Stats: Obama Still Winning On the Web

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1. 113.com
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 7:55 am

   Congratulations!

2. Search Engine Optimization Journal
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 8:07 am

   He is winning on the web and always has because the curiousity about this once unknown man who sprung out of nowhere…is sky high. Hilary is a well-known candidate and many of her supporters are the older demographic — less social media users. He always will win on the web due to such factors.

3. Ivan
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 8:24 am

   Obama took over the net candidate role after Ron Paul fell off. It’s clear he is the establishment’s choice when it comes to underdogs and if you think things will be different if he gets elected you are in for a surprise.

   As for him winning the internet over Hillary and McCain, it’s not that hard to understand. Most of the internet is driven by the young professionals and the young socialites (i.e Facebook). You can say most of them generaly represent the similar demographics (i.e Equal right for all, anti-war on drugs, hate bush, hate the war…). Obama fills all of these shoes due to his age, race and personality.

   After all who would look cooler on your facebook friend list, an old woman, a very old man, or Barack Obama?

4. dave
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am

   so, if tivo can predict the american idol winners and losers, can tivo also predict how obama is gonna fare this year?
   http://twitter.com/passingnotes/statuses/787238751

5. Stryder
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 8:41 am

   Ivan’s right, he’s the establishment’s choice.

   Ron Paul still isn’t out, He’s going to the convention

   As far as everything else, these candidates will be forgotten about 10, 20+ years down the line, the revolution Ron Paul has started has just begun.

   He’s lit the spark that got people like me, who never gave 2 sh*ts or knew anything in detail about politics, monetary policy, foreign policy, to start researching and getting more involved.

   “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ” - George Washington

6. DPZ
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 9:00 am

   I agree the average internet user skews younger, more affluent, and better educated than the overall US population. This is a demographic Obama seems to be doing well in according to exit polling. However, I don’t think this completely explains his overwhelming success vs Hillary online. Pew publishes the demographics of Internet users: http://www.pewinternet.org/tre......15.08.htm

   As more and more people go online, online demographics and offline demographics are starting to look almost identical. I think Obama actually does have a broad base of support (online and offline) that is larger than Hillary’s and growing much faster.

   Last point - according to Pew, only 56% of blacks are online. You’d think that would actually hurt Obama’s online “face time” since he is winning 70-80% of the black vote in most states.

7. Stephen Denny
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 9:04 am

   McCain is up and asking questions on LinkedIn. Reminds me of the difference between Amex and Visa: a fraction of the cardholders but a majority of the spending. We’ll have to see if that analogy holds true - at present, the spending is elsewhere. But it’s clear Lil’ O is the ‘Facebook’ candidate.

   Re Dave’s comment, I’m not sure about Tivo predicting much unless you like to look at one or the other candidate (and there’s not much to suggest that’s a good thing); but replacing our notoriously inaccurate exit polling might be a good use of our time and effort.

   Regards.

8. Digital Doctor
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 9:10 am

   I’m a bit baffled, that with the hundreds of thousands of readers, that TC reaches, that only a hand full felt moved to comment on this story. It would seem that amongst such a vast village of brilliant minds, that at least a couple of ingenious ideas would spring forth. (i.e., ‘My mash-up can take the Compete data further.’ ‘My app could help Hillary catch Obama on the web.’) NOTHING.

   Too bad this story was connected with some kind of beta invite, then the servers would’ve hummed.

   To the ‘he’s the establishments’ candidate’. Hmm, DOH. If that was solely the case, why is he then behind in Super Delegates. They are, after all, the priesthood of the establishment.

   To discount that he is very much a ‘people’s candidate’ is too be a bit drunk on Paul juice. the great majority of his raised money has been directly from The People, even if they are young and heavily weighted in a certain demographic. They’re still PEOPLE.

   ———–

   Again, a half dozen comments. I would LOVE to get some kind of quality insight as to what that really reflects. Apathy? No ‘tech opportunity’ sited in the story? TC readers skew heavily Republican?

   Mike, and staff, dig out one of those IPODS or N95 or other freebie perks; and connect this to some sort of challenge/contest.

   RC The DD

9. timbu
   

   April 11th, 2008 at 9:37 am

   It’s neat but the internet has not crowned a Presidential candidate. If the internet was representative we would now have Ron Paul facing off against the incumbent Howard Dean.

10. Raja Devanathan
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Obama has much greater character in my opinion than Clinton. Obama is much more polished, and smarter than Clinton too. His charisma makes him a great candidate for Presidency, and his appeal with the younger generation makes it that much more effective.

    I live in Australia, and many youngsters here are keen on the US presidential elections. 10 years ago, no one here cared.

11. Damien D.
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    I agree that a lot of this is being driven by people wanting to know more about Obama. Everyone already knows or assumes they know everything about Hillary. She’s just not as “interesting” since she’s been around general consciousness of America for so long.

12. Canadian Capitalist
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    I take it that Techrunch is now a forum for Maserati Marxists, er liberals, er Progressives. Wake up people! If the Democrats had their way, we’d be back to 92% tax rates, capital gainx tax rate of 40%, no cap on Social Security taxes, etc… What we need is less taxes & a more vibrant economy & capital market system. For a website that blogs on technology deal flow & other related news, I am surprised you are all getting excited over this young Limousine Liberal!!

13. Dan Grossman
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    I’m in Pennsylvana, and Obama seems to be doing a lot more advertising. I hear his ads on the radio every day, and they tell you to visit his website, which is probably why so many people in PA are.

14. JK
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    @2

    I agree with that.

    My years of knowledge with Hillary == 18+
    My years of knowledge with the skinny kid with a funny name = .666

    and

    @11

    If that happened, I wouldn’t work because the Government would pay me. Sheesh, for a capitalist you need to do the math on that one *hahaha*

    The PA graph is very. well. graphic. and by graphic I mean, I need the graph safe filter. I taint sure what was happening on the 27th of March, but wow - it was close, as they say.

    JK

15. Tyler Wright
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:37 am

    People with mullets have always had a hard time gaining traction online.

16. Chris
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am

    How does he compare with McCain?

17. chris (trade2save.com)
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    Unless the Democrats who support Clinton switch, this is going to the convention and McCain will win - She can’t beat Obama fair and square now and Obama doesn’t have a clear mandate - she’s like a democratic terminator who won’t go away - can’t blame her she still has enough support to carry on.

    Ultra cynical view: It is in her interests for the democrats to lose if she isn’t nominated, it gives her a chance to come back in 4 years. So better to take him down with her - and then argue that the democrats made the wrong choice and she told us so.

    When she said Obama can’t win - she meant it.

18. chris (trade2save.com)
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    Here is a comparison of Obama and Hilary’s web hits over the last 6 months.

    It reflects quite clearly why he’s been raising so much more money…

    http://www.trade2save.com/blog.....s-compared

19. ObamaMamma
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    But, but, but…
    You can’t trust exit polls anymore!

20. illi
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Obama is also winning on http://www.folduscandidate.com
    The download statistic of Obama is 46.75% Hillary went for 33.75% and Mccain was downloaded 19.5%.

    Tired of those unreliable polls?
    Why not let the folds decide the outcome of the US presidential campaign?
    Choose your candidate. Download and print her (or him).

    It’s all there, at your fingertips…

21. Lee
    

    April 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    “We all know by now that if you could vote on the Internet, Barack Obama would already be president. His Website has always attracted more traffic than those of other candidates. ”

    It’s possible you’ve drawn the wrong conclusion. Perhaps he’s just more unknown. I don’t need to go to Clinton’s or McCain’s sites since I’ve been able to follow their careers for years. Obama is new, and until very recently, no one knew much about him. Some would argue that we still don’t.

    I’m not saying he’s not more popular, but I don’t think you can say he would win an internet vote just because more people visit his Wikipedia entry, YouTube videos, etc.

22. Ranjit Mathoda
    

    April 12th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    In my essay The coming Digital Presidency I point out that Internet tools could be used with devastating effectiveness by not just an electoral campaign, but by a sitting President: http://mathoda.com/archives/189

23. sh
    

    April 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    Obama is advocating that the U.S. Government involve itself in Executive Compensation. How does that sound to potential tech entrepreneurs-cum-executives?

    And there is little comparison between the free-market, libertarian thinking of Ron Paul and the cradle-to-grave policies espoused by Obama, other than they both raised money on the Internet.

24. Gary Burge
    

    April 12th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Wait a minute. That Compete chart looks strange.

    How can it be that an increase in visits to one candidate’s website is met by an equal decrease in visitors to the other candidate’s website?

    Are these the same people, just endlessly going from one site to the other, like passengers on an ocean liner running from port rail to starboard and back (with the accompanying rocking of the boat back and forth)?

25. Jordan
    

    April 14th, 2008 at 8:11 am

    This internet consulting company has a pretty cool online metric, http://www.spartaninternet.com, you should check it out. They also have Obama in 1st….

26. Don
    

    April 16th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    Hey, TechCrunch! That chart, as Gary pointed out above, is obviously bogus!

27. Janet Reno
    

    April 19th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    Obama’s efforts to connect to the Republican Party, specifically Bush, and Dick Cheney, of the Halliburton Company, dates back to the Presidents Grandfather, Prescott Bush, and indeed Cheney was once an executive officer of Halliburton.

    The American military pounds Iraq with Artillary, bombs, and the like, destroying large sections of cities, and infra-structures, then Halliburton comes in to rebuild. Halliburton and Halliburton associated companies have raked in ten’s of billions.

    Obama is just like the BIG HALIBURTAN. Haliburton has contracted to build detention centers in the U.S. similiar to the one in Quantanammo Bay, Cuba. Halliburton does nothing to earn the Two Dollars for each meal an American Serviceman in Iraq eats.

    http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

    Halliburton was scheduled to take control of the Dubai Ports in The United Arab Emiirate. The deal was canceled when Bush was unable to affect the transfer of the American Ports.

    Now we see what some might suspect as similiar financial escapading from the Democrats.

    Two years ago, Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity gave a $50 million contract to a start-up security company - Companion- owned by now-indicted businessman (TONY REZKO) Tony Rezko and a onetime Chicago cop, Daniel T. Frawley, to train Iraqi power-plant guards in the United States. An Iraqi leadership change left the deal in limbo. Now the company, Companion Security, is working to revive its contract.
    Involved along with Antoin “Tony” Rezco, long time friend and neighbor of Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and former cop Daniel T. Frawley, is Aiham Alsammarae. Alsammarae was accused of financial corruption by Iraqi authorities and jailed in Iraq last year before escaping and returning here.

    LIKE FATHER LIKE SON –
    Recently, Obama’s campaign staff have been vetted by the IRS to disclose his connection to the criminal money generating underworld. Besides, his connections to the REZCO MAFIA types, his up-coming tax fraud charges — Obama needs to disclose why he is a MUSLIM “PATWANG-FWEEE” and disclose Obama’s MUSLIM Farrakhan mob connection to Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ. Its minister, and Obama’s spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine; Wright’s daughters serve as publisher and executive editor. Every year, the magazine makes awards in various categories. Last year, it gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to a man it said “truly epitomized greatness.” That man is Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan and Chicago’s Trinity United Church are trumpeting Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama as the second coming of the messiah. Obama should stop suppoting our intervention in IRAQ. It’s time to introduce this false, fake Xerox - X box Obama and invite the self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke “GLORK” Xerox - X box to meet the Buffalo “GAZOWNT-GAZIKKA” Police Department Buffalo Creek. He is MAD!!! –

    OBAM YOU’RE NO JFK —

    “GLORK” Obama looks like Alfred E. Newman: “Tales Calculated To Drive You.” He is a MUSLIM “Glork” He’s MAD!!! Alfred E. Neuman is the fictional mascot of Mad. The face had drifted through American pictography for decades before being claimed by Mad editor Harvey Kurtzman after he spotted it on the bulletin board in the office of Ballantine Books editor Bernard Shir-Cliff, later a contributor to various magazines created by Kurtzman.
    Obama needs to disclose why he is a MUSLIM “PATWANG-FWEEE” and stop suppoting our intervention in IRAQ. It’s time to introduce this false, fake “GLORK” Xerox - X box Obama and invite the self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke Xerox - X box to meet the Buffalo “GAZOWNT-GAZIKKA” Police Department Buffalo Creek.

    Michelle Obama should be ashamed.

    “GLORK” Michelle Obama should be ashamed of her separatist-racist connection to Farrakhan and Chicago’s Trinity United Church trumpeting Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama as the second coming of the messiah. Beneath that Darth-Vader-Mace-Windu-Jedi-Me ssiah Helmet Hairdo of Michelle Obama lurks a Wildabeast. If Michelle Obama new what her husband — the Hope-A-Dope, Fonster Monster — Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama did in Harlem, she would wash her wide-open, Hus-suey loving MUSILM mouth out, with twenty-four (24) mule-team double-cross X-boX-BorraX. The Lexis-Nexis-Albatross-Abacus-Complex of Barack and Michelle’s relationship with MUSLIM “PATWANG-FWEEE” Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakhan, and black demagoguery; is about as much of a Hoax as Oxfam volunteers believe in HIV– AIDS Witch Doctors in Africa they feed. If Barack Obama had married Shaniqua instead of Michelle, his jackenapes collegial elitism attraction would be taken a lot more seriously. Expectations are that Obama will manage his explosive MUSLIM JIHADI — FATIMA EXTREMISM obsession bitter. He is a MUSLIM “Glork” It’s time to introduce this false, fake “GLORK” Xerox - X box Obama and invite the self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke Xerox - X box to meet the Buffalo “GAZOWNT-GAZIKKA” Police Department Buffalo Creek. He’s MAD!!!

    http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

    THE SPEECH –

    The Apologia has arrived and once again the self-indicting, separatist-racist Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama, promises to heal the wounds of the world. The speech is the rude awakening of mass messianism of his campaign. Apologetically, Obama the MUSLIM double-cross X-boX-BorraX has an astonishingly empty two-prawn echelon explanation of his misjudgment.
    In the first prawn: with regard to his connection to separatist-racist Rev. Wright; Obama summons voodoo and juju to express slavery as beginning and ending with the Rev. Wright.
    In the second prawn: Obama’s speech takes credit for Ashley’s dream. A dream of unity Martin Luther King, Jr. borrowed from Ashley for his historic “I Have A Dream” speech. In Obama’s speech, the connective bond Ashley, the elderly black man and Obama’s grandmother share; represents Obama’s self-indicting rise to the Harvard Yard. For Obama, the grand flag of language is the semi-fore of words, bestowed upon our nation by the messiah-alumni from Harvard. Obama’s Swoon-Song Apologia to the nation represents a failed hymn — a hymn that fails to heal the nation, repair the world, or make this time different than all the rest. Obama’s speech is a brilliant failure.

    http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

    MUSLIM LIES –

    The ILLIGITIAMTE MUSLIM MESSIA has blundered yet again!!! The self-indicting, separatist-racist Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama, lied about the politics of his campaign. The danger involved with this self-aggrandizing, -a-hoop, Hope-A-Dope, Fonster Monster — Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama is that — “Like Father Like Son” Obama is constantly wanting to impress America with “…his incapacity for sound judgment.” In 2005, Sen. Obama voted for the Dick Cheney energy bill, which Cheney wrote in secret with the oil industry. Hillary Clinton opposed Cheney’s energy bill, has a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks, and would require oil companies to contribute to a $50 billion strategic energy fund to jump-start research and investment in clean energy technologies. On top of the horrible crime Obama executed in Harlem, the fact is, we have to hear it from Karl Rove about Obama’s latest Campaign Crisis.

    “GLORK” Top Ten Obama Lies:

    1. Obam said his parents met at the Selma march — Reality: He was born 4 years before that.

    2. Obam said he was a constitutional law professor — Reality: . . . Obama Made This False Claim In His 2004 Senate Race. “Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama’s primary [Senate] campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school..

    3. Obam said he spoke fluent Indonesian as a child — Reality: . . . Obama has claimed on numerous occasions to have become fluent in Indonesian in six months. Yet another Phi Beta Krakatau lie from Obama. Those who knew him disputed that during recent interviews. Israel la Pareira Darmawan, Obama’s 1st-grade teacher, said she attempted to help him learn the Indonesian language by going over pronunciation and vowel sounds. Truth-be-told: Obama’s Indonesian teachers say Kaku-Pooh.

    4. Obam said he was involved in community asbestos and housing project for the poor — Reality: Didn’t happen. This was the basis for Barack and Michelle’s claim, that he was a community activist on the South and East Side of Chicago. Usher United Arab Emirates (UAE) A+ lie both he and his twenty-four (24) mule-team, Hus-suey loving wife Michelle Obama have been claiming in the campaign — Reality: The Chicago Newspaper’s Obelus — Kiss-A-Cuss:…NO-MAMA.

    5. Obam said in his book that he received his racial awakening at age nine reading a Life/Ebony Magazine story about a black man who was scarred trying to dye his skin white — Reality: Didn’t happen. Both Magazines (Life and Ebony), and the Rev. Wright and Farrakhan MUSLIM Trumpet Newsmagazine say, just didn’t happen.

    6. Obam’s Campaign Didn’t Have The “Technical Capacity” To Produce The “1984” Ad:

    Obama: “But it’s not something that we had anything to do with or were aware of and that frankly, given what it looks like, we don’t have the technical capacity to create something like that.” (CNN’s “Larry King Live,” 3/24/07) — Reality:…The Creator Admitted All It Took Was A “Sunday Afternoon” On His Mac. Phillip de Vellis: “I made the ad on a Sunday afternoon in my apartment using my personal equipment (a Mac and some software), uploaded it to YouTube, and sent links around to blogs.”

    7. Obam’s Campaign Claimed His High School Friend Tried To Extort Money From Them:

    “According To The Obama Campaign, [Obama’s Punahou Classmate Keith] Kakugawa Explicitly Raised The Possibility That He Could Make Up False Stories About Obama, Implying He Would Do So If The Campaign Did Not Give Him Money.” (Maurice Possley, Kirsten Scharnberg and Ray Gibson, — Reality: “…An Old Friend’s Troublesome Return,” Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07).

    8. Obam voted to bring low-cost foreign labor into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina — Reality:…This was a slap in the face against the African-Americans who were displaced in that city. Obama also voted to place Michael Chertoff, the man responsible for the Katrina catastrophe, in charge of Homeland Security. Obama voted for Senate-Bills that gave Blackwater the funding they needed to shoot the folks of New Orleans who were only trying to save their own lives. The towel head voted to allow Michael Chertoff to waive all applicable laws, including murder, torture, kidnaping, and he suppoted water-boarding.

    9. Obam voted more than five times for USA-PATRIOT ACT renewal — Reality:…This is a Senate-Bill patently offensive to most Americans. City after city has passed resolutions condemning USA-PATRIOT ACT. Obama chose to side with tyranny over freedom and Bush over the folks on this issue. The Real ID Act, which would allow Michael Chertoff to declare martial law and imprison Americans, was supported by Obama, as noted above.

    10. Obam is not a MAD MAN. Sen. Obama has not exaggerated his involvement with the long-simmering sub-text of the October Surprise “X-Files” — The 1980 election scandal exposed….an extraneous tenuous association between Obama and an aging (VX) Vietnam-era Weather Underground Radical Extremist William Ayers. Sen. Obama Is not involved along with Antoin “Tony” Rezco, long time friend and neighbor, now-indicted businessman (TONY REZKO), or Tony Rezko and a onetime Chicago cop, Daniel T. Frawley. Sen. Obama is not involved or has not been exposed to any nuclear security, bribery, money payoffs, or cronyism in the state of Illinois; or criminal activities related to the BIG HALIBURTAN and V.P. Cheney’s Halliburton bribery case; or any political misjudgment in his escalating Campaign Crisis. “GLORK” Sen. Obama is not a self-indicting thief plagiarizing pipsqueke Xerox - X box. Obama executed no crime in Harlem. Obama is Not America’s Poison — Reality:…He’s Radio-Active.

    http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

    SOULJAH JIHAD — OBAMA CAMPAIGN CRISIS

    The Republicans’ disengagement (media bias), if not disillusionment, with the economic campaign issues is borne out by the fact that many more Republicans are able to explain, extinguish, and excoriate the name Barrack Obama with the term (JIHAD), than can name Bush/Dick Cheney and McCain — as the Big Oil — BIG HALLIBURTAN politicians expanding GOP IRAQ WAR ideology, and Republican White House Party Elders’ GI Bill of Rights for the 21st century IRAQ WAR ECONOMY. Even among Republicans, Clinton is much more visible than GOP presumptive candidate John McCain towards affecting positively the important economic issues facing America’s middle class economy.

    When asked who they would vote for in the general election for president of the United States, the natural pendulum swing in America is 79% of Republicans named Hillary Clinton as their choice. Reasons for Obama’s Campaign Crisis “GLORK” Campaign Crisis include:

    “Obama has more holes in him than Swiss-Cheese.” (CNN’s “Politics.com,” 4/01/08)

    Obama’s presidential campaign has received $2,812,336 from firms that employ registered federal lobbyists. [fec.gov]

    Obama has taken $405,747 from the Pharmaceutical industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has received $1,185,937 from the Commercial Banking industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has received over six million dollars from the Securities & Investment industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has taken $608,822 from the Insurance industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obam has taken $168,584 from the Mortgage Banking industry. [opensecrets.org]

    “GLORK” SOULJAH JIHAD — CAMPAIGN CRISIS
    http://video.google.com/videop.....;plindex=5

    WASHINGTON — Obama’s support among Democrats nationally has softened.

    “GLORK” Sen. Barack Obama’s support among Democrats nationally has softened over the last month, particularly among men and upper-income voters, as voters have taken a slightly less positive view of him than they did after his burst of victories in February, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

    The survey suggests that Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, may have been at something of a peak in February, propelled by a string of primary and caucus victories over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and that perceptions of him are dramatically trending downward.

    Mr. Obama’s favorability rating among Democratic primary voters has dropped seventeen percentage points, to 42 percent, since the last Times/CBS News survey, in late February. While that figure is steadily declining, this dramatic decline came in a month during which he endured withering attacks from Mrs. Clinton, and responded to reports that his exiled former pastor had made politically inflammatory statements from his church’s pulpit in Chicago, and swirling questions about what Barack Obama did in Harlem.

    The events of the last month appear to have fundamentally altered the race for the party’s nomination and provided Mrs. Clinton’s campaign extensive evidence of a collapse in Mr. Obama’s standing or an overwhelming preference voiced for Mrs. Clinton by Democratic and Republican voters in polls: — developments in Obama’s ongoing Campaign Crisis, that could be used to persuade uncommitted super-delegates to sign on with Hillary Clinton.

    Twenty-six percent of the general electorate voters who heard of the Apologia speech that Mr. Obama the self-indicting, separatist-racist Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama gave to try to deal with the controversy over Obama’s separatist-racist connection to Farrakhan and Chicago’s Trinity United Church trumpeting Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama as the second coming of the messiah, said it made them dislike him. And 74 percent of Democrats and Republicans said Mr. Obama’s Campaign Crisis “GLORK” Campaign Crisis stems from the fact that he shows continued misjudgment for even the most challenging problems. Mr. Obama lacks the decisive capability to lead, willingness to listen, conviction and courage. Mr. Obama uses false charges and exaggerated claims to play politics with national security. Mr. Obama lied about the politics of his campaign, and knew about Rev. Wright’s MUSLIM Farrakhan - JIHADI — FATIMA EXTREMIST mob connection to Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ.

    http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

    Fact Check: Sen. Obama on Lobbyists –

    “When it comes to lobbyists, Senator Obama’s words might sound nice but voters need to make sure they read the fine print. Despite trying to give the impression that he has no relationship with lobbyists or special interests, the reality is that Senator Obama takes money from people who hire lobbyists, partners of lobbyists, spouses of lobbyists, former lobbyists and state lobbyists.” –Statement from Clinton Deputy Communications Director, Phil Singer
    Sen. Obama Has Ties to Lobbyists in His Presidential Bid

    Public Citizen: 10 of Sen. Obama’s bundlers have been federal lobbyists. The Public Citizen report listed the following ten bundlers for Sen. Obama who have registered as federal lobbyists: Frank Clark, Commonwealth Edison; Scott Harris, Harris Wiltshire and Grannis; Allan J. Katz, Akerman Senterfitt; Robert S. Litt, Arnold & Porter; Thomas J. Perrelli, Jenner and Block; Thomas A. Reed, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP; Paul N. Roth, Schulte Roth & Zabel; Miriam Sapiro, Summit Strategies; Alan Solomont, Solomont Bailis Ventures; and Tom E. Wheeler, Core Capital Partners. [Public Citizen, 1/29/08]

    Sen. Obama takes money from employees of firms that lobby and has lobbyists as advisers. “But those who lobby for a living say it’s not that simple, and even Obama’s stance shows some flexibility. He won’t take money from federal lobbyists but accepts money from employees of firms and corporations that lobby, and he uses lobbyists and other government relations professionals as advisers… Obama has also used major fundraisers who are registered lobbyists on the state level. And he uses registered federal lobbyists such as Broderick Johnson, who lobbies for AT&T and Shell Oil, among others, as a campaign adviser. Because Johnson isn’t giving money to Obama, his name won’t show up in Federal Election Commission records.” [Chicago Tribune, 2/10/08]

    Bloomberg: Five of [Obama’s] ten biggest sources of funds are groups of employees at law firms that lobby in Washington. “While Obama doesn’t accept money from registered federal lobbyists, five of his 10 biggest sources of funds are groups of employees at law firms that lobby in Washington…Among Obama’s top donors were employees of the Chicago-based law firm of Sidley Austin LLP, who gave $105,750 in the first quarter. The firm was paid $4.5 million last year” for lobbying the federal government. [Bloomberg, 6/7/07]

    Obama’s presidential campaign has received $2,812,336 from firms that employ registered federal lobbyists. [fec.gov]

    Obama has taken $405,747 from the Pharmaceutical industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has received $1,185,937 from the Commercial Banking industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has received over six million dollars from the Securities & Investment industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has taken $608,822 from the Insurance industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Obama has taken $168,584 from the Mortgage Banking industry. [opensecrets.org]

    Prior to His Presidential Campaign, Sen. Obama took Money from Lobbyists and PACs

    1996-2004: $296,000 of the $461,000 Sen. Obama raised as a state senator came from PACs, corporate contributions or unions. “But behind Obama’s campaign rhetoric about taking on special interests lies a more complicated truth. A Globe review of Obama’s campaign finance records shows that he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from lobbyists and PACs as a state legislator in Illinois, a US senator, and a presidential aspirant. In Obama’s eight years in the Illinois Senate, from 1996 to 2004, almost two-thirds of the money he raised for his campaigns — $296,000 of $461,000 — came from PACs, corporate contributions, or unions, according to Illinois Board of Elections records. He tapped financial services firms, real estate developers, healthcare providers, oil companies, and many other corporate interests, the records show.” [Boston Globe, 8/9/07]

    In his 2004 U.S. Senate race, Sen. Obama raised $128,000 from lobbyists and $1.3 million from PACs. “Obama’s US Senate campaign committee, starting with his successful run in 2004, has collected $128,000 from lobbyists and $1.3 million from PACs, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. His $1.3 million from PACs represents 8 percent of what he has raised overall.” [Boston Globe, 8/9/07]

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