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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApril 2007: Obama Shows His Strength in a Fund-Raising Feat on Par With Clinton
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/us/politics/05obama.htmlFirst quarter 2007 totals:
Clinton: $26M
Obama: $25M
Yeah, Obama was a long-shot, but he showed very early that he could match Hillary in fundraising, and had a legitimate chance at the nomination. This is one of the many big differences between Obama 2008 and Sanders 2016. Bernie is great, but if he wants to be a player, he's gonna have to at least come close to Hillary's money machine.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)As far as the general goes, Sanders has already had a stronger showing than every Republican launch to date.
brooklynite
(94,786 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)So I don't see that as anything meaningful in terms of the general.
cali
(114,904 posts)from corporations or PACs. And as he points out, corporations won't donate to him anyway. He has said that he hope to raise $50 million for the primary and that he thinks he can compete with that amount.
Amusingly enough, Clinton doesn't care how much corporate money she gets or that sources for funding aren't transparent. She rails against big money in politics but it rings hollow.
With 50 million, Bernie can set up decent infrastructure in primary and caucus states.
brooklynite
(94,786 posts)Every donation to Clinton (or Sanders) can be looked at on the FEC website.
cali
(114,904 posts)Super PACs and dark money groups. Look, when you set out to raise over 2 billion, keeping track of where all that money comes from is a herculean task.
Then there's this:
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Under executive director Buffy Wicks and longtime Clinton adviser Harold Ickes, Priorities is recruiting a new team of well-connected fundraisers including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosis former adviser and veteran fundraiser Brian Wolff and streamlining its internal financial procedures to increase transparency after a nasty internal spat spilled into public view earlier this year
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clintons-big-money-dilemma-117559.html#ixzz3YzUp1Cb3
brooklynite
(94,786 posts)In the meantime, any candidate that doesn't play by the rules the Republicans will play by is living in a fantasy world.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)I certainly don't want to go into the general election with a candidate that gets outspent 10-1 by the GOP. Do you?
cali
(114,904 posts)such as they are.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Warren spent on running for the Senate and the primary will be in 50 states, it just might come up very short.
cali
(114,904 posts)will come up short. That doesn't mean he can't be competitive in early caucus and primary states.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)It has much more to do with the candidates.