Reply #125: Exacly what I was just saying below, except you made the effort to provide figures.

[krkaufman]

I found the bloggers technique pitiable, just using a straight-edge to map whatever trend they were looking for, rather than applying any actual statistical analysis -- and *then* there's the long-term issue, and the ignorance of other contributing factors, like the longest lull in the primary process since the beginning of 2008.

Total hogwash, to put it nicely. (more kindly than I put it below, anyway)

edit: Oh, by the way... I'm not sure it's lefty progressives like Kos et al that need to be worried, when Kos' numbers are still hitting above 300 per million and MyDD, a Clinton-leaning site, is metering in at less than 40 per million. I'm thinking the Democratic Party leaders will be taking note of the Obama fundraising numbers, the new and crossover voters committed to Obama, the pro-Obama netswell, as it were, and will make the call that is best for the *FUTURE* of the Democratic Party.