Reply #7: Hey Aquart! There is a different explanation here than just money & the rich embracing Obama:

[Pachamama]

:hi:

Friend of mine who worked on the Kerry campaign raising funds and is now working on the Obama fundraising and is very tied in with people working with the Clintons told me that a bunch of things have happened - the first is that a lot of people who had traditionally given larger checks ($1000+) in the past to Clinton, came over to the Obama camp. Those people aren't necessarily "rich" people...I by the way am one of them and I wouldn't classify myself as "rich". But the second thing that happened is that they had an overwhelming number of people who were either first time donors to a campaign (any for that matter) who gave $25 or $50 and they also had a lot of $100+ donations from people across the board - not to different from when Howard Dean was getting internet donations etc. and donations from the "people".

I think that the Clinton people realize what this really means - it isn't about the money, but rather that the dollar amount represents "the votes" and they know that what Obama just raised was more than just the dollar amount, but rather the amount of people and the movement behind him. I for one am excited that Obama got this amount of money because it shows that the Clintons can't win simply by playing the money card. It shows that Obama can win at that game if that's what is going to determine it. But most importantly, it shows that the people are behind him.