Reply #14: They were counting on small and large donors. They shot themselves in the foot with FISA

[Catherina]

It infuriates me that they're ignoring all the "hints" in their voicemail, fax machine, and in the loud blogoshpere including their own blogs.

... now that Obama has decided to sidestep the public financing system (which awards $85 million to party nominees) and raise much more from individual donors.

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And there's more. Plouffe boasted that Obama's campaign will not have only an edge in volume (more volunteers, more organizers, more door-knocking, more phone-banking, more precinct work, more advertising); it will have an advantage in quality. There's a "persuasion army" working on behalf of Obama, he said. He pointed to polls showing that Obama supporters and Democrats are far more enthusiastic about this election than McCain supporters and Republicans. Consequently, Obama persuaders--supporters who volunteer or merely talk up Obama among friends and relatives--are likely to do a better job than McCain persuaders. This is "a hard thing to quantify," Plouffe remarked. But he added, "we think it means a lot."

It was an impressive performance: more cash, more volunteers, more ads, more opportunities to go on offense, more enthusiasm, more...everything

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6412961

I could scream. Markos, a huge Obama supporter, explained it very clearly here: what are they not getting?