would have been the first to fight for what the troops needed, yet he remained silent. Now he expects support from Americans when he didn't support our troops. Think about it.

@Charlotte who said: " I will write Hillary on my ballot, no matter how much these jerks receive or spend.
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Hush hush sweet Charlotte. Save your ink and pry a dollar out of your purse and help her retire her debt! I mean, its only a dollar. Some supporter you turned out to be.

Obama 08′

McCain is trapped in a time warp. He wants to go back and win the war in Viet Nam (substitute Iraq). He wants to make the G8 only democratic nations, starting up the cold war with Russia again. It's a strange mindset and so dangerous to our modern world. We need to figure out how everyone can play nice together, not keep creating divisions in the world. McCain is a dangerous choice!

CNN needs to be respectful of all people- why paint John McCain a bipartisan statesman in the same light as the partisan and absolutely amorphous Barack Obama… I think Obama is a creation, a facade dreamt up by the democratic party… He'll say or do anything necessary…

Bulldog, learn how to spell before posting a comment….Al Queida??….You are so biased that it affects your spelling.

No thanks. Why would I pay a candidate to destroy my country even further than it has been destroyed over the past 8 years? He will destroy America with or without my money.

INVEST IN AMERICA - NOT IRAQ!

I hate once again to break it to all of you liberals again…. but white people are not going to vote for Obama because he is black, they are not going to vote for him because they disagree with his ideas, his religious views( ex. he said there is more than one way to get to heaven), and becasue he wants to increase the capital gains tax from 35 to 39 %. For all the liberals who can't do math this means a person would be paying more than 50% of their paycheck to the government before state taxes, utilities, car insurance, morgage, and so on would be paid.

To imply that whites will not vote for Obama because he is black is ignorant on liberals parts. I personally would have voted for him until the Jerimiah Wright and bittergate stories broke.

And for all the people who keep complaining about Iraq and Afghanistan I agree with you. I think we should just go over and kick the stuffing out of those idiots make an example of them and bring the troops home. One last thought. I am in the military and I want to win, so I don't want to hear any liberal crap from you who have never served your country .

McCain is relying on dirty PAC money — and his ads show it. So much for campaign finance reform.

Every day this guy sounds more and more like the current Idiot in Chief …give it up John or you'll just wind up in the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

Obama is a business man, he is a organizers, he is a Out of the Box thinker, he has to foresight to make things happen, McCain is a member of the good old boy system, the only thing he has going for him is the fact that he was a POW! He doesn’t not know how to raise money and or budget. So are we really surprised that Obama is raising more money then McCain????

The hypocrits for Obama will now brag about his ability to raise and WASTE millions of dollars on what? Helping the poor? No… on A campaign. When the democrats can't lose anyway, and no republican can win anyway? Everyone wants change right? Obama is the favorite, right?

After all, after Bush, Obama can sleep walk his way into the white house…. an Ape would be better… or so you all blogged to knock HRC out.

DO you no longer believe that, now that you stole the nomination by spreading the myth of his popularity and the hype of his overwhelming support, and the propaganda of his inevitablility.

Propaganda got him installed… democracy will keep him from being elected.

Joe Reed, Obama may have been "smart" to opt out of public financing, but he gave his word and he broke it when it was no longer convenient for him to keep it. He has no character.

Also, how in the WORLD was Obama "smarter than anyone else on Iraq"? Obama said the surge wouldn't work; it did. Obama said that Iraq's "civil war" would never end; it has (read CNN's headline right now about the Sunni group reentering the Iraqi govt after a year-long boycott).

Joe, you may "love this man," but you cannot trust him and you cannot respect him. Obama has never drafted ANY significant piece of legislation and has NO experience making him capable of leading the free world. He's a great talker; so what? Ask Israel how good talking is to people who want to annihilate you, to wipe you off the face of the map.

If Obama gets elected, how long before another attack on American soil? Our enemies recognize his weakness and they will exploit it and America will suffer for it.

"Doesn't matter what Obama brings in and what McCain brings in.
Obama will loose in November.
There are more whites in America who are not ready for the wrong reasons to vote for an African American president than there are African Americans 98% who will vote for Obama""

YOU are so clue less, I am WHITE and I AM not voting for Obama,
NOT BECAUE HE IS AFRCIAN AMERICAN, it doesn’t matter if he was , white, red, pink,,,, HE IS A VERY LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, THATS WHY WE republicans WONT VOTE FOR HIM, STOP PLAYING THE RACE CARD!, McCain should not worry about being out spend, with all the money Obama has, he should be killing McCain in the polls, but he is not, why , TOO LIBERAL FOR republicans and now trying to move to the center and getting the LIBERALS mad!

People like "Jeff" spew their bigotry and ignorance on these posts. A TRUE AMERICAN is one who embraces all people no matter their ethnicity.

All those who contribute to McSame's campaign are the same folks who have infiltrated the present administration which have led to many TRUE Americans suffering.

LATINOS FOR OBAMA 2008!

McCain only needs half of what Obama brings in.

1- Obama's "support team" runs into the high hundreds, he has a lot of overhead.
2- Obama has already sent a million dollars to his Marxist cousin in Kenya, Raila Odinga, so that he could undermine the democratically elected Kenyan President. What other Marxists in what other foreign Countries is Obama supporting?
3- Obama has to subvert his true self by running television and radio and print media advertisements which attempt to show him as something other than who he truly is.

McCain has less overhead. McCain has name recognition. One of McCain's advertisements counters dozens of Obama's.

But the BIGGEST reason McCain doesn't need as much money as Obama is that Senator BH Obama and his minions have no sense of humor. Senator JS McCain's sense of wry and dry humor is refreshing and memorable. Senator McCain's jokes on himself are repeated hundreds if not thousands of times and bring his name before the public. Senator Obama's (and the Liberal's) lack of humor is his biggest flaw.

Why doesn't he just give up …. McCain doesn't have a chance to win in November… And I hope his loss is by the biggest margin in U.S. Presidential History too …. The GOP needs to be sent a strong message that Americans are tired of them robbing America blind to line the pockets of their BIG OIL buddies and tired of them doing everything in their power to run this great nation in the ground …

Bulldog, has it ever ocurred to you, that Obama only observes the news just like you do, and then makes these statements or stands, he's running around watching everyone else work and then saying what he thinks about them working. Loser

This is the most racially divided race in history….and everyone is afraid to address that fact….every African American person I have met is voting for Obama….and they have been very vocal about that FACT!….This is a RACE of RACE.

judgment in america has no e………o bama backers are oprah monies,,, george soros…resko…and all those illegal contributions from over seas…..who else would support ….such a no name thinned empty suit

Gooooood Obama

Show McCain how it's really done!

Hello OBAMANATION:
Just donated another $25.00
BARACK THE VOTE AMERICA !!!

Bulldog, (9.50 am ET)
There is nothing more to say except one thing. Which war did McCain win?
Greetings from Germany

MCCLUELESS HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO COUNT

THE DONATIONS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA YET.

No amount of money will get Obama over the general election finish line. …this isn't the primaries. The DNC junta can't do to the RNC what they did to Hillary. Keep steady, McCain, you did it in the primaries and you will do in the general.

So did the kid down the street with a lemonade stand have his best month. McCain should do a Viagra commercial for a big fee. He might catch Obama then.

Pepople don't let this guy lie to you. The surge did not fix anything it was the people of Iraq who got tired of the Terrorist and took matters in their own hand. We got here Sons of Iraq, Daughters of Iraq, Iraqi Police and the Iraq Army working to better their country. And there are also a lott of Shieks working with the military to take down the terrorist.

We in the military are getting bored here because the Iraqis are doing everything and we are just advising. Lets go to Afganistan and finish this up.

The only problem is the big Republican money machine is out there churning up cash to do everything they can to buy this election. They hate mcBush, but they want to keep their stranglhold on the American people, and continue with their facist policies.

Obama raises the most because he is the perfect BS artist. His little junket over to the Middle East and Europe is a perfect example. He will claim credit for the success in Iraq on the back of others who did the dirty work and took the chances. He is an opportunist who has no shame. I have faith that the thinking majority of American people will see through this media-generated ruse and vote McCain in office.

Here come the Obamabot robots spinning Obama's BIG spending and hypocrisy into a plus- even though we democrats supposedly support public financing…

And denigrating McCain, his wife, their money… and making insulting derogatory comments about old people - while claiming to be AGAINST racism, bigotry, stereotypes, hate and judgements.

Reading these blogs is like reading some teenage love notes. You Obamabots are so out of touch with reality that it's not even funny. Let's just look at the "smart" Obama and what he said about Afghanistan and Iraq. He said Iraq was a distraction and opposed the surge. Well he was wrong. Bin Laden himself proclaimed iraq the front and center battleground in war against the west. Now the bin Laden crowd is soundly defeated in iraq because of the surge (which again Obama opposed), the battleground for them has shifted to Afghanistan. And you guys think Obama's a prophet?
And who was it that said he was "smart" on economy? Read your history book. Look up Jimmy Carter and 1979. Obama's tax and spend policies have been tried before by a peanut farmer from Georgia. Those economic policies brought us 18% inflation and 12% unemployment. Real smart. You Obamabots are laughable.

Money ABSOLUTELY does not buy votes…right on, "Hello"!. I don't even know if there have been studies showing efficacy of political advertising campaigns, and in fact I think you could make a strong case for them having the opposite effect in many cases (e.g., turning off potential supporters and/or enraging supporters of the other candidate). It's a pretty tricky balance you have to manage.

I think what WILL buy votes is performance and messages from debates (and if Obama supporters think he'll blow McCain out of the water, you obviously haven't seen McCain in these settings–it's going to be close). I wish we could get to these sooner rather than later, and ALL OF US could stop nitpicking away at every stupid little thing that comes along. Instead, let's identify the 6-7 major issues that we all want to hear about, then respectfully listen to both Obama and McCain address those, and then pull the little handle and vote our conscience. Between the name calling and ridiculous intellectual arrogance on BOTH sides (and by the way, not ALL smart people are Obama supporters) we're causing our own divide through diviseness.

The one thing that could dramatically alter the polls is the choice of running mate. We'll see who Obama picks, but if McCain picks Romney that could definitely pick up some points. And for those of you who would point out that they weren't "tight" during the campaign, look at how Democrats are doing the same thing (HRC and Obama are tight now, but I don't THINK that was quite how it was before, was it???). Just like Democrats, Republicans can pull together for the good of the country.

I don't like screaming fire in a crowded movie house, but somebody needs to tell McSane that Obama is lighting a huge torch to burn his backside in November.

THE WORD FROM CHANEY IS EVERY OIL CO.EMPLOY

DONATES TO MCSHAME OR LOSES THAT CUSHY JOB.

who donates to his campaigns ?

I bet they are not WHINERS.

Bulldog, I couldn't have said it better. People are watching and listening. So far I and millions of people like me haven't seen anything original or reasonable out of the McCain camp. He's done nothing but whine and carp about Obama's activities, and yet provides no new ideas himself.
He reminds me of a grumpy old lady who sits on her front porch and talks about how the neighborhood is going to hell, but doesn't do anything about it.

Back in January 2007, Obama is the one who opposed bringing more troops into Iraq (a strategy that was backed by John McCain) but now that the surge works, which allows the army to redeploy troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, Obama now jumps up and down saying that is what he has been saying all along. Obama is just lucky that the surge works, and now wants to take credit for Afghanistan. This man is a fraud and an empty suit.

Charlotte.. i wait tables for a living, i do not make a lot of money, my health benefits at work have been suspended, i live in LA so gas out here is at $4.77 a gallon, my rent just went up food is at an all time high yet i still donate to Obama's Campaign and will continue to do so until the last vote is counted. i felt the need to tell you this because i don't feel it is a waist but an investment, in our future as a country and as a people. i donate because i don't think i can afford not to. i donate to OHB because i know that Mccain is getting unlimited funds through the loop holes his people found in the PF, i donate because OHB has inspired the people of the US and as we will see this week, the world. i donate because 4 years ago i took for granted Bush would lose and i regret my complacency. i donate to OHB because i believe he can and will lead this country well. i donate to OHB because WE CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER CORRUPT REPUBLICAN ADMINISTREATION. i donate because i want my/our country back!!!!
i set up a donation pg on BHO website for the 134 men who died aboard the USS Forrestal 7/29/67 perhaps you might want to make a donation

It's a shame, when so many people are suffering financially in this country; that "these folks" have so much money to waste on "political stuff' and " campaign ads", that really don't carry that much importance, in the "real scheme" of every day issues and people lives. Why not use that money, for "something"; that has a "longer reaching " effect and will help more people? I guess, that is "the nature, of the beast"; called politics……………………………………

Hey Obama Haters! Campare and Lets face the fact Mr Obama is going to be our next president no if and or buts about it and no matter what you say now you know you will love it. "You gonna like it"

Money is the root of all evil. Obama sure does have a lot of money.

So McCain is trying soooo hard to look like a military genius by predicting terrorist attacks in Iraq. Let’s say these ‘spectacular’ attacks do occur. If you Google ‘splurge Iraq’ it was widely predicted from many sources that violence will resume when the bribe money paid to the terrorists in Iraq runs out. (BTW It is not implausible those millions of untracked dollars are being used to rearm in Iraq and/or support ‘spectacular’ terrorism in other regions.)
If they do not occur, it will be “I told you I succeeded in Iraq!”
(((Either way, he will say he was correct!?)))
Was McCain on the ship when Bush declared victory in Iraq a couple of years ago?
General Clark was accurate in his analysis of McCain’s lack of credentials. The Vietcong had no use for prisoners who would not supply information. The real heroes were killed. Should a bravery medal count when your daddy applies for it?

Charlotte .. hey .. write YOUR CHECK TO PAY HIllary's debt before you complain again ok ?

Hey "Jeff" You sound like a racist freak…Believe me even you will love it when Obama is our next president…You just don't know it yet. Obama for all Americans racist or not.

His money comes from lobbisit obamas come from donors like me i send obama money when i can i know people who have bake sales,garage sales etc and send the money to obama, the people fund obama and lobbisit fund mccain.

Mike…
I'll take "lack of experience" over poor judgement every time.

Two of the most "experienced" people in Washington are Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.

What has McCain's "experience" shown us? No understanding of the economy, going after the wrong enemy, and a vision of the US in 1950.

McCain is rehashed Bush……offering no new iniatives of his own. With Iraq wanting the US out period and setting a timetable to leave ,Obama was right all along. Mission Accomplished!

Calling Wolf, John, Jack, Roland, Crowley, and all men and women in CNN.

Can you please ask Sen. McCain what he was thinking or what he wanted ti achieve when he went to his fundraising audience in MI to give details of when his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama was expected to land in Iraq or even anywhere. He must be allowed to go away with this like numerous reckless statement he had made. If he is the one with national security experience, if he the that should be trusted with national security then he should know better than you and I that Obama trip was been kept in scerecy for obvious security concerns, please do not let him go away with this.

McCain will lose, McCain will lose, McCain will lose.

I don't know how else to say it, people don't want him or his ilk anywhere near the White House. I mean, he even spends money on ads saying Obama hasn't been to Iraq in a long time, on the day that Obama is visiting over there. Talk about a short lived ad and a complete waste of money, not to mention the judgement (or lack thereof) of a senile old man.

What a bunch of hypocrites Obama supporters are.

To Obama supporters:

If Obama will win in a landslide… why do you need to keep blogging to defend and promote him?

Why does he keep ON campaigning? Why does he need to spend MORE and MORE money?

AmeriKa is ready for change, right? The republican brand is out of favor- so that the LEAST democrat is better than the MOST republican.
Democrats don't have to worry… no one wants another republican.

So, what is the hang up for Obama? Why is he still pandering for EVERY vote?

Isn't cheating his way into power working out as well as hoped and expected?

Where is this landslide in this year when NO democrat can lose. Obama should be winning just by carrying the "democrat" label… but instead he needs to waste millions on self-promotion.

John mcCAIN aint ABLE

The money won't matter McCain can only criticize Obama to take attention off his policies and priorities.

Sooner or later people will get the chance to compare each candidate's position on all the issues and compare them to what they feel is in their best interest. They will also be able to see McCain's policies are almost identical with those of the current administration. They have to be or he will completely lose his base.

The fact you supported the war and the surge will only carry so much weight even with the most uninformed of the public and the future will show through.

McCain better hope "HopeBama" falters on his overseas trip this week, cause if not, then when he gets back and fills Invesco Field with over 75,000 Americans chanting "YES WE CAN" at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, it will be all over for Senator McCain.

To borrow a quote, "Hey McCain, what you gonna do brotha when Barack and all of the Obamamaniacs run wild on youuuuuuu?"

Obama is better because he can raise more money with Oprah's backing.

But does he have Oprah and Caroline and the Media on his side…. that is the support that installs our nominees these days.

A year ago he wasn't even staying afloat–he's a great man and has a large following of conservative and patriotic citizens behind him. He's holding his own.

Both of the major do not have the exclusive loyalty of all Americans. A lot of us believe many of the personal liberties, moral foundations, and historical values of self reliance and personal independence are being threatened by an evergrowing government stranglehold at all levels of government. We fear governments pursuit of it's own existence and growth ahead of the citizens they are supposed to be serving.

Libertarians–2008
There really can be REAL change beginning with "we the people" voting in the correct box on election day.

Obama is funded by Oil and Drug companies… and he has Oprah to finance him.

Obama doesn't need public financing… he can waste MORE money than that on his own…

how better to help the poor?

just drop out my friend and go to a nursing room

Where is my comment? Apparently the truth has hurt someone's feelings. Who is the moderator?…Obama

Ha, why don't you go ask your buddy Bush for some money…he'll bail you out…then again, he won't. Oh well, you lose!

The republicans are scared………..you know it and I know it, but the country will not take 4 more years of 15 billion dollars a month war, money that we need in the usa. Wake up people this is money that should be going to help our economy, our people. This message is for real republicans, those that understand the need to end this pointless war that is killing our country.