Obama Vs. Romney in Fundraising..

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No suprise here that Obama has 10 times the amount Romney has on hand..

104 million to 10.1 million...

Romney's campaign has raised less then it did in 08, while the Obama campaign has raised more:

Despite a hard-fought primary contest, Romney’s fundraising has lagged compared with 2008, though his finances that year were bolstered by a personal loan of more than $40 million. Romney, a wealthy former private equity manager, has not contributed any of his own money to the campaign this time around.

Obama and the DNC have raised a combined $359 million since he launched his reelection effort, including $197 million for the president’s campaign. Obama had raised about $240 million by this time four years ago, according to data from the Campaign Finance Institute.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...y.html?hpid=z2

Good thing Romney has the Super PACS to help him, because the everyday people certainly are not..

[Balt Observer]

One major bright spot for Romney comes from conservative super PACs and other independent groups, which are not restrained by campaign-finance limits and outraised both Romney and the Republican National Committee in the early months of the year.

That puts Crossroads ahead of Romney’s campaign — which reported raising $31.2 million in the same period — and the Republican National Committee, which brought in $44 million, records show. Crossroads and other independent groups are expected to spend hundreds of millions of dollars attacking Obama over the next 6-1/2 months.

The Romney campaign viewed the numbers as positive and said they were in a good position to challenge Obama. “Mitt Romney’s continued strong fundraising shows that voters across the country are tired of the failures from President Obama,” finance chairman Spencer Zwick said in a statement. “We will continue the hard work to raise the necessary funds to defeat President Obama and change the direction of the country.”

Romney has plenty of money and backing. Let the demolition of the Husseinic messiah continue.

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Romneys rich friends and super PACS vs. Millions of everyday people contributing to Obama..

Romney can't do it on his own, which is obvious..Clearly the everyday people are flooding Obamas campaign with donations...He has raise d10 times the amount..He is above his 08 totals, while Romney is behind in his..

The Super PACS are not necessarily for Romney, they are for the party..They probably wish they had someone other than Romney lilke most of his party does..

Individual fundraising can show you who the everyday people are supporting..

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Big money coming Obama's way..

President Obama’s reelection campaign has been rapidly increasing the number of big money “bundlers” collecting checks for his reelection, doubling the number of financiers who have brought in at least $500,000.

The influx during the first quarter of the year shows the president is getting an especially warm embrace from Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry, partly making up for a drop in support from Wall Street after Democrats passed broad new regulations for the financial sector, according to a list of fundraisers released by the campaign on Friday.

“We’ve had to raise without the same sense of early urgency,” said Andy Spahn, a top fundraiser for Obama in Hollywood. “But the race is coming into focus and the donor community is really starting to step up.”

The campaign has 13 top fundraisers from the entertainment industry, including actor Tyler Perry, film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and Miramax founder Harvey Weinstein. In 2008, just three of the top fundraisers hailed from the industry.

Obama will be at actor George Clooney’s house on May 10 for another high-dollar dinner, slated to be the biggest event of his reelection with an expected haul of more than $3 million.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...y.html?hpid=z2

Must be nice to have such big influential names on your side...

But hey, Romney has Nugent and Kid Rock..

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That 3 million dollar haul at Clooney's house in May will be a big one...

Nice to have the backing of so many influential people..

Maybe Ted Nugent can have a big squirrel fry at his house for Romney sometime.

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Then there is the mystery of Mr. Romney’s bundlers. Candidates such as Mr. McCain, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, among others, voluntarily did the right thing and revealed the identity of these major fundraisers. Mr. Romney, despite the undeniable importance of these individuals, has declined to follow that practice.

Bundlers play a crucial role for political candidates, collecting donations that can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars to fuel campaigns. The candidates know full well to whom they are indebted. Perhaps Mr. Romney can explain why the public isn’t entitled to the same information.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/2012/0...e.html?hpid=z3

Obama is proud to release the names of those that are having fundraising events for him..

Romney, seems embarrased to release his list...I guess he is simply keeping more secrets from the American public..

Romney's is losing the little appeal with the American public that he had...