Sure, I can spend $5 for that airplane Bloody Mary. Or I can just get viciously stoned in the car before the flight, then tell the TSA rep that I’ve been doing an awful lot of swimming. And that the Cool Ranch Doritos I’m stuffing in my face are, pace the nattering of the food nannies, suprisingly high in complex carbohydrates.
June 25, 2008
June 25, 2008
Is Obama really going to raise $100 million in June? [Karl]
Leading Democratic fundraisers were predicting to The Hill at the beginning of the month that Barack Obama could raise $100 million in June and could attract 2.5 million to 3 million new donors to his campaign, once he opted-out of public financing: “One hundred million dollars this June  it’s definitely within reach,†said Wade Randlett, who has raised more than $200,000 for Obama. *** Randlett said there are three reservoirs
June 25, 2008
Barack Obama’s Plouffe-y PowerPoint Presentation [Karl]
Jake Tapper of ABC News has the PowerPoint presentation Obama campaign manager David Plouffe rolled out to fundraisers last week. It is a sort of mirror image to John McCain’s strategery briefing, which was was fairly long on spin to convince people Maverick was going to be competitive with the Obama machine. Plouffe spun the RNC’s decent recent fundraising to motivate Obama’s moneyfolk, but otherwise tended to confirm that some of the
June 25, 2008
Didn’t See That Coming [Dan Collins]
Democratic nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets – his top fundraisers – with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign. Obama on Tuesday asked his finance team to help Clinton pay back at least $10 million from her failed presidential campaign, setting the stage for joint appearances by the