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Tonya
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Tonya
Post Number: 6146
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 02:15 am: | 
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Obama outraises Clinton by $10 million in 2nd quarter
Second-quarter lead takes spotlight from his main Democratic rival
By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama has been eager to change the presidential campaign conversation away from national polls, where he trails Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Well, money talks. Subject changed.
On Sunday, the Obama campaign announced second-quarter fundraising totals that show him outraising Clinton by $10 million in contributions that can be spent on the Democratic presidential primary contest.
Obama's campaign on Sunday reported raising at least $31 million for the primary contest and an extra $1.5 million for the general election from April through June, aided by the contributions of 154,000 individual donors.
Clinton's campaign announced late Sunday that she had raised $21 million for the primary. With general election contributions added, aides said her total sum would be "in the range" of $27 million. Candidates can only use general election money if they win their party's nomination.
Obama's whopping amount is a record for a Democratic candidate at this stage of a presidential contest and ensures his place as a top contender for the Democratic nomination. It steals the spotlight from Clinton, his main rival. And it establishes the two of them as the fundraising juggernauts of the entire presidential field.
Counting this quarter's surge of donors, the first-term senator from Illinois has received donations from more than 258,000 donors through the first half of the year, an extraordinary figure at this stage of the campaign. Obama raised $25.7 million in the first three months of the year.
"Together, we have built the largest grass-roots campaign in history for this stage of a presidential race," Obama said in a statement Sunday. "That's the kind of movement that can change the special interest-driven politics in Washington and transform our country. And it's just the beginning."
The Clinton campaign would not divulge its number of donors.
The figures that some campaigns released Sunday are estimates. Details of how much the campaigns raised and spent in the latest period will not be available until the candidates file financial reports with the Federal Election Commission by July 15.
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Five major Democratic presidential candidates announced their second-quarter fundraising totals Sunday. Here are the results:
• Barack Obama: $32.5 million
• Hillary Clinton: $27 million
• John Edwards: $9 million
• Bill Richardson: $7 million
• Christopher Dodd: $3.25 million
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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 4810
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 12:16 pm: |
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Ok all you fair weather fiends. Come out and start licking up under Obama again.
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 9142
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 12:45 pm: |
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So tell us, chrishayden, are you flexing your forked tongue for this purpose? |
Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 858
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 09:50 pm: |
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Well Chris, we'll just have to wait and see. Has he already spent his capital, or is he just getting started (i.e., on a roll to success)? The real question may be - "would you want (him) sitting across the table from Putin, Jintao, Ahmadinejad and a whole host of other very serious characters?" |
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