Obama Outraises Clinton 2-1 in March

[MelissaB]

Obama Outraises Clinton 2-1 in March

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer
Thu Apr 3, 7:21 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama raked in $40 million in March, leaving Hillary Rodham Clinton and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing his campaign treasury so he can outspend her in the crucial Pennsylvania primary.

His haul in new donations also buttressed his argument to Democratic superdelegates that he has built a vast network of donors and volunteers that they wouldn't want to lose by denying him the nomination.

Obama has attracted nearly 1.3 million donors, largely through the Internet.

He has raised $131 million in just the first three months of this year to $70 million for Clinton. Republican John McCain's campaign has not revealed his March fundraising, but he has been far behind the Democrats, raising less than $23 million in January and February combined.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money


If this is old news, please ignore.

[tekisui]

1. He's damn near 2:1 on the year!

[DJ13]

2. And if the $12 million she's in debt is removed

That leaves a net of $8 million left after March.

(Provided she pays those bills instead of letting them slide more.)

[Boz]

6. How much of this was lockboxed for the General and how much can she use in the primary bills

In addition has she done any loaning again or was this actually "RAISED", remember they reported that 5 million dollar loan as part of her fund raising total in January.

[MelissaB]

13. Wow! I've never seen 0 posts. Must be a glitch, but welcome to DU.

:hi:

[Boz]

16. Thanks for the welcome, yeah I seem to be a ghost in the machine, when it comes to posts

Ill just be hiding over here:yoiks: :hide:

Thanks again for the welcome.
:headbang:

[beachmom]

8. By any chance do you have an article that cites the $12 million in debt?

I hadn't heard that figure before.

[ORDem]

14. Plus you need to remove any donations she got for the GE. She can't spend that in the primary.

She has a much smaller donor base than Obama, meaning that most of her donors are maxed out. The only way they get around that is to give to her GE fund. So, her monthly numbers get inflated, they get a refund if she doesn't make it. This is exactly what she did last month. She gives the gross number, but doesn't release the actual split until the 20th. She's in a serious financial hole and I don't see how she effectively competes in the next primaries.

:dem:

[Thrill]

3. Repukes are the ones scared shitless about this

If raises this kind of money in the GE. They are going to have big problems

[MelissaB]

4. BTW, I saw this news on my bank page. It said "breaking news."

[MelissaB]

5. Old news?

[Cha]

7. And Obama said he could never have done

this without us and he's not gonna forget just like Dean didn't forget us.

[quantass]

9. k&r

[MelissaB]

10. morning kick

:kick:

[DemVet]

11. But he's down $15 mil from the previous month.

[DerekJ]

12. lol :)

[scheming daemons]

15. So's she.... he went from 55 to 40... she went from 35 to 20....

.... a much bigger percentage drop than her.


By the way... Obama's March total is the second-largest total by ANY CANDIDATE in this campaign cycle. Hillary's BEST month doesn't touch Barack's March.