Obama/Biden vs Romney/Ryan--America's Choose Your Own Adventure Moment

[TexTechCoug]

Sign of desperation... If you are losing, bring out the race card..

Neblett only has one card and he plays it twice a day.

[dabrockster]

Baker in VA get major boost in business after declining Biden's visit.... He took a gamble and it is paying off..

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/312876

[pellegrino]

Baker in VA get major boost in business after declining Biden's visit.... He took a gamble and it is paying off..

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/312876

The Roanoke Times needs to hire a copy editor.

[NorthShoreCoug]

White House says Obama will stick with Biden as running mate

I've never tried to embed a video before, hopefully it works.

Interesting discussion about Obama's running mate in 2012:


It didn't appear to work, try this:
Hillary approached about VP slot?

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[Uncle Ted]

I've never tried to embed a video before, hopefully it works.

Interesting discussion about Obama's running mate in 2012:


It didn't appear to work, try this:
Hillary approached about VP slot?

It seems Obama is stuck with Biden for the long haul.

[Pelado]

Matt Rhodes' recent memo:

Since the announcement in Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday:
Online Fundraising
Donations: 124,800+
Amount: $10,157,947
Average Donation: $81
% New Donors: 68%

http://www.mittromney.com/news/press...Matt%20Rhoades

Since they raised $3.5 million in the first 24 hours after the announcement, I'm not that impressed that they've brought in $6.6 million in the subsequent 7 or 8 days. The "New Donors" line item does seem interesting, though, since these people were holding back their wallets until after Ryan was announced.

[Tex]

Matt Rhodes' recent memo:



http://www.mittromney.com/news/press...Matt%20Rhoades

Since they raised $3.5 million in the first 24 hours after the announcement, I'm not that impressed that they've brought in $6.6 million in the subsequent 7 or 8 days. The "New Donors" line item does seem interesting, though, since these people were holding back their wallets until after Ryan was announced.

Hack.

BTW, did you really expect the rest of the week to keep pace with the first 24 hours?

[Pelado]

Hack.

BTW, did you really expect the rest of the week to keep pace with the first 24 hours?

Yeah, I just got around to the VP thread. Oh well.

Though I didn't expect the same pace for the rest of the week, I would be interested to see how the rest of the week compared to a typical week of online fundraising. Is it really that much compared to what they were already getting?

The percentage of new donors did look significant, though.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Matt Rhodes' recent memo:



http://www.mittromney.com/news/press...Matt%20Rhoades

Since they raised $3.5 million in the first 24 hours after the announcement, I'm not that impressed that they've brought in $6.6 million in the subsequent 7 or 8 days. The "New Donors" line item does seem interesting, though, since these people were holding back their wallets until after Ryan was announced.

That's just online fundraising, that's a big number.

[Pelado]

That's just online fundraising, that's a big number.

Any idea how it compares to what they were bringing in online in an average week prior to the VP announcement?

[LA Ute]

MSNBC's Toure dubs Joanna Brooks "The Mormon Translator," and asks her to explain the faith in the modern political context. This is only an short clip. I'd love to watch the rest.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Any idea how it compares to what they were bringing in online in an average week prior to the VP announcement?

I read they raised the same amount online in a couple days after the announcement as they do in a month.

[Pelado]

MSNBC's Toure dubs Joanna Brooks "The Mormon Translator," and asks her to explain the faith in the modern political context. This is only an short clip. I'd love to watch the rest.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/48706032

[LA Ute]

[LA Ute]

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/48706032

I think she did a fine job. I'd quibble a bit with her analysis of the reasons for Evangelical opposition to Romney (and the church), and with her statement that Mormonism's roots are in American Protestantism, but there's plenty of room for disagreement on those finer points. She says she is not a spokesman for the church, and that is important, I think.