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Obama’s Good Day: $70 Million In The Bank And A Smack Down of Fox News
President Obama had himself a very good day today. First his reelection campaign announced that they raised another $70 million and then the president got to take a jab at Fox News.
First the fundraising numbers from Obama For America:
- In the third fundraising quarter of this year, 606,027 people donated to this campaign—even more than gave in the record-breaking previous quarter.
- Those people gave more than 766,000 total donations—98 percent of them $250 or less, at an average amount of $56. That’s more than twice as many donations than we had at this point in the historic 2008 campaign.
- We are focused on building infrastructure that will help us win in 2012. And each quarter we set a combined goal for the campaign and our allies at the Democratic National Committee. We far exceeded our goal of $55 million this quarter between the two organizations. Great work.
- Together, Obama for America and the DNC raised more than $70 million. And it all happened during a summer when the President was focused on doing the job he was elected to do—a summer when we had to cancel a series of fundraising events and ask everyone to dig a little deeper.
Here is the press conference video from Mediaite:
Here is the transcript from the White House:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right. We’re going to start off with Ed Henry. Where’s Ed?
Q Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate it.
President Lee, I wanted to start with you, one question each. First, when you mentioned North Korea, what concrete steps do you think the Obama administration has helped to contain Kim Jong Il?
And, President Obama, I wanted to get your first reaction to the Iranian terror plot. Your Secretary of State called it a dangerous escalation. What specific steps will you take to hold Iran accountable, especially when Mitt Romney charged last week, “If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on Earth, I am not your President — you have that President today”?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I didn’t know that you were the spokesperson for Mitt Romney. (Laughter.) But let me just talk about the plot in particular. We have a situation here where the Attorney General has laid out a very specific set of facts. What we know is that an individual of Iranian-American descent was involved in a plot to assassinate the ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia. And we also know that he had direct links, was paid by and directed by individuals in the Iranian government.
Obama went on to talk about Iran and the plot, and he never once acknowledged Mitt Romney. For all of the gloom and doom media coverage about Obama the president had a nice day. Obama showed that his base is strong and motivated by more than tripling the amount of money raised by his nearest Republican challenger, and he can never go wrong with the base by taking a jab at Fox News.
Henry’s question was ridiculous given that Obama was holding joint press conference with the president of South Korea, and his attempt to elevate Mitt Romney to be the same level as the sitting President of the United States deserved to be laughed at. Ed Henry got busted trying to make the news instead of reporting it.
It seems that every day the American people are served a steady diet of the Obama is doomed narrative from a mainstream media that has realized that race for the Republican nomination is a total dud, so they are desperately trying to create a close 2012 General Election. Because of the angry mood of the electorate, the 2012 election may be a contest decided by an electorate that is torn between blaming the Republicans and blaming Obama.
Obama is raising oodles of campaign cash and leading all of his challengers in the polls, and as the icing on the cake he gets a slam in on Fox News. This is something that you won’t hear from the talking head pundits, but President Obama actually had himself a pretty good day.
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21 Responses to Obama’s Good Day: $70 Million In The Bank And A Smack Down of Fox News
Alli
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Ed Henry deserved that smack in the face. In the midst of a serious question and topic, he brings up some talking point from Mitt Romney? As if the guy who got Osama Bin Laden killed needs to be concerned with Gordon Gecko. Fox was trying to embarrass him in front of the South Korean president. Fuck him.
Sherrie Roberts
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
wish the President could have been stronger in his reply, but it was a quick, GOOD reply.
AFM
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
I found Henry to be an idiot. Romney is right he isn’t presidential material to make a comment that Obama isn’t good on foreign issues. As it turns out he is better than even Bush was. He continues to get these terrorist. I don’t know how much more Obama can do. They are nothing but liars. Obama will be reelected that is for sure.
Larry Green
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Way to Go Mr. President in the way you handled the comment
“What specific steps will you take to hold Iran accountable, especially when Mitt Romney charged last week, “If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on Earth, I am not your President — you have that President today”? Thanks for keeping the focus by not being distracted by Fox News who are trying to gain brownie points.
Sherrie Roberts
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Ed Henry is not a reporter, he is a biased commentator for Fox News and should be treated as such, i.e., removed from future Presidential press conferences. He can then go blog his little heart out for the right-leaning folks.
Zookeeper
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
So Ed Henry has been demoted to Fux? Good for him — and us. Whatta sleaze bag.
Larry Green
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Ed Henry got busted and embarrassed by our President in front of the president of South Korea … “Henry’s question was ridiculous given that Obama was holding joint press conference with the president of South Korea, and his attempt to elevate Mitt Romney to be the same level as the sitting President of the United States deserved to be laughed at. Ed Henry got busted trying to make the news instead of reporting it”.
Shiva (Moderator)
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
And now for something completely different. Live from Fox News, its stupid trying to be a reporter.
Fox, you may have Winky Kilmeade and Stubb Doocy, but you will always look like amateurs going up against the president
AKPetMom
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
The “scorekeeping” from the Fundraising really turns me off. I vote, that’s it. I’ve never given a single dime to any candidate and I really can’t understand why any thinking person would. It should not take millions to run a campaign. Let’s enact a 6 week campaign paid for by the government with every candidate being given $100,000 to be used for their campaign.
That’s the ticket. Stop asking me for money. I’ll vote for you but I’m not giving you any money.
Laura
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Don’t worry, there’s lots of corporate money out there to drown out your voice…go ahead, don’t contribute.
akrnc
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 8:51 am
I’ve always donated since I was able to vote, however, I was raised in a family with uncles and a father who held political office, from Mayor to Congressional. However, like you, AKPetMom, I would love to see a campaign being shortened and limited advertising for candidates on TV. But then I look at people like Herman Cain, I was shocked to read so many people who think he’s going to save the country with his 9-9-9 Plan despite our not knowing what’s in it or not knowing much of his history. We need time to vet these candidates, no more like Palin! Cain is typical of one who absolutely needs much further vetting especially since we don’t have a past voting record to go by. I would love to hear some of the transcripts of his radio show. I bet they’d make for some interesting news.
Like you, I wish we had a limit put on campaign spending but rather than go in that direction, we now have Citizens United which has unleashed massive amounts of money going to political ads that are deplorable in nature. Our entire campaign process needs to be overhauled IMO.
electionreform
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 11:06 am
There is a way to reduce the federal campaign season. Go to www.faircampaignreform.us and wh.gov/4Qu and help get the Popular Amendment Movement’s Election/Campaign Finance Reform constitutional amendment passed. IF wee an get more than 5,000 signatures on the White House website petition by 10/27, then that petition will be advanced to the president for review.
This amendment will restrict individual donations to $250/$500, prohibit ALL corporate, union, non-profit, PAC/SuperPAC, etc. donations AND third-party advertising/campaigning for or against any candidate for federal office. It also would ban all lobbyists from any influence on Congress. It sets ONE NATIONAL PRIMARY date just eight weeks prior to the general election, with a 60 day primary campaign season. It also requires each candidate to file a “Contract with the Voters” as part of their filing petition. It requires the candidate to spell out his/her position on every POTENTIAL issue that might face that candidate if elected. The voters could then sue for breach of contract if the candidate failed to live up to that contract.
electionreform
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
I just caught a typo. Sorry about that, fellow posters……”IF we can”, not “IF wee an.”
Eykis
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
AK,
I am with you. This FOREVER-LONG campaign is pathetic and sickening. The money being wasted could be put to use to actually HELP PEOPLE.
I will not give any of them a dime and with all the corporate money being thrown at them, why would anyone who is not a millionaire waste their money, makes no sense.
honestyingov
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
I saw the vid clip which was posted on Business Insider earlier today as well.
My interpretation of the encounter.P2B RT’ed it as well.
HnstyNgov
FoxNews,Ed Henry enters the Ring w #POTUS in S.Korea & takes a stiff ‘jab’ 2 the face. Heavyweight Vs lightweight. t.co/gYCtFsHs
Paul
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
I love it.
The right wing blog baiters ball up their little fists and call Obama ineffectual and weak; but when he smacks that nitwit down, the call his actions bitter and antagonistic.
Just where the hell IS that goalpost, anyway??
Cha
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Thanks for this report, Jason! I had already seen the clip of PBO putting ed henry in his place but it’s really good to know that so many of us are giving small donations to help our President fight the big KOCHEADS that no amount is too much to take down our Democracy.
If anyone thinks that’s hyperbole..it ain’t.
Diane
Oct. 13th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
The assassination plot was between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The principal actor was a former Iranian national that’s become a naturalized American citizen. We just happened to be the proposed venue.
This makes it an international incident and therefore, under the purview of the United Nations. Let it be fought out there.
The only thing we need to do is prosecute the point guy, up to and including revocation of his citizenship and deportation. Send him back to Iran.
mathazar
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 4:36 am
Mr President, I just heard someone call you a poopyhead.
Seriously, why is Faux even allowed at these Q&A’s ?
Reminds me of when they used to ask his opinion of Palin’s latest word salad.
Anne
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 8:48 am
These folks at FOX NOISE and their lemmings never learn. From the time President Obama began competing for the Democratic nomination up to the present, they have continuously underestimated him. The fact that they also continuously end up with egg in their faces as a result doesn’t seem to register. If it did, people like Ed Henry wouldn’t be stupid enough to try it. One thing is certain, though. The GOP cannot credibly make the case that this Democratic president is “soft on terrorism.”
Colleen
Oct. 14th, 2011 at 10:58 am
I was wondering why Henry left CNN for FOX as they are one in the same! I loved the way the President handled Henry as he took the high road with his comment about Henry being a Romney spokesperson and moved onto the Iranian issue leaving Romney’s vile attack ignored. It was indeed a great day for the President!
We love you Mr. President!