I am watching Keith Olbermann here on the West Coast and he reported that the Obama campaign will NOT send money downballot. The feel good about where the campaign is going but they don’t want to take chances and plan to bear down on the next two weeks into the finish line. Personally I think this is a good idea. The Congressional committees are flush with cash and the DNC may soon spend on the state legislative races. Don’t worry guys, there is enough money to go around.
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We need all the money we can to build up big majorities. I dont want Obama to waste all of him money trying to get way over 270 which is simply the point of diminishing marginal utility and is a waste of money. This money would be better spent on House and Senate races which actually could produce tangible and needed wins.
He raised more in one month than the DCCC has in their entire campaign fund. He could easily spare a couple million.
but if he gave away that money he would be roundly criticized. I can see McCain-Palin and the pundits now. “You gave your money to him, and now he’s dishonestly using it to support his friends.” “You didn’t donate your money to X Senate candidate, and Barack Obama gave him/her your money.” “Is it ethical for him to donate that money?” etc. McCain is already suspicious of the small donor model.
It’s not like they should worry about the 270 electoral votes at this point. If they lack such confidence is raises a question of their judgement. But if they don’t want to share the money, it’s high time to fit some of his schedule to House and Senate races where an appearance with the next President could tilt the outcome.
I’d say two stops in Texas, Houston is Rick Noriega’s hometown. It is Ground Zero in the fight to win control of the lower house of the Lege and so control redistricting after the Census and determine lines that could give us 8 more seats in the U.S. House — or more. It is the location of the three seriously contested House races, Nick Lampson in TX-22, Larry Joe Doherty in TX-10, and Michael Skelly in TX-07.
Te other stop could be El Paso. An appearance there with Noriega would electrify the city’s huge Hispanic population and energize Hispanic voters all through the Border region. Because the signals from El Paso’s TV stations reach deep into southern New Mexico and are picked up by cable system in far-off towns, a stop in El Paso would be a two-fer.
With Democrats surging in races across the South, it could be time to go and ask the white folks for their votes — in Shreveport or New Orleans, Jackson or Charleston. But go slow, check first with the House and Senate candidates who may want to let sleeping racist dogs lie. In that case, Little Rock and Memphis or Nashville, where we don’t have candidates in close races.