Money’s Too Tight To Mention…

The “Big O” has started.
That would be the collective media orgasm over the amount of money Barack Obama has raised in this first stage of primary fund raising.
Don’t get me wrong, $25,000,000 is a lot of money. This man, who has spent only two years in the United States Senate has managed to almost equal the person who has been the presumptive nominee with many Democrats. (In fact, Obama has more to spend in the primaries according to ABCNews.com.)
There’s no doubt that Voldemort’s $26 million is big.
There’s no doubt that Obama’s $25 million is pretty significant in its own right.
The news for the foreseeable future is “all-Obama, all the time” and that is not good news for the Junior Senatrix from New York. As of right now, there are only two candidates with any juice on the Democrat side–the only two with any money. The media will only be focusing on one, and you can hear Hillary’s head exploding from here.
However, I don’t hear a whole lot about Mitt Romney’s $23 million. That’s a huge amount on the Republican side and his next closest competitor–Rudy Giuliani–came in at only $15 million. Romney, at the moment, is a major player and he’s got a money juggernaut behind him. Conventional wisdom said for a long time that Rudy was the person to beat, and now that may not be so. Romney will continue to gain ground.
The casualty in all of this is John McCain. Johnny Mac raised $12.5 million, putting him at a distant third on the GOP side. This is not a good sign for McCain. Popular in the early 2000 primaries, the Senator has struggled to find footing this time around and I think that’s due to two things: his age and his stance on illegal immigration/amnesty. John McCain is a hero whom I will always respect, but it’s entirely possible that his shot at President has passed him by.
This first round is all about money. It’s going to separate the contenders from the people who can’t compete on a national level.
Listen up, Chris Dodd…because the latter includes you.
William Smith
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