It's really interesting to click back and forth rapidly between the fundraising maps (these are only through the first quarter report) for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. In most areas, particularly the South, the Plains, and the Mountain West, Obama's circles on the map are larger. Hillary's are only larger in a few places, but much larger.

Bottom line, Hillary is concentrating on the usual "high dollar" concentrations of extremely wealthy people -- NYC, Los Angeles, and Palm Beach, and making little effort elsewhere.

And Obama's still coming out ahead...

Barack Obama has over 400 groups on facebook, and 300,000+ supporters in one group alone.  I lost count at 400,000+ total supporters, with many more pages of groups to go.  If there is an "echo boomer" vote, it will resoundingly go to Barack Obama.  But will they register, and vote?  I guess we'll see.

While I haven't yet settled on a candidate, I have to express my great admiration for the grassroots approach of the Obama campaign. 

It's a very positive trend for our politics, whether it boosts him to victory or forces the other candidates to adopt his strategy in order to compete. The more we get away from politics and government of the wealthy few who can afford to play, the better off we all will be.

There's still much to considered in this primary.  It's amazing how electing a president these days takes four years of constant campaigning.  Obama's fundraising is impressive.  I'll be curious to see his numbers in rural America.  The recent rural voter poll from the Center For Rural Strategies, says the rural vote is moving toward Democrats and I'm clueless to what that might mean when it comes to a showdown between Clinton and Obama. 

This election is, of course, very much still up for grabs.  I'm probably as good an indicator any anyone.  I like several of the candidates, but don't really have any idea who I'll vote for.  I do know I'm gonna try to pick the Democrat who has the clearest understanding of foreign policy this time around, as I believe this war and the general unrest and dislike for the US around the world is, for me the most important issue facing us. 

It's too bad Jim Webb is not in this race.  It would be easy for me to make my decision if he were. 

the FEC's fascinating map of Barack Obama's contributions?  You can compare to other candidates and see where the money's coming from at a glance.  Great stuff!

The truth of the matter is that Hillary seems almost "inevitable" to most Democratic voters.  But her supporters, while certainly motivated, don't appear to be as motivated ar Obama's people.  Aside from money, these numbers show that Obama's people ar much more willing to give money and time.  Hillary's money is coming from the old Clinton power structure.  Obama is more of a common-man candidate, and I like that.

Though I'm still backing Edwards for now, I've been disappointed with the campaign for the last few months (both in terms of ideology and performance).  If Obama turns out to be the real deal, and not some fluffy candidate, who knows...

Fnr example, Rasmussen has his negatives at 44%...

A large chunk of people still do not know who he is, his negatives will go up...and in the most recent head to head polls he does no better and in some cases worse that Hillary against Republican opponents....

Gotta hand it to him on the fundraising however!!!

The latest Zogby poll results state that 52% of voters will not vote for Hillary Clinton for president in a general election.