From the daily archives: Saturday, August 16, 2008
The July campaign finance numbers are in …
Obama raised $51 million.
McCain only raised about half that- $27 million.
More importantly, Obama picked up 65,000 new donors- surpassing the 2 Million donor mark.
These are regular Americans who understand his message and his positions enough to contribute their hard-earned cash to a political candidate during these crappy economic times. That really says something about Obama- maybe even more than the actual amount of money raised.
McCain, on the other hand, has received ten times the contributions from CEOs than Obama- including $15,000 to McCain’s Victory […]
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