Is Obama experiencing donor fatigue or is the race thang starting to bite?

In the space of two days the Obama for America team offered two 'gifts' if I contribute to the senator's campaign.

• To meet this deadline and celebrate our grassroots donors, we've created a special gift. Make a donation of $30 or more before midnight on Wednesday, April 30th, and receive a limited edition Vote for Change T-shirt

• To meet this deadline and celebrate our grassroots donors, we've created a special gift.Make a donation of $15 or more before midnight on Wednesday, April 30th, and receive a limited edition Vote for Change car magnet

I have to wonder if Barak Obama's constant drive for political donations is starting to hit the wall.

Or is the constant race thread underlying Clinton and McCain campaigning starting to bite into Obama's support base?

 

On MSNBC last Sunday.

 

McCain spoke with reporters in Miami Sunday afternoon at a press conference that had been hastily arranged late Friday night. The ostensible purpose of the event was to allow the presumptive GOP nominee to continue criticizing Obama for not supporting his gas tax holiday proposal.

But what was seemingly meant as another chapter in an ongoing series of criticism quickly moved toward the issue of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the North Carorlina Republican Party's continued commitment to airing an ad referencing Wright's comments in connection with Obama. Over the course of an 18-minute press conference McCain used Obama's name an average of once per minute -- many times in response to direct questions but almost every time in a disparaging context.

 

McCain's feeble defence of his covert support of this advertisement reported from a Democrats perspective here.