HuffPo is all Obama all the time- they can twist a story like no other blog- hard to take them seriously-

This story was written by Lynn Sweet, who is a well-known reporter and Washington Bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, a conservative daily in the Chicago.  I don't think there's another reporter in the country who has written more critical stories about Obama than Sweet.  Try googling Lynn Sweet and Obama.

me too.  I got a text message.  It said I could respond back after the debate with my first name and my thoughts.  I'm not sure to what end though...

Read the article.  It states that the new donars are 130K, it makes a distinction.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f= /n/a/2007/06/28/politics/p020432D34.DTL

Actually, these are new donors.  One of the interesting things about having to keep track of information for the FEC is that that data allows you to find how many donors and repeat donors you have.

The total for new donors will be about 150,000 by the end of the month.  The total for new donations this quarter will be significantly higher as illustrated by the fact that he already has nearly 342,000 donations this year.

Sorry I got carried away, make those Q3 projections 550,000 people and 775,000 donations.  

The goal is 350,000 donations for the year. Let's say the total average donation is $200, averaging both Q1 and Q2. That's $70 million. Subtract the $27 million from Q1, and you've got $43 million left over for Q2. Now I'm not saying that the total's going to be that high--the total average donation for Q2 is probably going to be a lot lower than $200. But it opens the possiblity that Obama will have raised over $40 million dollars in Q2--maybe even in primary money.

That's incredible any way you slice it.  

Remember Dean's dream of raising $200 million by getting 1 million people to donate $20? It's very  possible Barack could be in that ballpark with this kind of growth. Absolutely amazing. But how dare his campaign refer to this as a "movement?!" Sheesh!

By inside number I assume you are referring to numbers which are available on the front page of his website?

So basically what I am saying is, no, I am not paid by the campaign.

Obama just broke the Damn. 250,000 donors? Check!

By the way, thanks for the compliment, I try to stay informed of everything that is going on with my candidate.  I would absolutely love to have a job with the campaign.

THAT'S crazy.

Yes, my understanding is the reports are trues, he does take money from lobbyists.  The reports would have been put down as unsubstantiated rumors otherwise.

However, I don't see a problem with that.  Disqualifying an individuals spouse is at best ridiculous and at worst sexist.  I don't know how true the reports are that fundraisers have specifically told lobbyists that they could donate through their wives.  I'm sure people said something along the lines of, "If your wife is interested have her give me a call," but I don't know if it went beyond that.

Irrespective of whether or not Obama is taking money from the spouses of lobbyists I do know that none of his rivals have pledged to not take money from lobbyists spouses.  Hillary is raising money hand over fist from these people.  

At least not in the way you mean it.  First off Obama is the only candidate who on his contribution form, makes you confirm that:

This contribution is not made from the funds of an individual registered as a federal lobbyist or a foreign agent, or an entity that is a federally registered lobbying firm or foreign agent.

This is crucial.  John Edwards who says he does not take Lobbyist's money, for some reason does not have this sentence in his disclaimer form on his donation page.  It appears other places but not where it counts.

Now to the issue of Lobbyists wives, of course every wife is an independent person and can do what she wants and many husbands and wives differ greatly in their political views.  What the issue really is is can a Lobbyist simply funnel money through his wife and have the Obama campaign look the other way.  On this, again turn to what he actually makes you confirm when making a donation.  It reads:

The funds I am donating are not being provided to me by another person or entity for the purpose of making this contribution.

Again, this is different from Edwards who simply asks if the funds are from an account controlled by you.  He doesn't ask the hard question.  But at least Edwards does speak out about not accepting Lobbyist money.  Hillary doesn't even go that far.

I suggest you go to each candidate's website, click the donation button and go in and see the differences between each candidates disclaimer form.  It's very interesting.

Obama is competing with two people that have 100 percent name recognition.  The polls will get better in due time. Obama will start running ads in IA soon and it would not surprise me if ads appear in NH and SC any day now.

I believe that he should start moving in the polls towards the end of the summer early fall.  There are rumors floating around that he will be opening a large number of regional offices in Iowa.  This combined with the ads that are going up in Iowa ought to have some impact.  Largely, it will fall to his volunteers who are working in Iowa and should start to have their largest effect come fall.