[Marxism] In April, Kerry's Fundraising Nearly Doubled Bush's

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kerry is pulling ahead in the real presidential race.  The other one can
be arranged, and, moreover, I predict that the candidate who wins THIS
race is unlikely to be rejected by the majority of the Supreme Court in
the event of hanky-panky in Florida or anywhere else. For one thing, two
more Republican members of the court have tended to join the liberal
bloc (which is now made up PRIMARILY of Republican appointees -- Kennedy
(Reagan). O'Connor (Reagan) and Souter (Bush Sr.).

This is partly a reward for Kerry's firm support for the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan.  Despite the claims that Kerry has proved an
incompetent campaigner so far by not taking on the war, I believe he has
been waiting for (1) some kind of ruling class consensus on what needs
to be done, and (2) the hoped-for and entirely possible conclusion that
Bush cannot do the job.

Logically, in my opinion, if you REALLY favor ANYBODY BUT BUSH and place
that above opposition to the war as the formula clearly implies, it is
impossible to disagree with Kerry's course, which is the most likely to
lead to the replacement of Bush by Kerry in January.
Fred Feldman


washingtonpost.com
In April, Kerry's Fundraising Nearly Doubled Bush's
President Has Spent $130 Million on Race

By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 21, 2004; Page A02


Sen. John F. Kerry's fundraising receipts surged strongly ahead of
President Bush's last month, with the presumptive Democratic nominee
pulling in almost twice what the president raised.

At the same time, Bush's campaign is spending money at an unprecedented
rate. In part because of a $50 million ad blitz in March and early
April, Bush has spent nearly $130 million on his reelection effort, a
record amount, according to reports that the campaign filed yesterday
with the Federal Election Commission. In April alone, his campaign spent
almost $31 million to help counteract a series of negative news reports
that have hurt the president's standing in the polls.

Kerry's fundraising haul of $30 million in April -- compared with the
Bush campaign's $15.6 million -- marked the second consecutive month in
which the Massachusetts senator's receipts have exceeded the
president's, according to the two campaigns. Over the past two months,
Kerry has attracted about $30 million more than Bush. The president did
much of his fundraising last year and has stopped attending events to
raise more for his campaign.

Bush still has a big advantage over Kerry in cash on hand -- about $71.6
million at the end of April, compared with Kerry's $28 million. But
several independent observers say two factors could work in Kerry's
favor: the accelerated pace of his fundraising and a likely decline in
spending by the president over the next few months. Kerry's success in
attracting donations has, in any case, obliterated the conventional
wisdom of just a few months ago that the president would use his
enormous financial strength to clobber his opponent with advertising, as
President Bill Clinton did in 1996 against Robert J. Dole and as Bush
did in 2000 against a cash-strapped Al Gore.

"Kerry is now in a position to be competitive with [the president]
through the convention," when both candidates will be limited to $75
million in federal campaign funds, said Anthony Corrado, a campaign
finance expert at the Brookings Institution. "The issue was, could Kerry
raise the money he needed to get his message out and campaign
aggressively through the summer? He's done that. This is a completely
different race from the last two because of his fundraising success."

In all, Kerry raised $115 million through April 30, breaking Bush's
record for a challenger, his campaign said. The Bush campaign said
yesterday that it has raised $200 million since last year, drawing
contributions from slightly more than 1 million donors, the first time a
campaign has achieved such a milestone.

The two candidates have more than doubled the money Bush and Gore raised
before their conventions.


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