President Obama raises more than $86M for campaign, DNC

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilHErQ2TRqCjUbvNNU58LSitfgCg?docId=cce3dfeb8d264eba8458399c258da842

President Barack Obama collected $86 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic party during the past three months, giving him a large fundraising advantage over the Republican field seeking to challenge him in 2012.

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a video posted early Wednesday that it raised more than $47 million and the Democratic National Committee brought in more than $38 million through the end of June, building a foundation for advertising and get-out-the-vote efforts in next year's election. Obama's team had set a public goal of $60 million combined.

As expected, the fundraising totals outpace Republicans, who have collectively raised about $35 million so far, although some candidates have yet to release their results. At the same time in 2007, 10 GOP presidential hopefuls had raised more than $118 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the GOP field in fundraising, pulling in more than $18 million during the past three months. An independent fundraising group suppor

Sweet!

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/07/13/obama_reports_massive_fundraising_total.html

President Obama's reelection campaign released a video revealing that they have raised a combined $86 million for Obama for America and the DNC between April and June, shattering previous single-quarter fundraising records and far surpassing the campaign's stated goal of a $60 million haul. The funds were raised from 552,462 donors.

Technically, the campaign raised $47 million while the DNC raised $38 million.

Morning Score: "The $86 million raised for Obama's reelection easily doubles -- and nearly triples -- all the major GOP candidates to announce so far, combined. While there are a few Republicans who haven't shared their numbers, including Michele Bachmann, the group that includes Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich has taken in just $33.1 million."

http://www.politico.com/morningscore/0711/morningscore370.html

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Supreme Court decision on "Citizens United". Koch brothers and their cronies can give all they want.

I saw him in Philly a couple of weeks ago...awesome!

Total....woot!!!!
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