For better or for worse, Ron Paul still doesn't get much coverage in the mainstream media, and he hasn't done extraordinarily well in the primaries, either. But in other ways, the Internet has had a major influence on all the political hoo-ha, and Barack Obama's fundraising is the latest example of this.
Another useful service has emerged from OpenSecrets.org, the site that tracks Congressional fundraising, with a look at how Presidential candidates spend what they have earned.
On April 28th we held a contest for the first blogger to post five details of the Series B Socialtext closed. Now, the details are out in our local paper. Socialtext raised a $3.1 million Series B round led by Tim Draper at DFJ that closed on April 15th.
As a nation, we have always derived great benefit from the charitable impulses of philanthropists - individuals who felt a strong sense of obligation to their fellow man, sharing their financial resources in an all-out effort to help others. During times of tragedy, such as the September 11th incident, charitable giving notably increases to help assuage our collective suffering.