Archive for April, 2007

Obama raises almost as much as Clinton

Oh yeah baby, the Democratic race is officially a real race now.  A leaker from his campaign claims that Obama will report almost $25 million in donations for this first quarter.  That puts him on par with what Hillary Clinton raised in the same quarter.  This despite the fact Hillary should have had a tremendous […]

Oracle making it tough for me to keep my Lenten vow

For Lent you’re supposed to make a personal sacrifice.  In the old days that usually meant fasting or at least some kind of abstinence.  Like not drinking, or not having sex, whatever.  Nowadays most people choose to give up something they like, such as not eating chocolate during the 40 days of Lent.
This year I […]

Top Democratic and Republican candidates raised over $20 million each

Unbelievable sums of money are being raised in this early campaign season for the presidential primaries.  Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney each raised over $20 million this past quarter.  I knew this was going to be an expensive race but these numbers are just mind-numbing.
To put it in perspective, consider that if the candidates were accepting […]

Too many Thompsons in the Republican race

Poor Tommy Thompson, the man has just a really bad sense of timing.  He officially announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday, April Fool’s day.  Just as polls show that the other (apparently unrelated) Thompson, Fred Thompson, is polling much better than Tommy without even formally entering the race.
Of the two, I […]