The Obama camp has a "memo" out already on tonight's victories, claiming that tonight's wins have given them the edge in delegates, which of course is the metric that really counts.
The memo argues that tonight Obama won 103 delegates to Hillary's 58, putting the current total at 1,012 for Obama and 940 for Hillary.
Full memo after the jump.
Late Update: It should be noted that the question now is whether the lead Obama is amassing in delegates -- and fundraising -- could potentially allow him to win over superdelegates and to build up unstoppable momentum going into the March contests. Obama wants the campaign to be about those metrics, while Hillary will try to keep framing it as a national contest.
NBC calls Lousiana for Obama, giving him a sweep of all three states tonight -- Lousiana, Nebraska and Washington State.
With 31% reporting, Obama leads Hillary 51%-39%.
Separately, Obama spokesman Bill Burton sends over this response to the news that Hillary has raised $10 million since Super Tuesday:
We've raised well more than the Clinton campaign this month but more importantly is how we have raised it, from hundreds of thousands of donors who are also forming the backbone of a potent grassroots movement for change.
More than 350,000 donors have contributed to our campaign just this year.
Late Late Update: Here are CNN's current official delegate counts: They find Obama with an edge in pledged delegates, but Hillary leading with super-delegates factored in.
On the night that Obama is rolling up big victories in Nebraska, Washington State, and possibly Lousiana, Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer emails out this:
Breaking...we have now raised $10 million from 100,000 donors since Super Tuesday.
A couple days ago, the Obama camp stopped releasing their daily totals, so no more daily comparisons...
Late Update: Obama spokesman Bill Burton emails over this response:
We've raised well more than the Clinton campaign this month but more importantly is how we have raised it, from hundreds of thousands of donors who are also forming the backbone of a potent grassroots movement for change.
More than 350,000 donors have contributed to our campaign just this year.
If Hillary was counting on a win in Ohio to change the story-line after expected losses in multiple states this month, this isn't good news: The state's biggest paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer has just endorsed Obama:
Obama's frequent talk of hope strikes some people as naive. It leads others to question his toughness. But Obama understands something his critics do not: Change requires vision and optimism, shared sacrifice and mutual trust. Hope can sustain those elements; a presidency defined by political tactics cannot.
Hillary Clinton is an exceptionally bright and accomplished woman. Only a fool could dispute that. It would be nice if Obama's policy proposals were as meaty as those she has put forward. It's no wonder she wants Democrats to see this race as a choice between resumes.
But in a campaign where history matters, she carries an inordinate amount of baggage. Who wants to relive the soap operas of the 1990s?
Buying Obama's argument, and then some. Full editorial here.
Seeking to frame tonight's results in advance, Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer sends out this statement:
The Obama campaign has dramatically outspent our campaign in these three states, saturating the airwaves with 30 and 60 second ads. The Obama campaign has spent $300,000 more in Louisiana on television ads, $190,000 more in Nebraska and $175,000 more in Washington.
Although the next several states that hold nominating contests this month are more favorable to the Obama campaign, we will continue to compete in them and hope to secure as many delegates as we can before the race turns to Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.
Hillary advisers are gritting their teeth for a bloodbath tonight -- and indeed, are bracing for the possibility of winning no contests this month. They've spent days and days trying to lower expectations for what will happen, so it'll be interesting to see how the media plays tonight's results.
This has been elsewhere today already, but here's a quick update on Shuster-gate: Today Hillary turned up the heat on MSNBC over the Chelsea "pimp" comment, sending a letter to NBC News president Steve Capus in which she made it clear that his suspension just won't suffice...
Dear Mr. Capus,
Thank you for your call yesterday. I wanted to send you this note to convey the depth of my feeling about David Shuster’s comments.
I know that I am a public figure and that my daughter is playing a public role in my campaign. I am accustomed to criticism, certainly from MSNBC. I know that it goes with the territory.
However, I became Chelsea’s mother long before I ran for any office and I will always be a mom first and a public official second.
Nothing justifies the kind of debasing language that David Shuster used and no temporary suspension or half-hearted apology is sufficient.
I would urge you to look at the pattern of behavior on your network that seems to repeatedly lead to this sort of degrading language.
There’s a lot at stake for our country in this election. Surely, you can do your jobs as journalists and commentators and still keep the discourse civil and appropriate.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hard to miss the line, "no temporary suspension or half-hearted apology is sufficient." She wants him fired.
In what will likely be taken as a sign of Republican Party disunity, presumptive nominee John McCain has lost this afternoon's Kansas caucuses to Mike Huckabee — and it wasn't even close. With 88% reporting, Huck has 60% to McCain's 24%, followed by Ron Paul at 11%. Huckabee will almost certainly win all 36 of the delegates up for grabs.
In some ways, this state was tailor-made for Huckabee. A top issue for the Kansas GOP is to challenge the teaching of evolution, and McCain's virtually-certain nomination guaranteed a low turnout. But it can't be good for McCain's image if he continues to lose more contests to Huckabee. As such, expect McCain to increase his travel schedule to upcoming primaries and caucuses, in order to make sure this doesn't happen again.
* Obama and Hillary are locked in a national statistical dead heat among national Dem voters, 42%-41%, with a sizeable 17% undecided, but she has a slight edge among registered Dems, 45%-40%. (It's unclear whether the poll surveyed likely Dem voters.)
* Mirroring other surveys, Obama is winning among blacks, college grads and men, while Hillary enjoys more support among whites, women, older voters and those with a high-school education or less.
* Both candidates' messages seem to have taken hold with the electorate: Obama is seen as the more inspiring candidate by a large majority, while she is seen by many more voters as the candidate with the right experience. Obama has only a slight edge as to which is seen as most likely to make change happen, suggesting that Hillary's efforts to blunt his change message by arguing that you need experience to make change could have born some fruit.
* Despite the acrimony around the contest that has taken hold on blogs and elsewhere, this poll suggests, as do other surveys, that the Dem electorate isn't in the same place. While large majorities feel strongly about their pick, a huge majority of 84% of Dem voters also says it would be happy with either as the nominee.
* On the GOP side, McCain leads Huckabee by a large margin, and, in an interesting finding, more than two thirds of conservatives say they would be happy with him as the nominee, suggesting that all the talk of a conservative rebellion against him may be overblown.
The new SurveyUSA poll of Maryland gives Barack Obama a big lead for this Tuesday's primary, with 52% support to Hillary Clinton's 33%. The demographics: Whites are a dead heat with Hillary at 42% to Obama's 40%, and Obama leads among African-Americans at 71%-18%. Another thing Helping Obama: Hispanics make up only 3% of the expected electorate.
In conjunction with today's SurveyUSA poll of Virginia, which had Obama up 20 points, he definitely looks like he's in good shape for this Tuesday's Potomac Primary, when a total of 168 delegates will on the line between these two states and the District of Columbia.
MSNBC's David Shuster, who's been suspended by MSNBC for his "pimped out" remark about Chelsea, went on the network tonight to offer a second, even-more-contrite apology than the one he ventured this morning...
So where are we on this story? Here's the situation, as best as we can determine.
Right now, the outstanding question is this: Will Hillary Clinton agree to appear at an upcoming debate on NBC later in February? Earlier today her spokesperson, Howard Wolfson, said her campaign couldn't "envision" participating in any debates on the network for the near future. Later today, an MSNBC spokesperson confirmed that talks are ongoing between the network and the Clinton campaign over whether she'll appear. So the question of whether she'll appear is clearly up in the air.
Shuster has been "temporarily" suspended from the network, according to an MSNBC spokesperson, who added that the duration of his suspension had not yet been determined. An MSNBC production source says that it was only after the Hillary campaign threatened to boycott future debates that Shuster was informed of his suspension.
Will Shuster's suspension be enough to get Hillary to recommit to the debate? Her campaign is refusing to answer questions about whether she'll appear, or what they're asking for in the talks. This suggests that they want to leave the network twisting in the wind on the debate question, perhaps to "work the refs," send a signal to MSNBC and other news outlets about what they will and won't tolerate.
When Camp Hillary signals what they intend to do, we'll let you know. For now the whole situation is in limbo.
Super Tuesday is hardly over, but the Democratic campaigns are already geared up for some big races this weekend, with a total of 182 delegates up for grabs. Barack Obama is currently favored in three out of four of the contests, with only one possibly leaning to Hillary Clinton.
Former Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) stars in a new radio spot for Hillary Clinton in the state he represented, promoting her record on securing health care for children and National Guardsmen. "So when Hillary Clinton says she'll get health care for every American, I know she'll do it," Breaux says. "And boy, do we need it."
There is one wrinkle with Breaux's presence in the ad, and his talk about health care: Breaux became a lobbyist since leaving the Senate three years ago, first with Patton-Boggs and now his new firm with Trent Lott. Among Breaux's clients, according to media reports as recent as December 2007, is none other than Wal-Mart.
Besides the intended effect of motivating voters who remember Breaux favorably, the presence of a lobbyist for Wal-Mart in a Hillary spot is a potentially sensitive situation, since Wal-Mart is seen as a symbol of corporate greed and unfair labor practices by many Democratic activists.
The Hillary camp has pointed out that Hillary has shown sustained and aggressive support for organized labor in general and for the rights of Wal-Mart workers to organize in particular. They also argue she tried to change Wal-Mart's policies when she served on the board of directors.
Here's the statement sent over to us by MSNBC spokesperson Jeremy Gaines, responding to the Hillary campaign's sharp criticism of David Shuster's on-air Chelsea "pimp" remark:
On Thursday's "Tucker" on MSNBC, David Shuster, who was serving as guest-host of the program, made a comment about Chelsea Clinton and the Clinton campaign that was irresponsible and inappropriate. Shuster, who apologized this morning on MSNBC and will again this evening, has been suspended from appearing on all NBC News broadcasts, other than to make his apology. He has also extended an apology to the Clinton family. NBC News takes these matters seriously, and offers our sincere regrets to the Clintons for the remarks.
No word on the length of the suspension. Separately, Ben Smith had a nice catch: He noted that the upcoming Ohio debate would be held on NBC, and asked whether the Hillary camp would really be taking a pass. The rest of MSNBC's statement suggests that this is still up in the air:
Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns accepted invitations from us on Thursday evening to participate in a February 26th debate. Our conversations with the Clinton campaign about their participation continue today, and we are hopeful that the event will take place as planned.
One suspects, however, that given the Hillary camp's desire for more debates and more face-to-face time with Obama, the suspension will be enough and Hillary will attend.
Late Late Update: MSNBC spokesperson Jeremy Gaines tells me that Shuster's suspension is "temporary," adding that the length of it hasn't been determined.
The new SurveyUSA poll of Virginia gives Barack Obama a huge lead in this Potomac Primary state, with 59% to Hillary Clinton's 39%. There are 83 delegates at stake in Virginia, plus 70 in Maryland and 15 in the District of Columbia this Tuesday — and at least from this vantage point, Obama seems well-positioned for all three contests.
The demographic breakdown: The two are tied among white voters at 49%-49%, Obama leads among African-Americans 87%-12%, Hillary has Hispanics 60%-39%, and the two are in a dead heat in the "Other" category. This would seem to follow the national trends, albeit with a possible slight up-tick for Obama with both whites and Latinos.
Now that the Dems are all but certain that they'll be facing John McCain in the general, the Dem candidates are under heavy pressure to build a more convincing case that he or she is best positioned to beat him.
The Obama camp has a new "memo" out to reporters just now arguing that his appeal to independents far outpaces hers and that she would unite Republicans and conservatives fractured by McCain's expected victory. But in a twist, the memo seeks to bolster the point by quoting Republicans saying it.
"Against Senator Obama it’s a much more difficult task. It would be a generational campaign, the new versus the older," the memo quotes chief Bush strategist Matthew Dowd as saying. "Somebody that had a distinct stand on Iraq versus his stand on Iraq. I think Senator Obama is a much more difficult race and there is not any vitriol from the conservative and the Republican base against Senator Obama. They don’t sort of dislike him to there core like they do Hillary Clinton."
This is really something. The Hillary campaign has just gone to war with MSNBC, dispatching a top Hillary adviser to launch a lacerating attack on the network on a conference call with reporters moments ago.
On the call, top Hillary adviser Howard Wolfson suggested that there's a "pattern" of reprehensible comments by MSNBC personalities, and said outright that the Hillary campaign could no longer "envision a scenario where we would debate on that network given the comments that were made and have been made."
Wolfson made the comments in response to a question about a now-notorious comment by MSNBC's David Shustser, in which he asked if Chelsea's campaigning on her mom's behalf meant she was being "pimped" by the Hillary campaign...
Though Shuster apologized this morning, the Hillary campaign has clearly decided to seize upon the opportunity to launch a major attack on the network. A few weeks ago Chris Matthews publicly apologized to Hillary after suggesting that her whole Senate career and presidential candidacy was made possible only because of Bill's shenanigans in the White House.
Asked about Shuster's "pimp" comment, Wolfson denounced the comment as "disgusting" and "beneath contempt," adding: "It's the kind of thing that should never be said on a national news network."
Then Wolsfon added: "You have to question whether or not there is a pattern here on the part of the network." He added: "Is this part of a pattern? I don't know, but [it's] beneath contempt."
Then, unbidden, he concluded: "I'll say this. We've done a number of debates on that network...I at this point can't envision a scenario where we would debate on that network given the comments that were made and have been made."
That he would effectively rule out future debate appearances for the time being strongly suggests that the Hillary campaign discussed this in some detail beforehand and decided to launch this broadside against the network. It also suggests that the Hillary camp sees the potential for political gain in drawing media attention to negative and sexist comments made on MSNBC about her and her daughter.
Howard Wolfson, on a conference call with reporters just now:
"We have now raised over $8 million on line since the polls closed in California."
In another indication that the Hillary campaign is still trying to wrest the fundraising story away from Obama, who caught Camp Hillary off guard with his massive cash pull right after Super Tuesday, Wolfson added: "We have considerably closed the gap; this is a very important development going forward."
The Obama campaign has stopped releasing daily updates on fundraising numbers. But given that yesterday he stood at roughly $7.5 million in online money since Tuesday, it seems safe to assume he still is outpacing her in post-Super Tuesday funds.
Late Update: Obama spokesperson Bill Burton sends over this statement in response to the news:
With their personal fortune that they are dipping into and their clear fundraising strength, this all just goes to show how Obama is the true underdog in this race.
In another sign that John McCain still has a lot of work ahead if he is to fully repair his breach with hardcore conservatives, James Dobson officially endorsed Mike Huckabee in a statement released this morning, reiterating his opposition to McCain's candidacy. Dobson wrote that until yesterday there were "two pro-family candidates whom I could support, but I was reluctant to choose between them. However, the decision by Gov. Mitt Romney to put his campaign 'on hold' changes the political landscape."
Here's a question worth pondering: If Dobson had endorsed Huckabee or Romney earlier, would that have altered the outcomes of any of the crucial January or Super Tuesday races, such as South Carolina or Florida? To borrow the words of William F. Buckley, as it stands now Dobson is just standing athwart inevitability and yelling, "Stop!"
With the money race shifting (somewhat) back in Hillary's direction, she goes up on the air in the Potomac Primary states, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., all of which are holding their votes Tuesday.
The ads, which have run before in other states, are both bread-and-butter economy spots portraying her as a steady hand on the tiller during a time of economic crisis. And there's of course the obligatory reference to her "35 years of experience." View them after the jump.
Late Update: Just to clarify, Obama is still significantly ahead financially, but in the last few days Hillary has managed to regain some fundraising momentum that it appeared she'd lost.
In an interview with a local news station in Maine, Bill Clinton admitted that he'd erred by over-zealously defending Hillary in the run-up to the South Carolina primary. Asked by a reporter if he regretted his perceived attacks on Obama, he replied...
Bill said:
"The mistake that I made is to think that I was a spouse like any other spouse who could defend his candidate...I think I can promote Hillary but not defend her, because I was president."
He also steadfastly denied having attacked Obama directly:
"A lot of things that were said were factually inaccurate. I did not ever criticize Senator Obama personally in South Carolina, I never criticized him personally...I think whenever I defend her, I (a) risk being misquoted and (b) risk being the story. I don't want to be the story."
It's a bit surprising that he -- or her advisers -- didn't think through this dynamic in advance, but there you have it.
According to the pollster's analysis, "independents tilt toward McCain when he is matched up against Clinton But they tilt toward Obama when he is matched up against the Illinois Senator."
Hillary remained the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, taking 48% nationally against Obama's 42% — but again, this poll was conducted before Super Tuesday, meaning those particular numbers are probably obsolete.
Hillary Clinton is running this ad in Washington state championing the issue of universal health care, and prominently mentioning the support of U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell:
Tomorrow's caucuses are the single biggest contest of the weekend, with 78 delegates up for grabs. A SurveyUSA poll released Monday put Barack Obama ahead 53%-40%.
In a sign that John McCain's essentially certain nomination still isn't going over well with some hardcore activists, James Dobson will be endorsing Mike Huckabee tomorrow — the first time ever that Dobson is making an endorsement during the Republican primary campaign.
Dobson is not a fan of McCain, to put it mildly. On Super Tuesday, while voting was going on, he released a statement that he would refuse to cast a ballot for president in the general election if McCain were nominated. Considering that McCain's nomination is now mathematically a foregone conclusion, it'll be interesting to see what Dobson does this Fall, and whether he successfully discourages his followers from going to the polls.
The Obama campaign turns down Hillary's invitation to join her at a Maine town hall meeting this weekend, issuing this statement:
“Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have debated 18 times already, and they will debate again. But that schedule will not be dictated by the Clinton campaign. There are a lot of people looking forward to seeing Senator Obama in Bangor on Saturday, and we’ll be keeping that commitment.”
Which gives the Hillary campaign the sort of headline they want in the local Maine press. As Ben Smith notes, the Hillary campaign is pressing this local-press-friendly strategy in multiple states.
Hillary Clinton has a new ad running in Nebraska, where 24 delegates are stake in this Saturday's caucuses. The spot features a one-time giant of state politics, former Senator Bob Kerrey:
Barack Obama has done exceptionally well in Mountain and Prairie West caucuses, and the campaign is probably hoping for a big win here as well. The question for Hillary is whether Kerrey's endorsement can help trump Senator Ben Nelson and Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey, the two current leaders of the state party who are both actively supporting Obama.
On a conference call with members of Hillary's finance team, top Hillary adviser Terry McAuliffe just declared that Camp Hillary has raised $6.4 million in the last 30 hours or so. It raised $7.5 million since Feb. 1.
"It surprised even me, the ultimate optimist," McAuliffe said. He also confirmed that the Hillary campaign is going up on the air in Washington state, Maine and Nebraska.
It's striking how aggressively the Hillary camp has moved to try to take control of the money story today, as if they were caught off guard by the news yesterday of of Obama's surprisingly massive post-Super Tuesday haul. Obama remains ahead, however, with over $7.6 million, though the gap has narrowed considerably.
In an unusual move, Hillary is inviting Barack Obama to appear with her side by side at a town hall meeting in Maine this weekend, when both are scheduled to be campaigning in the state.
In a statement sent to local reporters in Maine that someone forwarded our way, Hillary said: “With both of us in the state – I would like to invite him to join me for a joint town hall Saturday morning in Orono, ME, so that the people of Maine have a clear idea of the differences between us."
"It’s time for the people of this country and the caucus goers of Maine to pick a President," Hillary continues. "I hope Senator Obama will accept my invitation to help them do just that.”
If Obama were to accept, it would obviously create a big media event.
The move comes as the Hillary campaign is pressing Obama to spend more time in face-to-face debates with her. Such moves reflect the Hillary campaign's belief that she does well in forums where she's allowed to debate the issues head-to-head with Obama, as opposed to letting him largely frame the race from the stump with his superior oratorical skills.
If Obama doesn't accept, she could argue that he's reluctant to discuss the issues before Maine voters; of course, he could also seek to dismiss Hillary's invite as a stunt. We'll keep you posted.
MoveOn gives us advance word on how much they've raised for Obama since midday yesterday: $357,000, with contributions still coming in.
"The Obam-a-mentum fundraiser has been our biggest fundraiser yet this year," MoveOn executive director Eli Pariser will say in a statement soon to go out to reporters. "Our members have not finished giving and none of the contributions through our site have been added yet to the Obama campaign fundraising totals. We are thrilled we'll be able to add to Senator Obama's big day."
It's kind of a sign of the times that hundreds of thousands in a single day probably won't surprise a lot of people, given the current astronomical sums we're seeing. But it is significant that MoveOn will keep chugging as a financial engine for Obama. And keep in mind that the MoveOn money is in addition to, not part of, the more than $7 million that the Obama camp raised since Super Tuesday.
In a rare development for this cycle, a House Democrat from a swing seat is retiring. Six-term Congresswoman Darlene Hooley (OR), aged 68, announced today that she is not running again because of a desire to move on after 32 years of public service.
The district might be a tough fight for the Dems to hold — President Bush carried it by one point in 2004, and her self-financing opponent from 2006 has been eyeing another run. However, Hooley said that the prospects of Dems picking up seats this November actually made her decision easier: "I think it will be easier to elect a Democrat this year, and I don't know about two years."
Here are some highlights from Mitt Romney's speech today at CPAC, in which he quit the presidential race after a very bad Super Tuesday result:
• "As of today, more than 4 million people have given me their vote for President, less than Senator McCain's 4.7 million, but quite a statement nonetheless. Eleven states have given me their nod, compared to his 13. Of course, because size does matter, he's doing quite a bit better with his number of delegates."
• "I have been struck by the enormous differences in the wealth and well-being of people of different nations. I have read a number of scholarly explanations for the disparities. I found the most convincing was that written by David Landes, a professor emeritus from Harvard University. I presume he's a liberal – I guess that's redundant."
• "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror."
The full prepared text is available after the jump.
Romney is speaking before CPAC right now, explaining why he's suspending his campaign, and according to advance excerpts given to the Associated Press, Romney will say:
"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror."
Guess Mitt's determined to exit this thing with his now-cosmic levels of ignominy completely undiminished....
CNN is reporting that three sources tell the network that Romney is hanging up his Mittens. He's suspending his campaign.
CNN also reports that Mitt had tentatively decided to quit last night but made the final decision this morning. Romney is about to address the CPAC conference, where he'll make it official.
Just think, all that money and technology spent on building the perfect GOP Robo-candidate -- all for naught.
A spokesperson for MoveOn, which is backing Obama, just confirmed to me that none of the more than $7 million that the Obama campaign has raised since Super Tuesday came from the group's fundraising efforts.
"The numbers announced by the Obama campaign don't include any fundraising MoveOn has done on their behalf," MoveOn communications director Ilyse Hogue says.
This appears to put a crimp in the Hillary campaign's argument -- in terms of this $7 million, at least -- that their lag in fundraising is partly due to the fact that they're not just up against the Obama camp, but MoveOn as well.
MoveOn is in fact in the midst of a fundraising drive for Obama, and the group tells me that they'll be releasing the totals raised for him this afternoon -- which means still more money flowing Obama's way today. So in the broader sense, Camp Hillary is right -- they are up against Obama and MoveOn, but given that these numbers are broken out separately, it's hard to see how this can be used to explain away her lower numbers.
We'll keep you posted on those MoveOn totals when we get them.
Today's a big day for John McCain — he's giving his speech to the CPAC conference, where he will do his best to assuage the doubts of the many conservative activists in attendance. During the speech, expect him to stress how he got involved in politics as a "foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution," and to attack the right-wing bona-fides of a certain former Massachusetts governor who used to not be so conservative.
In that spirit, here's McCain's new ad running in the Potomac Primary area, attacking Mitt Romney for his past political life as an anti-Reagan liberal:
"If we can't trust trust Mitt Romney on Ronald Reagan," the announcer asks, "how can we trust him to lead America?"
McCain is also running some of his other standard ads, such as the "True Conservative" spot, which name-drops Reagan profusely.
The Obama campaign isn't the only one that had a fundraising coup in the aftermath of Tuesday's results -- the Hillary campaign has raised roughly $4 million since the polls closed, the Clinton campaign tells us.
The Hillary camp is also claiming 35,000 new donors in the past 48 hours.
In a sign of how it hopes to frame Obama's fundraising advantage going forward, the Hillary campaign is pointing to the fact that it's keeping pace not just with Obama, but also with the formidable fundraising clout of Obama backers MoveOn and John Kerry.
As of right now, the Obama campaign has raised over $7 million.
