Prior to Hillary Clinton leaving the race, there was a lot of talk from her camp that she was in a better position to beat John McCain than Barack Obama, based on the polls. Obama's camp said that after HRC dropped from the race, Democrats would (mostly) come together, giving Obama a bump in the polls that would put him ahead of McCain. Despite my slight worry and skepticism, Obama has indeed received the bump that pundits and Obama reps promised. In Gallup and Rasmussen polls taken after Hillary's concession and endorsement of her opponent, Obama is ahead of McCain by six points. Surely the number will rise and fall over the course of the election, but for now, Obama's support is growing. Among women, he's got a leg up on McCain, and he's polling better with women than John Kerry did in 2004.
Speaking of bumps, people in the know are estimating that Obama will receive a "presumptive nominee" bump in the fundraising arena as well. Some have predicted that he could raise $100 million in June. And he might need to hand some of that over to HRC, who faces the largest campaign debt in history.
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What's going through Sen. Obama's mind right before the pix was shot:
"Cellphone? Check. Bad-ass sunglasses? Check? Wedding band on? Check. This Democratic- nominated brotha is ready to werk. Yes I am!"
Yay! Unity! Democrats need to get a single backbone. But its not like (Black) Obama supporters helped this unity.
*M*, were the (white) Obama supporters helping the unity? Everyone needs to put all that bs aside and just do what's right for the country.
Um, I'm not quite understanding how Hillary gets some of his money. Last I heard, the Clintons made $109 million in the past few years.
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"Some have predicted that he could raise $100 million in June. And he might need to hand some of that over to HRC, who faces the largest campaign debt in history."
^^^^^
ftr, this isn't actually true, obama cannot give hillary money to relieve her campaign debt; what he can do is direct donors to hillary and fund-raise on her behalf. it's not like he's going to give her money that his supports clearly gave to him. also it's pretty normal that the winner helps the loser fund-raise to help with the debt.