Obama's record-smashing $86M haul

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President Barack Obama has shattered first quarter fundraising records for a White House incumbent by raising $86 million for the first quarter – dwarfing the 2012 GOP field’s total take and breezing past his own target of $60 million.

The shock-and-awe showing was announced by Obama 2012 Campaign Manager Jim Messina, wearing his signature blue dress shirt sans tie, in a web video blasted to supporters in the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday, two days before the 15,000-page combined Obama for America and Democratic National Committee report is due to go up on a government web site.

Earlier this month, Democratic fundraising sources close to the campaign told POLITICO that Obama would easily achieve his goal of besting former President George W. Bush’s combined take of $50.1 million at the same point in the 2004 election cycle.

The total amount Obama raised in the first three months of 2011 also amounted to more than twice the $35 million raised collectively by the announced field of Republican presidential candidates.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58861.html

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Hmm, someone must like the President...

(nb - this appears to be an average of about $172 per contributor)

[dkf]

1. Shock and awe.

[JJW]

2. How much can't Pentagon account for....

about $4 trillion?

[jaxx]

10. What does the Pentagon have to do with this?

Not a damn thing.

[No Elephants]

3. Good for him and his campaign.

None of that was money, nor will it be, but better him than any of the Rethugs.

[otohara]

4. The Koch Bros. Will Double

that in a heartbeat

[byronius]

6. Let's hope they pledge their entire net worth. Because it's going up in smoke.

Evil fuckers. Pardon me.

[PoliticAverse]

5. The article says "the average donation was $69".

[brooklynite]

7. I was working off the figure, and the previously stated fact that there were over 500,000 donors...

[dipsydoodle]

8. Does that mean

you can buy votes over there ? :shrug:

[JDPriestly]

9. Can't wait to see the donor list.

Where is it?

[brooklynite]

16. It WILL be here...

http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/efile_search.shtml

Final submissions to FEC are due on July 15, and I'm guessing it'll take awhile to enter 500,000+ records...

[Martin Eden]

18. Exactly.

The monied interests don't give something for nothing.

[L0oniX]

11. Hmmm someone must really want something done for them...

and I got a feeling it isn't going to be a good thing for the poor, sick, and elderly.

[Scurrilous]

12. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Politicub]

13. Awesome!! Love it!

Obama-Biden 2012!

I love DU, but thankfully it isn't a reflection of what overall sentiment is like for the President.

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. K&R

:kick:

[JNelson6563]

15. K&R

[trud]

17. must be because he has such a great record

on the environment, ending torture, stopping offshoring jobs, not starting unnecessary wars, all that stuff. yeah.