Clinton, Obama crush GOP in funds race

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The Politico: Clinton, Obama crush GOP in funds race
By: Kenneth P. Vogel
Feb 1, 2008

Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama outraised the four Republican presidential candidates — John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul — $49.6 million to $42.2 million in the last three months of 2007, according to finance reports made public Thursday night.

The mandatory reports, filed with the Federal Election Commission, reveal intriguing details about how the candidates are raising and spending the staggering sums pouring into the presidential race. And they offer a measuring stick to gauge the evolution of the race, since the field has shifted dramatically since the first of the year.

Overall, though, the reports suggest a disturbing trend for Republicans. Even as attention on the presidential race intensified, the party's donor base remained fractured and less inclined to give than the Democratic base. Sens. Clinton of New York and Obama of Illinois continued their fundraising dominance in the fourth quarter of last year. Clinton brought in $26.8 million, while Obama raised $22.8 million.

Compare that to the GOP candidates, none of whom came close to matching either Democrat....

Highlighting the cash-flow disparity — and overshadowing the reports — Obama on Thursday voluntarily announced that his campaign raised a staggering $32 million in the month since the close of the reporting period. That's the most ever raised in January of an election year, and it indicates his campaign will be able to pay for a raft of ads as the campaigns hurtle toward the expensive showdown in 22 states on Feb. 5, Super Tuesday....

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=D305D073-3048-5C12-0052829D45CB295F

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