THE ELECTION SHOULD BE ABOUT ISSUES, NOT DONATIONS

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HEY JIM KUHNHENN, HOW ABOUT WRITING ABOUT THE ISSUES YOU BUM.

A FOURTH GRADER COULD HAVE WRITEN A BETTER ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clinton raises $27 million, bests Obama

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton defied the usual slow flow of summer money, tapping 100,000 new donors and outpacing all other presidential candidates in the chase for campaign cash over the past three months.
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The New York senator raised $27 million in the quarter — $22 million for the primaries and $5 million for the general election — while other candidates fell victim to the traditional third-quarter dip in fundraising.

For the first time, Clinton reported attracting more new donors in a quarter than her chief fundraising rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. And, for the first time, she raised more primary election money than he did.

Both candidates have now raised about $80 million each since the beginning of the year, Tuesday's updated figures showed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_po/campaign_fundraising;_ylt=AlUPRCw5quW7RKWDS73kR2yWwvIE

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1. Did I miss something?

Both candidates in the story are spending the money to talk about the issues. It is part of the political process.

Are there candidates running that are not soliciting donations?

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2. You left out the most important paragraphs in the article.

Some want to stop the horse race and anoint Clinton the nominee, since she has the most money. But as the Republican pointed out, all the excitement is on the Democratic race. Stop the game now and people will just "go home" and the Democrats will lose all traction with the public. They might as well just concede the election to the Republicans, because these Democrats will just be handing the presidency to the Republicans for eight more years. How can I say this? Because by anointing Kerry early in the 2004 race, they gave Bush four more years.

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"There's more excitement right now on the Democratic side," said Republican strategist Greg Mueller. "We have a two-term president who is in a war that has the country divided, and some of the Republican base has been depressed on immigration and spending."

Mueller and other Republicans said the financial discrepancy does not necessarily translate into a Democratic edge during the general election. Mueller and Scott Reed, who managed Bob Dole's Republican presidential campaign in 1996, predicted Republicans will get behind their nominee, especially if Clinton wins the Democratic nomination.

"It will mobilize the base of the party like it hasn't since 1994," Reed said.

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Moreover, a Clinton candidacy will bring out Republicans who would most likely stay home if we ran ANY other Democrat, just to ensure that Clinton does not become president. Clinton may be popular with Democrats, she is poison to a large number of people in this country. People think she can ride Bill's coattails to victory. They forget that many Republicans and independents dislike Bill Clinton. Why should they vote for the wife of a guy they already dislike.

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3. Did you mean to post this to the science forum?

doesn't seem to be relevant to the forum.