I took this from a fundraising plea I received by email from the Clinton campaign

[Debi]

"Let this remarkable two-person contest for the Democratic nomination be determined by the strength of our ideas, the quality of our leadership, or the depth of our experience. But whatever you do, don't let the outcome of these crucial March 4 contests be decided by a lopsided spending advantage for the Obama campaign." (their emphasis)

++++++++++++

Can somebody tell me, again, how much MORE money Clinton spent in Iowa? (more than any of the other candidates)x(

[Adelante]

1. a lopsided spending advantage

due to well-managed funds.

[Debi]

3. I thought she raised more money than he did

before she started losing contests and her campaign mis-managed her funds. x(

[hfojvt]

14. one of the troubles was

that she raised money from big-money donors. Due to fundraising laws, there is a limit of $2300 per person. Many of Hillary's donors gave $4600 - $2300 for the primaries and $2300 for the general election. So she has ten million dollars or more that she cannot legally spend. The primary was supposed to be a slam dunk.

[Debi]

19. I wonder where that money will go?

Will she help Obama or other Dems down the ticket? Can she? Or will she just return it to her supporters for next time?

[Cha]

2. Do they always shade the

truth and act like the victims here? Wonder whose brilliant PR idea that was this time around?

[Debi]

5. I think Wolfson was wearing the sweater again....

and thinking up a new term to describe super delegates.

[BattyDem]

4. The lopsided spending advantage didn't bother her when she had all the money

:eyes:

On edit: She raised $118 million last year and was waaay ahead in the polls. Something went wrong and that's not the fault of her donors or supporters.

[Debi]

8. She had enough to rent the 'Hill-o-copter' and fly around Iowa.

[Renew Deal]

6. The most important part of yesterday's win for Obama

It will starve the Clinton beast (campaign). You'd have to be a moron to donate to her now.

[Debi]

9. Careful - she may write herself another $5 million check n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. 'Lopsided spending advantage'...from a campaign that blew through $130M

:eyes:

[Debi]

10. She needs more to blow through in Texas and Ohio

:hi:

[Renew Deal]

12. Especially Texas

And Obama may be able to dominate VT and RI for the same reason. It might be a mini-super tuesday all over again.

And BTW, Obama is already campaign in Wyoming.

[XemaSab]

17. Obama's got ground troops in Wyoming?

Awesome. :D

[Renew Deal]

20. Yup

They have an office and are on the ground.

[XemaSab]

26. Man...

That's awesome! :D

[Debi]

22. Saw that - can't wait for him to open up offices in Montana n/t

[Renew Deal]

11. $140 million

Before Iowa

[MadBadger]

13. Hillary Clinton trying to paint herself as John Edwards

[Debi]

23. Good luck with that

:eyes:

[Apollo11]

15. Hillary should ask Mark Penn for a refund

Seriously - she could get better strategic advice for free here on DU.

[Debi]

24. And it would put about five million back in her bank account n/t

[AtomicKitten]

16. She burned through $140 million -- Obama's advantage is running his campaign brilliantly.

[XemaSab]

21. And the irony of it is that he's the one fighting in every state

Even Wyoming.

Or maybe it's not irony. When Obama gets people to do stuff for free that Hill has to pay for, you can go a LOT further.

[Debi]

28. What's important is that he'll have the operation and the people ready

for the General election. These folks will already know the plan and the people in every state. Imagine that along with the DNC ground operation! Not only will Obama do well, the candidates down-ticket will also be successful. THIS is what the 50-state strategy is all about!

[AtomicKitten]

29. Bingo! Obama is embracing Dean's 50-state strategy with gusto!

I am so impressed by Obama's ground game.

[Debi]

32. Just imagine what a BLUE Wyoming will look like!

[XemaSab]

34. He also has his donors set up and invested

I think we could go all the way on this. :)

[Debi]

25. Hiring people he can trust to manage his campaign correctly

Wow, imagine a president that would surround himself with people WE can trust. :7

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. How much did they blow last night on Wisconsin?

The news said an awful lot, no quote though.

[Debi]

27. Her fundraising letter said she was out-spent 4-to-1

Of course, Obama had staff in Wisconsin for HOW LONG before Clinton got there? AND had the $$ to spend in Wisconsin because his campaign budgeted for the long term and PLANNED AHEAD.

[AtomicKitten]

30. She didn't plan past February 5th.

That catastrophic error in her campaign speaks volumes on many levels.

[Debi]

31. About the candidate and the campaign

SOMEBODY got their share of that first $100 million

[AtomicKitten]

33. Penn got some $4+ million. Ugh.

Yep, $4.3 million: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/06/mark-penns-firm-paid-4_n_85192.html