100 Days To Go

Today, July 28, 2008 marks 100 days until the 2008 Presidential Election. On the Democratic side, Senator Barack Obama has just finished up his world tour throughout parts of the middle east and Europe.

Obama's journey gave him a large jump in the Gallup poll. He now leads Senator John McCain by a 9 point margin, 49 for Obama and 40 for McCain.

It appears that the positive response from people around the world may have ignited a bit more support for Obama in the United States. If Senator Obama can continue this type of support building and strengthening of momentum, he should be a very strong candidate come November 4th.

P.S. 17 days until I leave for Denver, Colorado for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Obama's Fund Raising Woes...

At this point Obama has had Clinton appear with him on numerous occasions to promote party unity, as well as raise money that both Senators are in need of. Clinton still has $22 Million in campaign debt, and Obama will have a hard fought general election campaign against Senator John McCain. Obama's biggest problem with regard to fund raising thus far is getting Clinton supports to financially back his campaign. Many are hesitant to do so unless he shifts some of his positions to be more aligned with Clinton's point of view. It will be interesting to watch the dollar drama continue to unfold, and to see how it actually ends up.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/clinton.obama/index.html

A little project update:

The initial data set with superdelegate information is about 80% complete. The second set should not take as much time, but I predict the final datasets and report will be completed or near-completed prior to my attendance of the DNC.