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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Johnson reports threat
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Another development springing off the Genarlow Wilson case: Today’s Savannah Morning News reports an apparent death threat against Sen. Eric Johnson.
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Obama rolls in big
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We just got off the phone with a jubilant Kirk Dornbush, who is heavily involved in the fundraising for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and had just received word of the Democratic presidential hopeful’s first quarter numbers. You’ll be seeing fuller reports later, but at first wink the numbers are eye-popping.
Obama raised $25 million, only a mill off Sen. Hillary Clinton’s record haul of $26 million and two million more than Republican Mitt Romney first-quarter take. That means Obama raised close to three times what any previous presidential candidate had raised at this time in the cycle, and the details are even more impressive for a relative newcomer to the national stage.
Clinton’s campaign so far has not said how much of the money it raised was designated for the primary campaign, and how much for the general. Dornbush said $23.5 million of Obama’s take is primary money, leading him to confidently predict Obama will have financial parity with Clinton in next year’s huge Feb. 5 primary. If that proves true, the impact could be massive.
Obama’s money came from 100,000 donors - twice the number reported by Clinton. In fact, Dornbush said, the number of internet donors to Obama was greater than Clinton’s total of 50,000 contributors.
And he outraised her on the net: $6.9 million to $4.2 million. Dornbush said 90 percent of the internet money was in contributions of $100 or less, and half of it was in checks of $25 or less.
If it says nothing else, this latest first-quarter report is a clear sign we’re in for the most expensive presidential campaign in history. One story we saw about Romney’s first-quarter report called it “astonishing.” After Obama’s report, maybe we should hold the adjectives until we see what the next quarter brings.
Another state takes up the “we’re sorry” issue
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The debate over apologizing for slavery and segregation has spread to North Carolina.You can read the Charlotte Observer’s report here.
