Obama $7.9 million, including $320,000 from MoveOn

[ProSense]

Obama Downloads $7.9 Million from MoveOn and Web Donors

[russian33]

1. i thought MoveOn said they weren't part of that total?

which one is it?

[rinsd]

2. Zing!

[ProSense]

3. Can you see the big blue graphic? n/t

[geek tragedy]

6. 7.56 + .32= 7.88, which rounds up to 7.9 n/t

[PermanentRevolution]

8. 7.59 not 7.56

[PermanentRevolution]

7. Well...

$7.6 million + $320,000 = over $7.9 million

[Coexist]

10. they are not - the raised an additional

$360,000 and counting:

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/moveon_raised_over_320000_for.php

"The Obam-a-mentum fundraiser has been our biggest fundraiser yet this year," MoveOn executive director Eli Pariser will say in a statement soon to go out to reporters. “Our members have not finished giving and none of the contributions through our site have been added yet to the Obama campaign fundraising totals. We are thrilled we’ll be able to add to Senator Obama’s big day."

[goldcanyonaz]

4. Is that caption from his website?

[ProSense]

5. Click it and find out! n/t

[KittyWampus]

9. Clintons didn't give their campaign the money it was just a loan. They want the money back

[ginnyinWI]

11. from what the article says, looks like the Clintons spent money

based on the expectation that they would win Super Tuesday and then it would all be downhill from there.

Kind of like * when he launched an invasion of Iraq based on false assumptions. Oops!

[Coexist]

12. What an AMAZING article - the entire thing is good but this:

Meanwhile, Obama did the unthinkable, trouncing Clinton's money edge by energizing an unusually large base of core supporters. To put his records in perspective, consider Tuesday's primary electorate. The candidates split about 14.6 million voters in 22 states. Obama's donors equal a striking 9 percent of his Super Tuesday turnout. Add the non-donor supporters that Obama has engaged, from office volunteers and decentralized phone bankers to the unprecedented 1.13 million people publicly declaring their endorsements on social networking sites, and over one out of ten Obama voters are essentially activists. That is a historic development for a presidential campaign. It means that a large share of Obama's base will not merely vote for him once, but repeatedly devote time, money, social capital and personal credibility to back his candidacy.

No one knows how much of this network can be scaled in a general election. But in primary politics, there is a term for the person who manages to draw the most voters, donors, money and committed activists: The most electable candidate.