As Coffers Expand and Contract, Strategies Emerge

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By LESLIE WAYNE and ARON PILHOFER
Published: October 22, 2007

If campaign spending is any measure of political activity, then Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are all in a race to see whose wallet is open the widest.

Spending reports filed by the presidential campaigns for the July to September quarter show that Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney are all spending about equally. Mrs. Clinton slightly leads the pack with expenses of $22.6 million, compared with $21.5 million for Mr. Obama and $21.3 million for Mr. Romney.

But behind those numbers are wide differences in how the campaigns spend their money. And that provides a glimpse into the different strategies of their campaigns, and the financial challenges each candidate faces.

With the early primaries less than three months away, all candidates have been spending money almost as fast as they can raise it. The Democratic presidential hopefuls as a group raised $66 million in the third quarter, and spent $67 million. Republican presidential candidates took in $57 million in the quarter and spent $52 million.

More at the link - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/us/politics/22spending.html

This is an interesting article that offers some breakdowns of candidate spending.