Obama is expected to out-raise the entire Republican field combined for the quarter again

[NNN0LHI]

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/10/13/obama_2012_president_s_raised_more_than_70_million_in_third_quar.html

Obama Brings in $70M in Third-Quarter

The president’s re-election team is nevertheless setting up the incumbent as the underdog.

By Abby Ohlheiser | Posted Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at 11:33 AM ET

President Obama’s re-election campaign brought in $42.8 million in the third quarter, a fundraising total that swells to $70 million if you count the money that he raised for the Democratic National Committee.

CNN and the Associated Press break down the numbers: Over 600,000 people donated, which exceeds the number of his record-breaking previous quarter; 980,000 people have donated to the re-election campaign so far, more than 200,000 of which are first-time donors; and the average donation for the most recent quarter was $56.

So how's he doing against the competition?

We'll know soon enough, as all campaigns must report their numbers to the Federal Election Commission by Saturday. Obama is expected to out-raise the entire Republican field combined, if previous numbers are any indication. Romney was in the front of the Republican pack for the first three months of his campaign, raising $18 million. The Perry campaign raised $17 million in its first seven weeks.

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Yep, the supporters of President Obama are leaving him in droves.

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Count me among them, and since a few folks at DU have openly confirmed..

that they won't be donating this election cycle, I've doubled up. I plan to max out. Nearly a million donors, and expect that number to continue to climb. :hi:

[Scurrilous]

2. Good news.

K & R :thumbsup:

[Drale]

3. I'm still a supporter

unfortunately I can not afford to give any money this time around, but it doesn't seem like he needs it so I don't feel as bad.

[NNN0LHI]

4. And the Republicans are spending theirs destroying one another while Obama banks his

:rofl:

[JTFrog]

5. Excellent. K&R

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[mazzarro]

7. So either way the election goes

We are still screwed as the wealthy will be in position to continue pulling the strings either with a rethug or Obama in the presidency!

Jeeeeeeze! - this is too sad and disappointing times to be in.

[Major Hogwash]

8. That MUTHAFUCKA!!!!

Hee he ho ho ho!!!

[msongs]

9. at least somebody is doing well in this terrible economy. his job will not be exported to India nt

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[NeedleCast]

11. I donated

GoBama!

[glowing]

12. Something I am not proud of.. Campaign bribery is more like it

and the losers.. the 99% again.

[NNN0LHI]

13. You never contributed to a political campaign before?

[glowing]

14. Only in time.

[NNN0LHI]

18. Did you feel like you were bribing someone with the time you contributed?

[MrSlayer]

15. I know this is how the game is set up but it stinks to high heaven.

Money in politics is the problem.

[NNN0LHI]

16. Raising money only seems to have become a problem when we found a Dem who was good at it

Before then it was not so much a problem.

Right?

Don

[MrSlayer]

28. No.

It was a problem before the President even considered running for anything. It's just a more pronounced problem these days.

[woo me with science]

17. How utterly depressing

that this corporate, warmongering administration is the best this corrupted field of candidates has to offer.

The lesser of two evils is still evil. The oligarchy is rooted in both parties now and is playing a devious game with our elections. It is so easy to move rightward, when there is always someone further right.

They will continue to play it until we stop them.

Support OWS.

[NNN0LHI]

20. I bet it is damn depressing for some

All those posts I have been reading on this anonymous website about posters swearing they were not contributing any more to the presidents campaign doesn't seem to have had much of an effect has it?

Lot of wasted bandwidth wasn't it?

Don

[Number23]

22. Go get'em!

Lot of wasted bandwidth wasn't it?

And time. And energy. And typing. And... :)

[SomethingFishy]

26. Oh and what your doing is so useful

Puulleease...

[Number23]

29. Yeah, I'm helping the guy get re-elected.

So yeah, it's pretty darn useful actually. :)

[SomethingFishy]

31. Yeah sure if you like corporate rule,

Constitutional violations, unmanned drone attacks, endless wars, and the guy who wrote the PNAC document on the Intelligence Advisory Board then yeah what you are doing is terrific. Good luck to you.

[Number23]

35. You are well named

:rofl:

[SomethingFishy]

36. Yeah and you have no reply.

Like I said good luck with your corporate masters. They have been doing so well for you so far.. :rofl:

[Number23]

37. Have no reply to what?

You spout alot of nonsense. You think your post was honestly worthy of a suitable reply?

And actually, I'm doing exceptionally well, thank you for caring. :hi: Good luck with whatever you call "master," corporate or otherwise. Whatever it is, I'm guessing it's nothing good...

[SomethingFishy]

24. So people who post their

grievances with this administration and claim that they are not going to donate to it are "wasting bandwidth" but your post on this "anonymous website" about how anyone who disagrees with you is wasting bandwidth is an awesome use of bandwidth.

You know... that makes perfect sense to me.

[xiamiam]

34. delusional..and disconnected..nt

[wiggs]

19. The comparison, of course, does not include the HUGE amount of money that

Rove is raising through his crossroads pacs. I believe his goal was 100 million or something like that.

It may be that big donors are giving to Rove, anonymously, rather than to 1 or more of several GOP candidates. Whomever gets the gop nomination will get more money.

[Number23]

21. Wooo Hoooo!!

That is a mighty fine bit of good news! :woohoo:

Yep, the supporters of President Obama are leaving him in droves.

You just made half of GD cry. :rofl:

[MadHound]

23. Buying and selling politicians in the marketplace,

Ain't our "democracy" grand.

[KoKo]

25. He seems to be doing very well in the fund raising. Surpassing all expectations even with small

donors. That's a good sign, I would think.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. It's obscene. We have homeless, starving U.S. citizens and politicians toss millions

of dollars around like it's nothing... just to get elected. It's disgusting what the election process has become. What's more important? Feeding your citizens and providing shelter or running a TeeVee ad?

[leftstreet]

30. Why would you need so much $$ to beat any of the GOP frontrunners?

Unless there's something else up the GOP sleeve, this is stupid

[NNN0LHI]

32. Remember back when Bush the Idiot had a +90% approval rating?

Need to take the combined IQ of an electorate such as that into consideration when running for president. Best to plan for the worst.

Don

[Divine Discontent]

33. when you're placed up against Moe, Curly, and Larry, you stand a great chance!

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