Obama For America and its DNC partner raised $71 million in June, $35 million less than Mitt Romney and the RNC. The Obama campaign's COO, Ann Marie Habershaw, told donors this morning, "I'll spare you the cheerleading and just put this as clearly as I can: If we lose this election, it will be because we didn't close the gap enough when we had the chance.
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This is not counting all the Super-Pac money.
We can not let Obama to be drowned in massive amounts of Romney cash and ads.
We have to keep the money race close.
That means giving. I don't have the money I had in the 08 cycle (additional family members (my partner's children), Recession cut in salary), but I'm giving some today.
Even if it's only $10 or $25, try to give a little. Obama can defeat Romney, but we don't have billionaires funding PACs and have to keep the money close.
In the 2007-08 election cycle, I particpated in a series called EENR.
The Edwards Evening News Roundup debuted on April 4, 2007 and ended the night that John Edwards suspended his campaign, January 30, 2008.
Icebergslim did a weekly Obama News Roundup. I'd like to start an Obama Nightly News Roundup (some former members of EENR may faint). I'll kosmail iceberg about it. I'd really like her to be part of it. If anyone is interested in helping, let me know in the comments or by kosmail. Bluntly put, we need to create enthusiasm here for Obama. I really believe this is the most important election since 1932 or 1896. And I think the community created by such a series can help.
(I promise to get back to everyone, but I may be busy working so it might be later tonight.)
Update I: After a couple screwups, I created the group:
ObamaNightlyNews