Saturday at midnight is the deadline for donations to the grassroots fundraising challenge, the winner of which gets a phone call from President Obama.
And holy smoley, look who’s still leading: our very own Collegekay …. but Marilyn is closing in.
The person with the most contributions from unique donors wins – so even if you could just donate a very small amount that would be completely great.
If Collegekay wins, I think she might just let us know about her call from the President 😉
The Obama Diary 
I will donate……I promise
😉
In did and will do again. But I think the donations they count are unique donations. So donating under the same name twice still only counts for 1.
Just saw your email Japa, completely and utterly brilliant – leave it with me. Thank you so much.
I wouldn’t go that far.
I was wondering the same thing – that if you donate repeatedly does it count each time you donate or does it count as 1 if they’re all from the same person? 🙂
2nd, I will donate again later today. I so want another celebrity at TOD who will get a call from the President.
Chips, why do we have to keep logging in? I read what you posted as an explanation but I still don’t understand because I don’t ever log off.
That’s weird. I stay logged on on my home and office computers. I get logged off here on the reference computer, but that’s because we don’t save history on it. You may want to check that.
Hi JoJo, it’s all because of a ridiculous change WordPress made to logging-in on their blogs, it’s caused complete havoc. Norbrook posted about it recently too:
http://cendax.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/administrative-note-commenting-problems/
Everyone’s pleading with them to go back to the way it was, it’s a mess, and judging by their support forum it’s still causing huge problems. Crazy stuff.
hey chips look at your email i sent you somethin
Chips, your email is busy today. For those that keep ahving to log in, there should be box to check off to keep you logged in. If you check that box, there should be no problem unless you switch to a different computer.
Thanks LL and Chips, I checked the “remember me” box, maybe that will help too. I am one of those people that as I get older, change frustrates me.
See what happens when you leave? You come back and hot damn! It gets busier than a one-armed paper hanger with crabs…..:ooops:
Thanks chips. It’s difficult this time because I think they only count unique donors.
Already donated once. I will have my husband donate under his name!
oh – unique huh? so the same name can’t donate again? hmmm.
I will donate again and see if they count it. That sucks if we can only donate once.
I will donate. Best wishes collegekay!
Will donate today to help a fellow TODer!
Can somebody confirm something for me? I think that if Kay wins (which we are all hoping for) PBO cannot use the WH phone system to make the call. Remember when folks won the dinner with him, they didn’t eat at the WH because that would be interpreted as using government services for campaign use. I think he will have to use his own cell phone or something. I my be wrong (in fact probably am).
Really? I didn’t know that. very interesting
Donna dem said when he called her it said “This is the White House Operator please hold for President Obama”
My call said, “This is the White House Operator please hold for the President”. It was a 202 area code from here in the District. I didn’t dare ring it back to see who would answer so I am not sure which phone he used 🙂
Okay, I know there can’t be active campaigning from the WH unless you are Republican, but this may not fall uder that.
That is the Hatch law!
Maybe they can monitor which calls are non-official business and ones that are and the campaign will reimburse them or maybe it’s routed through the campaign telephone, phone companies can do some amazing things these days.
Is being FIRST the same as being UNIQUE? Thank you, Chips.
Can anyone tell me where I can get a patch made like the pic up above? I have a worn denim skirt that I would like to put that patch on. I would appreciate any suggestions.
Our President is always working for us. That damn Congress just makes me sick. I am surprise that they are even in town.
Well, the Senate approved Highway funding by unanimous consent, until June 30th.
Onto the Presidents desk, until the next round of games.
The Obama Administration is betting big — some $200 million a year — on a trend that’s been the talk of the tech industry for the past decade or so: “Big data” a name given to the increasingly large and unwieldy sets of data about all sorts of systems — from Earth’s climate to consumer behavior to traffic patterns — that computers are capable of collecting, storing and analyzing.
Putting these large sets of data to their most effective uses has been a challenge of engineers, companies and policymakers alike, but the White House is counting on six federal agencies to get a handle on the situation, even comparing the newly announced initiative to the federal funding that birthed the prototype of the internet.
“In the same way that past federal investments in information-technology R&D led to dramatic advances in supercomputing and the creation of the internet, the initiative we are launching today promises to transform our ability to use Big Data for scientific discovery, environmental and biomedical research, education, and national security,” said Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in a statement on Thursday announcing the new effort.
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/obama-administration-bets-big-on-big-data-initiative.php?m=1
Good luck Collegekay!
CollegeKay is going up against Marilyn (aka GOSAL)! Damn! Now I have to double my donations… I know CollegeKay by reading her here — must always encourage our young folks; and I know Marilyn personally; hosted her twice last year when she was on her northeast tour… Question, can I claim PBO as a dependent??? LOL
Hi Alycee,
I remember that trip after Art died. Yep I talked to GOSAL on FB yesterday and told her I was rooting for our Collegekay and her to win. Apparently the person with the most donations automatically wins a phone call but a second call will be made to a person who gets 10 donations or more. So everyone who gets 10 donations will get a chance for a phone call as well.
OH, you are that Alycee! Wow, good to see you here!
I know GOSAL has a lot of supporters but do they still all hang out at OFA?
I can’t donate but have tweeted to those who can. Sending good vibes across the Atlantic, I remember the excitement when Donna Dem won last time. I’m sure CollegeKay will be just as generous in sharing her experience with us! (*angelic smile*)
This made me chuckle.
https://twitter.com/judeflux/status/185439595947765760
Haha.
aloha chips and toddies
just gave a small donation to collegekay’s fund for pbo–that makes 63 unique donors so far! best of luck, my dear!
Just donated! I’m so excited because I know it’s going towards a good cause. I will try my best to give every month till elections.
PBO’s coming to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI for a fundraiser on April 18th. Has anyone else here from Michigan received an invite?
New post everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/03/29/a-word-from-japa21-channeling-fdr/
Two winners from TOD?!?! PBO will definitely be making a visit Chips.
While the rest of us have to wait until June, the justices of the Supreme Court will know the likely outcome of the historic health care case by the time they go home this weekend.
After months of anticipation, thousands of pages of briefs and more than six hours of arguments, the justices will vote on the fate of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in under an hour Friday morning. They will meet in a wood-paneled conference room on the court’s main floor. No one else will be present.
In the weeks after this meeting, individual votes can change. Even who wins can change, as the justices read each other’s draft opinions and dissents.
But Friday’s vote, which each justice probably will record and many will keep for posterity, will be followed soon after by the assignment of a single justice to write a majority opinion, or in a case this complex, perhaps two or more justices to tackle different issues. That’s where the hard work begins, with the clock ticking toward the end of the court’s work in early summer.
http://mobile.boston.com/art/35/news/nation/washington/articles/2012/03/29/justices_to_vote_quickly_on_health_care_case/
Like I said, the Liberal Justices will leak this to the WH, so if the talking points are upbeat from the WH…
I dug deep into my pocket and donated to KayKay today!!!! I have overspent my limit for this month, can’t wait for next month! I know it is all for a great cause….KayKay it was not much, but I could not let the day go by without helping out a part of TOD family!!!! just got off work for the day, having a long weekend starting tomorrow….hope I get to spend some much needed time here on the site….I never get to, but I am going to make time this weekend to try to get to know everyone here!!!! God bless everyone for all you do! if we do not work together to make change, change will never get made!!! Be blessed and see you tomorrow! Obama/Biden 2012….Working to continue the Change!!!
Hi College Kay. I donated on day one, but came back and donated for my husband also so that you would have another unique donation, Best of luck!