Obama Outraises Clinton Among Small Town Pennsylvanians

[catgirl]

Sam Stein from The Huffington Post:

Sen. Barack Obama's political opponents charge that his recent remarks on the economic woes and bitterness of low-income voters put him gravely out of touch with small town Pennsylvanians.

But a review of campaign finance records -- conducted for The Huffington Post by the Spotfire Division of software firm TIBCO -- reveals that it has been Obama, not Clinton, who has received the majority of donations from these very same Keystone State communities.

Indeed, through then end of February 2008, Obama received nearly $250,000 in contributions from Pennsylvanians residing in zip codes with populations under 30,000 people. That total, which does not include Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and both city's suburbs, was roughly $30,000 more than the amount raised by Clinton: $220,000.

When the population size is made even smaller, Obama continues to best his Democratic rival. Among those non-urban Pennsylvania zip codes with populations under 20,000, the Illinois Democrat has brought in just over $200,000. Clinton has raised slightly more than $170,000.

Read on (includes graph and interesting points):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/obama-outraises-clinton-a_n_96806.html

[Coexist]

1. imagine that.

[ShortnFiery]

2. This is truly PRECIOUS! It should be fully covered by the M$M ...

:evilgrin:

[NightWatcher]

3. Hillary's people spent their money on new white sheets, wood, and kerosene

Oh no I didnt just go there. Yes I did

"elitist" is a polite way of saying "black" so the racist can sleep at night

[MsMagnificent]

9. You do realize

you're talking about fellow Democrats, right?

Of course you do, and that's the astounding thing.

Talk about Divisive!
You can't sink further, that's hitting the bottom. What plan do you people propose to regain your common sense?

That's it. I'm done.
When Democrats talk about fellow Dem's like this, I'm done. Enjoy your vitriol, because personal enjoyment is all it will get you, certainly not any good for our country or fellow man.

Fucking crazy, certifiably insane.

[scheming daemons]

11. Psst.... Hillary's not a Democrat.

[SoCalDem]

16. she just plays one on TV,, or maybe she gave up on the 5-star hotels

and is staying at Holiday Inn Express these days :rofl:

[dchill]

12. Pot met kettle...

And he is us.

[NightWatcher]

14. Racism is racism "Clinton ally: Some whites 'not ready' for Obama"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23134717/

Pa. governor says that was a factor in his race against black candidate

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black.

"You've got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate," Rendell told the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in remarks that appeared in Tuesday's paper.

To buttress his point, Rendell cited his 2006 re-election campaign, in which he defeated Republican challenger Lynn Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steelers star, by a margin of more than 60 percent to less than 40 percent.

"dixiecrats" or not. There is no room for that kind of ignorant hate in this country. If there are people dumb enough to be manipulated by wedge issues and vote based on xenophobia instead of the war, economy, or other REAL issue, I have no use for any of them. And that Hillary is embracing this philospophy speak volumes about her and her Republican ways.

[oasis]

17. When John Kerry was called an "elitist" did folks really mean that he was black?

Wow, you learn something new every day here at DU. :wow:

[LSparkle]

4. Her campaign will be over when the money dries up

Looks like it's starting to happen, even in PA ...

[FrenchieCat]

5. Money talks, Hillary and MSM pontificates and lies!

[uponit7771]

6. We should be able to donate so we can rec an OP twice...

[redqueen]

7. Doesn't surprise me at all!

Eat crow, pundits (& Hillary)!

:bounce:

[Adelante]

8. Graph

[Scurrilous]

10. K & R

:thumbsup:

[hogwyld]

13. I'm out here in Oregon

but just threw another 50 his way to keep on spreading the message of hope that we hunger for.

[catgirl]

15. I'm doing the same!!

[ORDem]

18. I'll bet if they also correlated to how many donors, Obama would win

that by even bigger margins. Hillary has far fewer donors who max out their $2300, whereas Obama's donation average is much lower.

:dem: