The Clintons are stuck with an inferior campaign model and fatigue is setting in

[BeyondGeography]

From today's Washington Post:

Clinton Camp Feels Spent, and Outspent

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a second straight day holding fundraisers in California yesterday as part of an all-out effort to keep pace with the record amounts of money raised by Sen. Barack Obama, whose campaign announced that it pulled in $40 million in March, double Clinton's $20 million take.

While her Democratic presidential rival took the day off in Chicago, Clinton held two fundraisers in Los Angeles and planned to raise money in New Mexico this weekend. She will leave the campaign trail on Wednesday to attend an Elton John concert in New York organized with a goal to raise $2 million.

...Even Clinton's most energetic boosters expressed exhaustion by the call to raise more money. "I'll tell you, after a year of doing this, it's like asking me to run a half-marathon after I've run a marathon," said Mark A. Aronchick, a co-chairman of Clinton's Pennsylvania campaign, who is organizing five fundraisers over the next eight days.

...Obama's ability to capitalize on a sustained wave of online support has enabled him to spend almost all of his time campaigning. Clinton has attended more than a dozen fundraisers since Jan. 1, and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, has appeared at more than 40, while Obama and his wife have attended fewer than 10 during that time.

Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), an Obama supporter, said he was shocked when he learned Obama attended just one fundraiser in February. Casey, by contrast, attended 450 fundraisers during his 2006 Senate campaign. He said a typical day involved three hours of calling donors, followed by as many as three fundraising events per night. "It was pick-and-shovel work, just chipping away."

The full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040300407.html?hpid=topnews

[polichick]

1. Catherine Crier has said that Obama's electoral college map is a new paradigm...

I think his whole campaign signals a paradigm shift ~ one that had its beginnings with Howard Dean, and puts voters back in charge.


(DLC be damned!)

[ColbertWatcher]

2. If Clinton is stuck with an old political model...

...which century is McCain in?

[theboss]

3. McCain's primary effort was so streamlined that he could get away with being broke

He essentially ran a 1950s style campaign with 1950s style fundraising. And it worked, because the GOP field was horrendous. It will be interesting to see him transition to a general election with the RNC machine behind him.

Obama is running a 21st Century style campaign for 21st Century style fundraising.

Hillary is running a 1980s style campaign with 1990s style fundraising and is not only out of date but out of sync.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. The GOP is still running a horrendous field. IMO. n/t

[NeedleCast]

5. The Election Process Emerges From the 1960's

It's been very enjoyable watching it happen.