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The Political Internet Comes Of Age

This is short and to the point. I hope you take the time to follow through on the links. Barack Obama’s campaign, powered by organization and eloquence, created an entity that has never existed before and will be the yardstick for many in the future. h/t to Political Wire.

Obama Raised More than $500 Million Online
Barack [...]

Int’l Child Relief NGO Needs Our Votes…1.5Million At Stake

International Medical Corps “Saving The Lives of Malnourished Children” has been chosen as one of the Top 25 of American Express’ Members Project.  Chosen out of 1,190 projects, “Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children” is now eligible to receive up to $1.5 million in funding. International Medical Corps is one of the Top [...]

Obama Opts Out Of Public Financing

His own words:
Reactions from First Thoughts at MSNBC:
[...] This move has been widely speculated, but it’s a reversal from comments he made earlier in the campaign season that he would he accept general funds — which gives the candidates about $85 million to spend after the conventions. Assuming each of Obama’s 1.5 million-plus contributors gives him [...]

Is Going To Denver A Good Idea?

Yes. I’m not sure we will fix future primary seasons otherwise. It will also be good to get the Superdelegates on the record giving the nomination to the person who received fewer votes, which is really why they are all calling for Hillary to drop out. But going to Denver gives us time to evaluate [...]

Onward She Goes

As the NY Times reports today, Hillary Clinton is fighting on despite last night’s results which have deflated some of her momentum.
Highlighting the difficulties Mrs. Clinton has had in financing her high-spending battle against Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, officials from her campaign disclosed on Wednesday that she had lent her campaign [...]

The Donations are Rolling In

The donations are rolling in to HillaryClinton.com tonight after Hillary’s victory in Pennsylvania:
E-mails Clinton spokesman Phil Singer:
As of 11:30 p.m. tonight, we are at nearly $2.5 million since PA was called for HRC — 80% of that money is coming from new donors to the campaign. It’s our best night ever.

Keep it coming… CONTRIBUTE!
UPDATE: From [...]

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: Clinton has ‘grit’ to lead

Tomorrow voters will cast their votes in the Pennsylvania primary and then it’s on to Indiana and North Carolina.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was stumping in South Bend for Hillary on Sunday. She answered some questions for the South Bend Tribune after and event at St. Mary’s College.
Here’s a couple of quips from the interview:

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Other Numbers

Cross Posted From Article of Faith:
Pamela posted about the 600,000 + civilians who have died in violence across Iraq since the 2003 American invasion below. Here are a few more numbers for you this morning:
Nearly one in five soldiers leaving the military after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan has been at least partly disabled as [...]

Dear Veteran: A letter from the VA

Well I finally got a notice from the VA about the data theft in the mail yesterday. This post will consist of the letter in full. The next post will cover the FAQ sheet that was crammed in with the letter. The good news is that they might have my Soc. Sec. #, but at [...]

Max Cleland: “There’s a lot of support for Kerry”

Former U.S. senator from Georgia Max Cleland, a real American hero, was the guest of honor. He spoke eloquently from his wheelchair after telling me that he would back Sen. John Kerry in another run for the presidency in 2008. “There’s a lot of support for Kerry, and we’ll get it right this time,” he said.