posted on October 9, 2007 08:52:12 AM new
Unlike Romney, Clinton gets money from OTHER people
Warning: Neocons may be scared and wet their pants...stand back.
Clinton tops Obama in 3rd quarter fundraising
N.Y. senator raises $22 million for primary; Obama ahead overall for '07
MSNBC video
New fundraising numbers
Oct. 2: For the first time in the race for the White House, Hillary Clinton tops Democrats in the quarterly race for primary campaign cash.
In her own words
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., touches upon the primary themes of her presidential campaign — Iraq, foreign policy, immigration and health care.
NBC News Web Extra
Updated: 9:42 a.m. CT Oct 2, 2007
WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $22 million for her presidential primary campaign this summer, outpacing all other candidates so far with her best three-month showing of the year.
Her total fundraising of nearly $80 million for the 2008 presidential race, reported Tuesday, puts her on a par with her chief Democratic fundraising rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. He still leads Clinton in money raised for the primaries alone, though trailing in national opinion polls.
Obama reported raising at last $19 million from July through September for the primaries. He has raised a total of $75 million for the primary season and about $4 million for the general election next year.
Clinton's summer donations bring her total primary dollars raised this year to $62 million. The New York senator also raised $5 million for the general election in the quarter, adding to $12.6 million from previous quarters.
She also supplemented her fundraising earlier this year with a $10 million transfer from her 2006 Senate campaign.
This was the first quarter that Clinton has raised more than Obama, who has given her an unexpectedly tight competition in the money race.
"This is the moment when you showed that America is ready for change and that you are ready to make history," campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle said on the campaign's Web site in a message to supporters. "This is the moment when your dedication defied the skeptics. The early primaries and caucuses are coming up fast. We're going to need your help a lot in the next few months."
The Clinton campaign said her third-quarter contributions included money from 100,000 new donors, surpassing the 93,000 the Obama campaign said it attracted during the summer. Overall, the Obama campaign has said it has attracted 350,000 donors.
"More than 350,000 Americans have already signaled the kind of change they want in Washington by contributing to the Obama campaign," spokesman Bill Burton said. "We have raised a historic $74.9 million in dollars available for primary spending, without transferring one cent from any other campaign fund and with no money from federal lobbyists or PACs."
posted on October 9, 2007 02:26:17 PM new
We desperately need public financing. We shouldn't be basing our decisions on President based on how much money they raise, but rather what their merits are.
It bugs me when you hear about who raised how much money which normally equates to their poll numbers and how much air time they get in debates.
posted on October 9, 2007 06:09:27 PM new
I agree 100%, shag, but now it's who can raise the most money(if no one in YOUR party owns the company that makes the voting machines) and I just posted how well Hillary was doing to scare the neocons
posted on October 9, 2007 08:49:18 PM new
Hillary's $$ isn't the scariest thing for them. Have you noticed that not one avowed Republican on this board has taken a position in favor of one of their "candidates"?
posted on October 9, 2007 11:43:54 PM new
Yes, profe, I have mentioned it. But, as shown in the "14 points" thread, they haven't the courage to take a stand.
I think they realize that the Republican line up of all white males hasn't got much substance. For instance, do they want their so-called "family values" touted by Rutting Rudy or Naughty Newty ?
Or by ...let's see...was there any others....Oh ya, Fred THE HOLLYWOOD ACTOR Thompson....and "I Can Buy Myself a Campaign" Romney.....
WOW! What a field...no wonder the neocons in here are so quiet.
I guess all they CAN do is attack Clinton...
I haven't backed any specific Democratic candidate because there's so many good ones! I'll back any Democrat who gets the nomination because whoever it is will be so superior to the present occupant of the White House (and I think a lot of other people feel the same way).
[ edited by mingotree on Oct 10, 2007 12:10 AM ]
