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29.01.2008
$5 Million

That's the amount of money Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says they've raised online since the South Carolina win...

For what it's worth, I'm on the Obama campaign's counter-spin conference call right now. (I got on a little late, but, from what I've heard, the counter-spin seemed to consist mostly of having John Kerry denounce the Clintons for bucking the DNC on Florida, then Plouffe basically ignored Florida and started looking to Feb. 5. Seems like the right posture for them to strike.)

Update: A couple more talking points from Plouffe in response to a question about Florida. Mostly what you'd expect: No delegates up for grabs, that's an incontrovertible fact; Hillary said right after Michigan (another state that wound up in the DNC's crosshairs) that its delegates didn't count; now, two weeks later, she's saying something else.

Plouffe also made this point: Hillary's spending the night in Florida; from our perspective, that's great. We're focused on those 22 states that vote on February 5, not a state where there aren't any delegates up for grabs.

--Noam Scheiber

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:05 PM with 5 comment(s)

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ejbenjamin said:

I donated the day after South Carolina.  It's the first and only donation to a political campaign in my life.

January 29, 2008 1:29 PM

Eos said:

I'm curious, Noam: In your mind does the Obama campaign ever have "spin" conference calls? Or, are all their conference calls "counter-spin"?

January 29, 2008 1:37 PM

Noam Scheiber said:

the obama campaign went second. the first effort i call "spin." second effort i call "counter-spin." nothing nefarious going on here...

January 29, 2008 1:58 PM

schrek2000 said:

Noam, I've also heard that Obama has been criticized for holding a press availability after a Florida fundraiser last weekend and that while fundraisers in Florida (his and Clinton's) did not violate DNC no-campaigning rules, the press availability (if it happened) did because of the resulting press coverage. Can you say if the stories and their interpretations are correct or not?  

January 29, 2008 2:18 PM

Noam Scheiber said:

i've heard similar questions about press availabilities but honestly haven't pursued it enough to be able to adjudicate...

January 29, 2008 4:56 PM