Reality Check: Obama Crushing McCain in Money, Turnout, Enthusiasm

[DrFunkenstein]

John McCain pulled in $11 million in February, less than the $11.7 million raised in January when he was still struggling against his GOP opponents.

Barack Obama raised a record $55 million last month, bringing total contributions since the beginning of the campaign to $194 million.

Keep in mind that these fundraising numbers are when he is opposing ANOTHER DEMOCRAT. When he becomes the nominee, who knows what sort of fundraising records he will set.

McCain raised $60.2 million overall — less than one third of Obama's haul - and his campaign is seriously considering taking public funding.

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Now take into consideration the voter turnout rate. Despite many states showing Obama neck and neck with McCain, the turnout for his candidacy has shattered records over and over - even in pain-in-the-ass caucuses (which measure organization strength and voter enthusiasm, rather than raw votes).

I apologize that I don't have the actual data on voter turnout on each candidate (I looked everywhere), the number of people voting for Obama radically eclipses the votes for McCain. Although there are some states were Obama lost by a small percentage to Clinton, he still pulled in a massive amount of votes.

Keep in mind that national polls didn't favor Bush going into November 2004. What determined the election was TURNOUT (that's right, all caps). This election will be no different.

I know that some of you can get nervous when you see that the polls show an evenly divided electorate, even in the midst of the current intramural mudslinging. But these polls do not accurately measure the enormous enthusiasm gap between Obama and McCain. This will become much more pronounced as the two are matched head to head and people see just how old and wrong McCain is on every issue.

Obama and Clinton are very close on the issues, so the media doesn't bother mentioning the slight differences. But there is a wide gulf when it becomes Obama vs. McCain, especially on issues like health care and the economy.

Anyone worth their salt will tell you that national polls in March are meaningless, much like the polls last year showing an "inevitable" Clinton landslide. This contest will come down to metrics that the media really aren't considering right now. But they all show big advantages to the man that brought hope back to politics.

[slinkerwink]

1. That's just amazing McCain can't even raise as much as Obama does

[DrFunkenstein]

2. He Can't Raise A THIRD of What Obama Does

There is just no spark in the GOP to open their wallets or turnout in November. Conservatives don't like him and independents are much more psyched about Obama.

[FrenchieCat]

3. OBama will smoke McCain.......

and for those who don't think he can......just look at HIllary and where she's headed.

[DrFunkenstein]

4. When Bill Clinton bemoaned "all this other stuff that always seems to intrude"

I don't think he was talking about the issue of race. I think Clinton was talking about Gennifer Flowers.

Bill Clinton was the subject of sexual McCarthyism. I can't imagine that he would say that Obama was "un-American." That would be his wife.

[tokenlib]

5. But the full effect of the "Raining McCain" video has yet to be realized...

Sorry I don't have the link. I heard it was inspirational...

[DrFunkenstein]

6. Haven't heard about it. What is it?

thanks!

[tokenlib]

7. Found it...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/21/mccain-girls-music-video_n_92832.html