McCain rolling in dough
Republican John McCain's campaign is saying that it raised $47 million in August -- by far its biggest monthly total and the sixth straight month it has brought in more than the previous month.
A McCain official told the Associated Press that the campaign raised $10 million since McCain announced Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday -- a pick that boosted enthusiasm among social conservatives.
By comparison, his campaign raised $27 million in July.
Once he formally accepts the GOP nomination this week, he will be restricted to the $84.1 million coming from the public financing system he agreed to take.
Democrat Barack Obama, who sent out a raft of fund-raising appeals around last week's party convention, has not reported his August total. His campaign has been vastly outraising McCain's, and it is bypassing public financing in hopes of bringing in far more money before November.
The selection of Sarah Palin has energized and inspired Republicans. So many of them, including me, went right to McCain's website to express our happiness with a donation that I hear that the servers were overwhelmed. Governor Palin is just the smart, tough, courageous woman that this ticket needed, as reflected in the newest polls, in which Obama's postconvention lead appears to have evaporated. This has the liberal press, the loony left, and the Democratic operatives mighty worried, and accounts for the nasty and bigoted attacks they have been making on Palin. Obama himself is too smart or maybe too decent to indulge in that kind of thing, but the backlash from it will hurt him anyway. Too bad. I give him some credit on this one.
The republicans who donate after this VP pick really show how little they truly care about the safety of our country. Having a VP a heartbeat away (especially in John McCain's case) from commander in chief with zero foreign policy experience is so irresponsible it makes me fearfull when I think about what kind of people the republicans have become. It's the same group that elected the worst president in American history -twice. Republicans wake up! Your party has become the corrupt party. Stop voting for the team you've always voted for. They ain't what they used to be. Lets get some smart, experienced and good-hearted leaders in Washington for the good of this country not only for short term reasons but for future generations to come.
"... the worst President in American history "
I really don't think that you are giving Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Warren Harding, and James Earl Carter sufficient credit, here.
While I do wish that McCain had not thrown away the inexperience arguement against Obama, which arguement still is valid, BTW; I do admire Palin's record of going against corruption in her own party.
I would definitely prefer to have experienced president and less experienced vice-president than vice versa.
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