Money Vs. Votes

I'm glad the Q1 Presidential fundraising game is over, and while it's certainly impressive that Barack Obama got 100,000 people to donate money to him, and that his total take completely undercuts the only reason to vote for Hillary Clinton (that she and only she can raise gobs of money), when you look at the hard numbers in the early primary states, it's clear that the Democratic candidate with the most momentum in John Edwards. He's ahead in Iowa and gaining in New Hampshire.

Money makes a candidate viable, but it doesn't make a candidate win. It's easy and lazy to look at fundraising numbers and spin a narrative about the campaign. The voters will decide, and right now, at this too-early-to-really-tell stage, at least 3 Democrats still have a chance to win the nomination.