let these guys and gals hide the important numbers

cash on hand

PRIMARY MONEY ONLY  and

number of contributors..

those are the 3 most important metrics that tend to never be released  what are the "journalists" asking.

anyone know HIllary's distinct contributor numbers?

Why are you writing Richardson, Biden, and even Dodd off so far ahead of the voting?

 what happens to the money of the people who lose the primary?

I really don't think this is a "new era" in politics. It reflects that Clinton has access to the biggest fundraising machine ever assembled, and that Obama's team is very clever in finding new ways to raise money -- by charging admission to his speeches, which is where a very large portion of his money comes from. Eventually other politicians will learn these tricks and imitate them. It's a new era, but people havn't suddenly started hating Republicans. Sure Bush's approval ratings are low, but our Democrat congress' is even lower. Let's not indulge our hubris here. These fundraising numbers can be explained in some much more simple and realistic ways than by believing that there is a groundswell of support for our way of thinking.

Obama beats Romney and Giuliani combined.

So what are these Dem candidates going to do in the next 3 months to warrant any more money?  Take on Bush?  Investigate the Libby pardon?  Come out against war with Iran?  Put limits on Bush's war power?  Something??Anything??  

I gave quite a bit in the 2nd quarter, but won't do it again unless I see some serious pushback and backbone from these folks.

Could we as Democrats PLEASE stop using the term Dems? This is what rush limpballs has been using for years and not in a positive way either.

Democrats and Democratic Party work just fine.

I recall seeing here and other places where people would be upset about repugs and the right wing noise machine referring to the Democratic Party as the democrat party.

Just some thoughts.

Republic Party.

I just hope the democratic presidential contributions are not sucking money from congressional races.  Where does this money leave us when the nominee is decided?  Hopefully, the money will help the entire democratic "brand" and will be spent positively to the extent possible.  

I much prefer making contributions to democrats who are running against republicans (although I contribute some to primary campaigns).

Guys like Rudy and McCain who had fantasies of raising 100 million this year have had cold water thrown in their face as they now see a bald has been pol turned 'B' actor steal their thunder.  

I can't wait for '08.

These, as I see it are the stakes given these numbers: lifelong party identification and a secure hold on american government for the entire century.

And here's the ante up: the first party to recognize the massive fundraising power of the internet, and also respond to it as a constituency.

At present we've got just part of that equation.
And this money is just part of whats out there.

And also, imho , massive, massive fundraising really only seems to be there because of massive costs during election season. If it were cheaper for our candidates to get elected, it would help us all.

By that I am simply,  that, TV is already a dead medium.  Citizen journalism and the like - if the money raised weren't simply guaranteed to be dissipated into commercials but if the candidate could use the money as if he were already elected, to do things that give him or her a character that is unassailable - that wins elections.

remember, the hottest race of 06 was when a gop presidential hopeful got himself into deep macaca
- the citizen journalism aspect is a given.

what I'm saying is that imho people are no longer responding to advertisement in the tv classical sense. i think the new thing this year will be someone who gets something done thats really cool

i like bill richardsons diplomatic moves on north korea in this regard.