Why does the Obama Campaign need more money?
These past few weeks, the polls and the narrative in the media have made it seem like an Obama victory is inevitable. He certainly performed strongly in all of the debates, and the campaign has been able to largely avoid or divert any smears and attacks. But we’ve still got 2 weeks to go, and it would be dangerous to become overconfident at a time like this. Here’s why: • Obama’s lead has been shrinking the past few days. October 12 – McCain: 40, Obama 53 (13 point lead) October 18 – McCain: 43, Obama 50 (7 point lead) source This shrinking lead is something to take very seriously. It is impossible to know if the lead will continue to shrink or bounce back in the next two weeks (see point 2, below). • Gore in 2000 Quoting from a recent email from the Obama campaign: In October of 2000, Al Gore had a double-digit lead in the polls. By Election Day, it came down to one state and a handful of votes. • Last-minute smear attacks When the 2004 election season was getting started, Bush was pl
