Obama Profits from Hillary's Fundraising 'OOPS'

[illinoisprogressive]

The Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been forced to revise downwards the $26m (£13m) she claimed to have raised in the first three months of this year, putting her on a par with, rather than ahead of, her rival Barack Obama.

Her fundraising total for that period has now shrunk by $400,000 (£200,000) because of bounced cheques, donors whose credit cards were mistakenly charged twice and donations that exceeded the legal limit, according to the New York Times.

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After the revisions, she and Mr Obama are now tied at $25.6m each.

The announcement of the first fund-raising figures at the end of March was an important campaign milestone. The Clinton camp had hoped to establish a huge gap in fundraising between her and Mr Obama, her closest challenger. She had a strong team behind her, many of whom had worked for Bill Clinton.

But Mr Obama did better than expected, announcing $25.7m.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/story/0,,2148229,00.html

[MH1]

1. Did Clinton's number also include

the big chunk moved over from her "Senate campaign"? Or was that in a different quarter, or not counted in the $25.6M?

Just curious.

[ElizabethDC]

2. No, that number does not include the $10 million from the Senate campaign. n/t

[MH1]

4. Thanks

At least we've gotten that question out of the way early in this thread. :)

[Colobo]

3. Good! By the way, gotta donate!

Thanks for reminding me.