Democratic Underground - I thought this article was spot on!

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/07/obama-election-president-fundraise-2012?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A

Obama Losing His Base? Here Are 552,000 Reasons Why That's Wrong

Mother Jones:

"So, Obama can rake in the big bucks—no surprise there. The real story is the 552,000 donors who gave to the Obama 2012 effort, “more grassroots support at this point in the process than any campaign in political history,” said campaign manager Jim Messina in a video message to supporters. Messina said that 98 percent of donations last quarter were under $250, and that the average donation was $69.

That haul throws a huge bucket of cold water on claims that Obama is losing his liberal/Democratic base. Pollster James Zogby wrote in September 2009 that Democrats were souring on Obama after the health-insurance-reform fight and for his policies on the war in Afghanistan. Liberal TV host Ed Schultz told former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs last year that “you’re losing your base.” If Obama’s donor rolls are any indication, the left appears to be just as motivated in the 2012 race as they were in 2008.

Of course, reams of polling data have been reinforcing this for months. According to Gallup polling, Obama’s approval rating among Democrats has held steady at around 80 percent, give or take a few percentage points, since September of last year. Among liberals, Obama’s doing almost as well, with approval ratings hovering around 70 percent; it’s currently 76 percent.

So all that talk of Democrats and liberals sloughing off Obama? Nothing to it. Today’s fundraising numbers prove Obama’s still hugely popular, and that whomever the GOP picks to run against him will face the major undertaking of matching the powerful Obama fundraising machine."

And Ari Melber, of The Nation, said last night (on Lawrence O'Donnell) that this president enjoys a higher level of support/approval among Liberals (at this point in his presidency) than any Democratic president in the past fifty (50) years. :hi:

edit to add: A whopping 260,000 of these were brand spanking new donors. :bounce:

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Obama Losing His Base? Here Are 552,000 Reasons Why That's Wrong