One thing I have wondered about all through the the process of the 2008 presidential campaign is how the hell BARACK OBAAMA raised as much money as he does. I don’t know a single person who has contributed money to his campaign (or any other candidates for that matter). I imagine that the money still comes from large corporations.
This article I link here from the Atlantic monthly says that BARACK OBAAMA’s C.R.E.A.M. Team (campaign fundraising staff from JOHN KERRY’s campaign) are the reason that he has been able to outpace the venerable and popular CLINTONS when it comes to getting his paper up.
The Atlantic claims that OBAAMA’s monies are from the newly minted Silicon Valley constituency and similar bases of wealth who feel disenfranchised by the CLINTON and McCAIN platforms. OBAAMA’s message of hope has these people pulling out their wallets better than the most sincere traveling preacher I have ever seen.
And it wasn’t just their pocketbooks that people are offering claims the Atlantic, but their technical skills as well. OBAAMA is said to have been the candidate to make the best use of today’s internets technology. I wonder if the writer was considering the YouTube hit ‘Obaama Girl’ as part of BARACK’s strategy?
Political campaigns always turn on the dollar and the spin that OBAAMA is receiving says that he has returned politics back into the hands of the people and away from the corporations, but ultimately aren’t these people paid by the corporations? If I had $2300 and a choice between earmarking that money for a political campaign or taking my lady on a first class trip to Rome I think you know which way I am going.
When in Rome…
