Obama mentions money first

As predicted yesterday on RTR08, there would be a race to see which presidential candidate and which party could seem the most caring and generous to Hurricane Gustav victims and the Gulf Coast. Obama won the race. The GOP has implied that it's convention may include 'public service announcements' (translation - requests for donations) but Obama outright mentioned money first today. I am hereby declaring him the winner of the 'who can throw money at it first' award. Here is how it was reported on newsmax.com as of 1:56 PM EDT Sunday:

Presidential nominee Barack Obama offered to tap his sprawling network of donors and volunteers to help any victims of Gustav.

"I think we can get tons of volunteers to travel down there if it becomes necessary," Obama told reporters after attending St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Lima, Ohio. "I think we can activate an e-mail list of a couple of million people who want to give back," he said.