I'm confident that Barack Obama's supporters will set a new fundraising record today, raising more than $6 million since the polls closed yesterday. But we can do better. This Friday is payday. It's time for everyone to sit down, tweak their budget, and find that extra $25, $50 or even $100 to send to the Obama campaign this Friday.
Hillary Clinton has asked her supporters for $3 million in three days. If we can answer her with $12 to $14 million in the same period, then perhaps she will begin to see the light.
Let's recap, shall we?
Yesterday's titanic Super Tuesday battle has left the Clinton organization battered and against the ropes. It was revealed today that the Clinton campaign has gone into debt in an attempt to keep up with the surging Obama campaign. Hillary Clinton loaned her campaign a whopping $5 million in an effort to keep the lights on at her headquarters. Several of Hillary's top advisers, including her campaign manager, are now working without pay in an effort to stretch what little cash remains.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama has raised more than $5.7 million in donations to his campaign in the last 24 hours.
Cash is key at this point: both Obama and Clinton have to redeploy key staff to the next states to be contested and make media buys. Mailers, television, radio, newspapers, door hangers, flyers, staffers' salaries, auditorium rentals . . . they all cost money: money Clinton doesn't have. If Clinton's money dries up as she stacks up losses over the next few weeks, it could be the beginning of the end.
If you'd like to hasten the process, then dig down a little and see if there's $25, $50, or $100 you can spare for the Obama campaign. Let's help Obama roll up the next two weeks' worth of primaries and caucuses and see where Hillary's fundraising numbers go.
Spread the word: let's set off a money bomb this Friday, February 8th.