Clear winner in fundraising race: Obama by a mile...

[Drunken Irishman]

Mitt Romney fundraising sparks Republican fears

The Republican presidential fundraising reports are still coming in, but a clear winner has already emerged: Barack Obama.

Whoever claims the GOP nomination is going to find it close to impossible to keep pace with the president’s fundraising juggernaut.

That was the lesson of the first real quarter of the money chase, when it was revealed Wednesday that Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney—the GOP’s pale version of a cash-collecting machine—raised just over $18 million.

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As for Obama, his re-election campaign and a joint fund set up with the Democratic National Committee have ostensibly set a $60 million goal for the quarter – a sum Democratic sources say they’re sure to exceed when forms are filed with the Federal Election Commission on July 15th.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58456.html#ixzz1RPRPWRqI

Hopefully this is how we beat Citizens United!

[SkyDaddy7]

1. My fear is "Citizen United"!!

[bigdarryl]

2. Yep the fundraising doesn't matter anymore Citizen United threw all that out of the picture

[AlinPA]

3. The republicans do not have to be concerned about fundraising anymore. The SC ruling

on Citizens United gives them billions.

[SkyDaddy7]

11. SCARY, huh? I have a very bad feeling...

that 2012 will be the end of our attempt to try & turn this country around!!

If you have any positives to share please do!

I just hope David Brooks is correct about the Independents flocking to Obama if the Republicans refuse to raise taxes on the Wealthy & Oil Companies.

[AlinPA]

12. IMO, there are some positives in this report by 538 (Nate Silver) which hints at GOP

losing moderates faster than Democrats. The charts are interesting.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/why-the-g-o-p-cannot-compromise/

[SkyDaddy7]

13. Thanks!

Yes, I hope the Republicans pay for purging their party of most of the moderates. we will see.

[n2doc]

4. Well then he can win the 'low information' voters

Probably that will be enough.

[FormerDittoHead]

5. Funding isn't important - Third party spending is ALREADY outspending campaign funding.

http://www.kcet.org/shows/socal_connected/undertheinfluence/us-house/backgrounder-citizens-united-and-washington.html

"There were campaigns this last time (the 2010 election) where third party spending was more than the candidates'," said Democratic fundraiser Mike Fraioli. "And they spend a couple million."

As one noted above: thanks to the Supreme Court + Citizens United.

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6. Obama is being richly rewarded by the top 1%

by doing their bidding.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

8. This is excellent news. Believe it or not, there are "Democratic" sites on the net....

where fundraising is brisk, and even celebrated. Since DU has become a Free Republic knock-off, I don't expect Obama's fundraising abilities to be met with much jubilance here. :rofl:

[Creideiki]

15. I find it interesting you put "Democratic" in quotes

I agree. I don't think anyone throwing financial support to the President right now is actually a Democrat.

[polichick]

9. So slurping from the same trough is "beating Citizens United?"

[Creideiki]

14. Clear loser...Americans

[rug]

16. How many $30,800 a head fundraisers is that?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51376.html