Uh oh, Obama might have to rely on donations by ordinary folks after all

[MadHound]

"In the battle for Wall Street campaign cash, Mitt Romney is beating Barack Obama.

Employees at Goldman Sachs, one of Wall Street's most high profile companies, donated nearly $250,000 to the former Massachusetts governor over the past three months. President Obama raised $127,000 from Goldman for himself and the Democratic National Committee over that same period."
<http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/fast-fix/fast-fix-wall-street-abandoned-obama-092307656.html>

If this is the case, then Obama needs to start giving ordinary folks something to be enthused about, and quick. Which means swinging to the left a bit.

Wonder if he'll actually read the writing on the wall and do so:shrug:

[Autumn]

1. I don't care what anyone says, that's funny

:rofl: :rofl:

[vi5]

2. Yeah, good luck with that.

I'm sure I'm not the only one that donated in '08 and has absolutely zero plans to donate a dime to his campaign in '12, even if I will hold my nose and vote for him.

[blublu]

13. ditto

[TheWraith]

20. He'll have to make do with the 84% of liberal Democrats who approve of his job performance then.

You'll be missed.

[vi5]

25. Again.....good luck with that....

I'm sure I won't be missed. I'm sure his crack political team of pollsters have told him just how valuable I am and how valuable my vote is and they've made their determination of what to do and not do based on that. So I'm sure he'll have absolutely no problem without my money or my time.

But if and when he loses, don't whine about how it was the fault of people like me who didn't bother to clap loudly enough. It can't be both ways. It can't be that he's so wildly popular with liberal Democrats and so he doesn't need people like me to win but then if he doesn't win, it's somehow our fault for not cheering loudly enough.

[Bake]

28. I presume you'll be writing a bigger check ...

To make up for those of us who won't be contributing.

Glad to know you won't miss us. Also glad to know you're able to make up the difference. Some of us are hurting.

Bake

[A Simple Game]

34. Hard to make a contribution when you are paying 900 a month for cobra while unemployed.

Thanks for that single payer plan, It's working out real swell for me.

He probably will not have my vote either. But that's all right I'm sure you or one of your friends will make up for me.

[Raine]

41. Knock yourself out ... you're welcome to make

up what he'll be missing from us liberals who are fed up with his turn to the right.

[roguevalley]

38. +1

[TDale313]

3. At the very least...

He and the administration might want to stop playing punch the hippie if they're gonna need to turn around and ask those same "hippies" for money, time and votes. Just sayin'.

[NCarolinawoman]

4. Just heard Jay Carney talk about the the need to take on "entitlement reform".

This won't help things

So we'll see how well raising money from the "little guy" goes.

and the youth are out looking for jobs that have been outsourced, so I don't know how much $$$ will be coming from them either...

[jtown1123]

6. Carney is a fucking asshole. At least I can get my suspicions of Obama confirmed by him..

[tavalon]

9. This little "guy" has her pursestrings closed to Obama.

I'll vote for him while recognizing he isn't doing a good job, sucks as a negotiator and so on. I have beaten spouse syndrome. Where else will I go?

[TDale313]

11. Well, it's become clear that...

The president wants "entitlement reform". I don't get it. Unless it's a fake out. "Republicans will block anything I want. If I act like I want big changes to the big three, they'll oppose it, even though their party has wanted to undo the new deal for decades." But I don't think that's it. Is he playing for the center? Does he think of this as a legacy thing? Does he actually believe in the basic concept of entitlement reform? This is just a horrible idea, and one seems like just won't die.

[Solomon]

14. Do you believe that millionaires should be getting

social security checks? If you don't, then you believe in entitlement reform.

If you do, then that's okay too. After all, they paid in just like everybody else.

Just trying to make the point that "reform" doesn't necesarily mean cutting benefits for those that need it.

[dawg]

26. Yes, I do believe millionaires should get Social Security checks.

They paid into it, just like the rest of us.

Social Security can only be killed if large numbers of people start thinking of it as a welfare program. Denying benefits to millionaires would be the first step in that process. Social Security is so popular because of its universality.

It is for everyone.

[A Simple Game]

35. Yes they should. Just because they are doing well now, doesn't

mean they will be when they are ready to retire.

That and that pesky "they payed, they can play" thing.

I don't like the idea of calling SS an entitlement program either, I think of it as term insurance.

[TheKentuckian]

37. In the current environment it means nothing else.

We aren't getting the cap lifted or anything else that would actually solidify the programs and any honest soul can admit this.

The same folks gnashing their teeth about TeaPubliKlan intransigence are also the first to indulge in fantasies about beneficial reforms coming from the same evil fuckwits.

[Amonester]

32. No. It's become clear that he wants the stupid teabagsters on SS to eat cat food...

just like everybody else who can only survive less and less on SS. :sarcasm:

[muffin1]

5. I'm planning on giving him

zero, zip, nada, nothing.

I'm one of the ones who donated in 2008 - both time and money. Not this time. No way, no how.

[SidDithers]

7. Didn't Obama raise $86 million from ordinary folks in the last quarter?...nt

Sid

[MadHound]

10. Umm, no

Obama and the DNC jointly raised 86 million. Obama himself raised 46.3 million, and a lot of it was from bundling, ie, the rich, not ordinary people.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-fundraising-report-signals-juggernaut-campaign/2011/07/15/gIQAVQ4gGI_story.html>

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. Thanks for pointing that out. Lets see if you get a reply.

:shrug:

[SidDithers]

24. OK, then. Didn't Obama raise $46.3 million from ordinary folk in the last quarter?...nt

Sid

[MadHound]

31. Again, look at the link,

A lot of that money didn't come from ordinary folks, but rather in the form of bundling maxxed out contributions from the rich.

On edit, 43.6 million per quarter, even if it did come from ordinary folks, comes far short of the billion needed to get re-elected, roughly that's about a third of what he needs.

[divvy]

8. Ooops, he already lost quite a bit of support.

Once again .... Much too little, and Much too late.

I can't speak for anyone else, but he sure as hell is not getting another dime from me.

[TheWraith]

19. Except that he didn't lose much support at all. 84% approval rating among liberal Democrats.

Again, the DU tantrum brigade is in no way representative even of mainstream liberals.

[A Simple Game]

36. His support may be a mile wide, but it is only an inch deep.

Do you have another option?

I do, and I plan to use it.

[dameocrat67]

43. There is no indication that self described liberals are liberal

by the dictionary definition nor is their any indication they get as involved in campaigns as netroots do. So I would say you are just engaging in more self destructive smugness against netroots.

The continued dismissals have created a lot of hatred toward this administration so you accomplish nothing.

[piratefish08]

12. not one fucking penny from me this year.

[dbonds]

15. That's too bad.

[leeroysphitz]

16. Too bad for him that I am ordinary. n/t

[digitaln3rd]

17. Donating to a political candidate is stupid, anyway.

They're already millionaires *and* they're bought and paid for by corporations.

I don't think they need the help, especially when they don't do a thing for us.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Well my wallet is more than just closed... it is sealed

[phleshdef]

22. But I thought he was catering to Wall Street and was Wall Street funded?

You can't have it both ways, no matter how much you would like to.

[mmonk]

23. And after all that work.

[Kaleva]

27. Romney is raising for the primary. Obama is raising for the general.

[OmahaBlueDog]

29. I'm amazed no one else in the media has figured that out

They won't start looking at Presidential contributions in earnest until they see who the nominees are.

[mod mom]

30. Now & in the future, this household will only donate & work for Progressives.

Maybe our donations only reached a couple hundred but I worked nearly full time in both the primary & general as a volunteer. I wonder how many fat cats actually do the legwork. I know of union folks & other progressives not so happy with him as well.

[Enthusiast]

33. Obama will just have to more for Wall Street!

We have to have more Obama!

[emsimon33]

39. Obama lied in 2008 so no support from me in 2012

He lay down with the dogs so he is covered in fleas.

[ohheckyeah]

40. I'm a baby boomer so

obviously I am much too selfish to give him a donation.

[Raine]

42. He can get the funds from his Wall Street and corporate millionaire buddies

they owe him since he does so many favors for them. He'll get no money or help from me this time around.