Barack Obama is a money generator. Last month, he raised $52 million dollars, more than twice what John McCain raised. He is destroying McCain in fund-raising, but I still don’t think you should be donating to McCain’s campaign. He’ll get his financial support from the Republican National Committee:
John McCain’s presidential campaign is trying to ease Republican concerns that he won’t be able to compete financially with Barack Obama in the general election.
In a conference call with reporters, campaign manager Rick Davis said the campaign, the Republican National Committee and a handful of state victory accounts are on track to raise a combined $200 million for the primary period.
John McCain will have enough money to compete. And if he doesn’t, the 527s can compensate for what he lacks. If you are like most Americans, you don’t have piles of expendable income looking for a home. You need to get the most from your donation, and your donations are better spent on the tight Congressional races.
Regardless of who wins the Executive branch, liberal legislation will have a friend in the White House. John McCain is a fan of cap and trade programs which experts say would do great damage to the U.S. economy. He wants to get the federal government more and more involved in the free market, blames Wall Street for the housing crisis, describes oil company profits as obscene, thinks the government should be able to prevent citizens from selling stocks, even when they want to sell them and determine what companies pay their executives.
He is in no way a free market thinker. And Barack Obama is simply a Marxist. What seems to be most important this election is getting a conservative/libertarian minded Congress to stand in the way of an increase in Washington’s reach and power.
The campaign donation that you were thinking of sending to John McCain can be better used in Senate and Congressional candidates where Republicans have a chance to hold onto, or gain, seats. Candidates like Sam Graves, who work to minimize earmarks, could use your money. Tim Bee of Arizona could possibly unseat Democrat Gabrielle Giffords and Steve Greenberg (R) of Illinois could beat Melissa Bean (D).
While it is expected that the Democrats will gain seats, there is a lot of time between now and the election. The number one issue today is the cost of oil and gasoline. The Democrat’s answer is alternative fuels and they refuse to even discuss drilling. Imagine the effect ads like the one to the right will have on undecided voters. It could be a year for Republicans to take back a few seats. Those seats will be important if another attempt at amnesty is tried, or if Barack wants to implement universal health care.
The tight Congressional races have a more urgent need for your campaign donations. Come 2009, conservatives in Congress will be fighting against the Executive branch on many different issues. Let’s make sure there are enough of them.
