Clinton and Obama raise $100,000,000 each.

[calteacherguy]

Clinton and Obama raise $100m each

Ewen MacAskill in Des Moines
Wednesday January 2, 2008
The Guardian

Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama go into tomorrow's Iowa caucuses each with $100m in the bank, easily outstripping all previous records to produce the most expensive election in history.

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Midnight on Monday was the last day of the fundraising quarter, during which Obama raised $20m. Although the teams do not have to formally declare how much they raised until the end of the month, both the Clinton and Obama teams indicated they had exceeded $100m (£50m). The total raised by all the candidates is far and away above that raised in any other non-election year. George Bush raised $131.8m in 2003 but he was seeking re-election unopposed by Republicans, not part of a crowded field as in this contest.

David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, told his staff that competing in the primary and caucus states up until February 5 would need "at least $100m" and Obama had that at his disposal.

Edwards, who has been squeezed by Obama and Clinton, raised about $4m-$5m.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/story/0,,2234033,00.html

[Sanity Claws]

1. That's an obscene amount of money

Something must be done to stop this kind of insane spending.

[Adelante]

3. Yeah

It makes me ill. It's got to stop.

[monmouth]

2. And yet 30% of registered voters are still "Undecided." ......eom

[jenmito]

4. And before Edwards fans claim moral superiority, let's remind them Edwards TRIED to raise that much

and only when it was clear he COULDN'T did he claim he'd "take a principled stand" and accept matching funds (after previously saying he'd forego them). He and his campaign are STILL pretending he did it on principle and not out of necessity.

[onehandle]

5. Again?

Because this was posted several times yesterday.

They must be up to Billions by now.

[jenmito]

6. Sorry your guy couldn't raise as much as he first hoped!

:hi:

[onehandle]

9. President Hillary Clinton!

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

:hi:

[jenmito]

10. All signs point to no.

Maybe you should change your avatar. :hi:

[peoli]

7. Obama has my $10

I hope it puts him over the top

[jenmito]

8. He got $25 whole dollars from me!

That equals $35! :hi: