MSNBC host wonders aloud why Obama campaign won’t release post-Obamacare ruling fundraising

The Daily Caller ^ | June 29, 2012 | Vince Coglianese

[2ndDivisionVet]

MSNBC’s Chris Jansing wondered aloud Friday morning why President Barack Obama is being so quiet about his fundraising numbers.

Following Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Obama’s health care law, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign took in a whopping $4.3 million in under 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Obama’s campaign has been almost completely silent, with spokesman Ben LaBolt mysteriously gloating to reporters, “We’ve outraised the Romney campaign in that time period but that’s not the point,” according to The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein. LaBolt wouldn’t share any specific numbers Friday morning.

“The Obama camp has not released fundraising figures since the ruling. Do you think, Chris, they’re not revealing it because there’s not that much money coming in?” Jansing asked guest Chris Kofinis during her program.

“Or,” Jansing threw out, “I don’t know, maybe it’s pouring in and they don’t want potential donors to think they don’t need to give because they’re already getting so much. What’s going on there?”

Kofinis, a Democratic strategist, responded that the Obama campaign was quiet about the fundraising numbers because “to the president, and to the Democrats, this wasn’t about politics.”

[2ndDivisionVet]

That last line is a classic! Hahahahaha!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Due to time differences it take longer to get to wealthy foreign donors.

[dragonblustar]

That Soros check hasn’t come in yet.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Palestinians Phonebank for Obama
http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/2008/05/13/palestinians_phonebank_for_obama

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I think US investors millions to his campaign take some planning and time to sneak in.

[mellow velo]

Yeah, because the Obama campaign is raking in soooooo much $$, they haven’t been able to count it all yet. /s

[mellow velo]

Yeah, because the Obama campaign is raking in soooooo much $$, they haven’t been able to count it all yet. /s

[Luna]

I'm sure Obama has raised at least $5.00. Maybe even $6.00. His campaign is probably trying to decide how many zeroes to add to that $6.00 to make the amount sound believable.

"Let's see...should we add 6 zeroes or 7? $60 million sounds believable. Yeah. We'll tell everyone we raised $60 million!"

[capydick]

Or......I don’t know, maybe it’s pouring in and they don’t want potential donors to think they don’t need to give because they’re already getting so much......

.....to the president, and to the Democrats, this wasn’t about politics.....

Yea - that's it - that's the tickets!!!

[combat_boots]

Like a trip to Paris. July 4th. B there. 0bama will.

Terrorist attack here, anyone? Canape?

[MCOAvalanche]

I don;t know if this is related, but yesterday afternoon one of my employees came in and told me he got a call from his friend who gave him a routing and account number and said that if you call a certain number and give them your cell phone number, the amount of your bill and the other information he had, Obama would pay his cell phone bill.

So being incredulous, I said let’s call your cell phone carrier and ask. So we did and the lady on the phone said that they have been getting hammered with calls on that all day. She said no, it will not have Obama pay your phone bill. What it will do is give permission for the phone carrier to add a charge against your cell phone bill in the exact amount of your monthly bill (so you will pay double) this additional amount is then donated to the Obama campaign.

Talk about targeting the poor. These people barely make it paycheck to paycheck and now because of some campaign scam they no doubled one of their bills. Yet they probably will still vote for him.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Obama Phone Program
http://obamaphone.net/

[maine-iac7]

They not only have free cell phones - and a heckava lot fancier’n mine - they can now buy cigarettes with their welfare cards -

Tell me how insane that is -

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-65-year-old-clerk-was-fired-for-refusing-to-sell-cigarettes-to-a-food-stamp-customer/

[PapaBear3625]

From the indications I've been seeing, the Obama campaign has been grabbing the lion's share of Dem donations, to the extent where the other Dems are being hurt by it.

Part of it may be a plan to cement his power base (any Dem pol who wants campaign funding has to see the Obama campaign, who will freeze out any pols that are not part of the Obama clique), but part of it may be that Obama WANTS to win, and doesn't care if the rest of the Dems lose, as long as it doesn't hurt HIS power structure.

[uncbob]

I've been seeing, the Obama campaign has been grabbing the lion's share of Dem donations, to the extent where the other Dems are being hurt by it.

Clinton pulled the same thing in 96

[cableguymn]

ya know what’s even funnier..

I was doing a service call at a store that is always “on target” if you know what I mean.

Gal comes through with her kid. Normal groceries go by.. She swipes here EBT card..

Cashier asks for a buck something in cash.

Gal looks confused.

Cashier points out that the small bag of candy she grabbed because her son was a good boy during the shopping trip was not covered by food stamps.

I just laughed out loud.. “You can buy smokes with a ebt card but not a small bag of candy??”

I asked the boy if he had really been good. He nodded yes and his mother agreed.

I gave the cashier the 2 bucks.

Insanity it is.

[Gene Eric]

Nor the overseas CC contributions to the 2008 campaign.