Candidates Anxiously Await Third-Quarter Fundraising Numbers (Thompson: $8 M)

[brooklynite]

Source: Fox News

WASHINGTON — Fred Thompson's fundraising in his first go-round as a declared presidential candidate could offer some surprisingly strong numbers as the entire field of 2008 candidates gets down to counting up their booties in the third-quarter money chase.

FOX News has learned that Thompson, the former Tennessee senator, will report having raised in excess of $8 million dollars in this quarter of the fiscal year. That's in addition to $3.5 million he raised in June.

According to Thompson aides, the campaign raised $200,000 a day since "announcing" his candidacy after Labor Day. Thompson had more than 70,000 donors, which far outpaces most candidates in both fields in their first quarters as candidates.

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On the GOP side, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was expected to again lead the pack with about $15 million this quarter, helped by a few more million dollars out of his personal fortune. Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani's take was expected to run about $10 million

As for Arizona Sen. John McCain, he was hoping for a boost after a slow second quarter marked by staffing changes and a pro-war message that wasn't resonating. His favorability numbers had improved since positive news this summer about the surge in Iraq, but McCain still tried to cast his campaign as one independent of the dollar race.

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I heard this weekend that Obama's contributor's list is long as the combined list for the entire Republican field....