The blogsphere scoop of the day is indepundit's uncovering of some odd donations to Cynthia McKinney's campaign on Sept. 11th. For more info go here and here.

I did some of my own investigations into the matter and compared these donations to her war chest to those to other representatives over the same time. For a list of Georgia's state reps i looked here. Of all 11 of these representatives only two received any donations on Sept. 11th: Rep. Cynthia McKinney as documented in indepundit, and Rep. John Isakson who recieved the following donations:

MRS CHERYLE AUSTIN, OF CHERYLE AUSTIN INTERIORS/OWNER, ATLANTA, GA, $1,000
MR CHARLES PARKER, OF FIRST UNION SECURITIES/FINANCIAL MA, ALPHARETTA, GA, $1,000
MRS ROBERTA MCCAW, OF MATRIA HEALTHCARE INC./ATTORNEY, ROSWELL, GA, $1,000
MR NEAL POPE, OF SELF EMPLOYED/AUTOMOBILE DEALER, ATLANTA, GA, $250
MR HOWARD H CALLAWAY, OF CALLAWAY GARDENS/PRESIDENT, PINE MOUNTAIN, GA, $1,000
MRS MARY ROSE TAYLOR, OF SELF EMPLOYED/CIVIC ACTIVIST, ATLANTA, GA, $1,000

(To check these go to open secrets and insert the Representatives name and have it sort by date.)

Thus in the entire state of Georgia on Sept. 11th a total of $18,100 were raised between all 11 representatives. Of this money $13,850 (or 77%) went to Representative McKinney. Furthermore, of the $18,100 raised that day exactly $13,850 came from out of state donors, exactly the money which went to Representative McKinney.

I don't have much in the way of analysis of this situation, but if one is going to claim that these donations were unusual it is important not just to compare the 9/11 donations to McKinney's campaign to other days, but also to donations to other campaigns. Such a comparison clearly shows that something unusual is going on here.

(On the other hand, it is not unusual for Representative McKinney to receive large donations from out of state Arabs and Muslims before Sept. 11. Here's an old article on her relationship to the Muslim community.)