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Obama having difficulty managing his campaign budget

Posted 09 Sep 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama

We’ve been asked to believe the ridiculous assertion that despite his lack of legislative accomplishments or executive experience, Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States because…he’s run a campaign to be President of the United States.

Even if we were inclined to believe such circular logic, Obama’s campaign management skills aren’t all they’re cracked up to be:

NYT – Pushing a fund-raiser later this month, a finance staff member sent a sharply worded note last week to Illinois members of its national finance committee, calling their recent efforts “extremely anemic.”

At a convention-week meeting in Denver of the campaign’s top fund-raisers, buttons with the image of a money tree were distributed to those who had already contributed the maximum $2,300 to the general election, a subtle reminder to those who had failed to ante up.

The signs of concern have become evident in recent weeks as early fund-raising totals have suggested that Obama’s decision to bypass public financing may not necessarily afford him the commanding financing advantage over Senator John McCain that many had originally predicted.
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The Obama campaign does not have to report its August fund-raising totals until next week, so it is difficult to tally what it has in the bank at this point. A spokesman said that August was its best fund-raising month yet and that the campaign’s fund-raising was on track. But the campaign finished July with slightly less cash on hand with the Democratic National Committee compared with McCain and the R.N.C. The Obama campaign has also been spending heavily, including several million more than the McCain campaign in advertising in August.

Having trouble living within a budget, Sen. Obama? Don’t worry, if all goes your way, soon you’ll just be able to raise taxes (only on the evil rich, of course) whenever you want more money to spend.
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UPDATE: Slublog notes some examples of how Barry likes to spend other people’s money.

And then of course there was the $3 million the campaign spent gratifying Obama’s ego with a stadium rental and Greek temple. You’ve got to wonder how these donors who are now being pressured feel about the campaign’s completely out of control spending. According to the Weekly Standard, Obama spends nearly 10 times as much on event staging and two and a half times as much on lodging, to start.

Speaking of budgets, contrast Obama’s spending with Gov. Sarah Palin’s. The Washington Post ran an attack piece today which attempts to paint her as an extravagant (and, as inferred by the headline, unethical) spender, but ultimately proves her per diem and travel expenses were not only legal, they were 1/5 of that spent by her predecessor.

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