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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx</link><description>McCain’s fundraising picked up in March but still trailed Obama dramatically. He held steady with Clinton. 
The Los Angeles Times: "McCain's money situation came into sharp focus Sunday when he filed a campaign finance report that showed he had raised</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926299</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:18:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926299</guid><dc:creator>Gregory Peek, Birmingham, Alabama</dc:creator><description>We can choose Barack Obama, who provides the vision and leadership America needs for these troubled times. He is not inclined to sell out for personal or political gain.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Otherwise, we automatically choose John McCain, whose dangerously simplistic view of the world leads us deeper into crisis.</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926378</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:38:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926378</guid><dc:creator>Lisa in blue collar New Britain, Obama our best choice.</dc:creator><description>I'm late reading this morning cause I've been reading (hush, other blogs) but scary stuff on Hillary's fundraising from Our Hispanic Voices on Daily Kos. &amp;nbsp;Not sure if its mentioned here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Definitely worth reading. &amp;nbsp;Call her red and getting in the redder.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;YES WE CAN!</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926391</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:40:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926391</guid><dc:creator>Objective Analysis</dc:creator><description>Didn't Obama state that McCain is better than Bush just recently in PA?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some Obama supporters are not paying attention to his own words.</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926446</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:49:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926446</guid><dc:creator>clairton, pa.</dc:creator><description>John McCain: the repub's 'hold your nose' candiate. Real strong huh?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The repub's new handle, 'the wolf ticket party'.</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926453</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:50:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926453</guid><dc:creator>jerry/corpus christi texas</dc:creator><description>McCain could always take mone from criminals like Hillary did...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hillary Clinton&lt;br&gt;A Liar for all seasons</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926612</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:18:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926612</guid><dc:creator>Rick, NC</dc:creator><description>You can bet that mcsame is getting most of his money from lobbysits whose clients will gain the most from a third bush term...chickenhawk think tanks...defense welfare recipients...the national, state and local security apparatus...any company that can benefit from going into bankruptcy and shirking their responsibilities...the war cheerleaders whose kids are too chicken to serve...you know, the standard republican</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926661</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:28:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926661</guid><dc:creator>Fred C Dobbs  Sierra Madre, CA</dc:creator><description>First rant of the day posted by MSNBC and it went to an Obama supporter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hillary Clinton - a better plan for the economy, health care and Iraq. &amp;nbsp;Experience and Leadership.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clinton 2008!!!!</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926696</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:35:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926696</guid><dc:creator>Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana</dc:creator><description>Objective Analysis (Sent Monday, April 21, 2008 9:40 AM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Didn't Clinton say that she and McCain were the only &amp;quot;Passers of the Presidential test&amp;quot;? &lt;br&gt;Do you ever listen to YOUR OWN candidate before you try to criticize Obama or do you just consider the source and blow her off like the rest of us do?</description></item><item><title>Fundraising: Better, but not stellar</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/926281.aspx#926774</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:52:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:926774</guid><dc:creator>CWW, Phoenix, AZ</dc:creator><description>McCain can't raise money from traditional Republican resources because he they are sure if they can trust him. He is trying to look like a Republican since he couldn't win in 2000 when he was Pro Choice, against tax cuts, etc..... stances Republicans don't like. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the other hand Independents are probably also having trouble trusting him since the Right Wing cracked its whip and McCain asked how high and far to the right he had to jump to be their nominee.... McCain is no longer a maverick, he's sold out to the right to be their nominee. If Democrats can't win this election its sad</description></item></channel></rss>