At least when it comes to fundraising for the second quarter of 2007:
July 1 (Bloomberg) — Illinois Senator Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million in the last three months, outpacing New York Senator Hillary Clinton and breaking fund-raising records for a Democratic presidential candidate.
At least $31 million of Obama’s total is for his primary bid, with the rest available only if he wins the Democratic nomination and enters the general election campaign. By comparison, Clinton raised about $27 million, including more than $21 million for the primaries, spokesman Blake Zeff said.
Obama, 45, is concentrating on building a large base of smaller donors who may keep giving rather than big contributors who give the maximum allowed in one check. So far, he has received money from more than 258,000 donors, his campaign said today. Clinton, 59, had about 60,000 donors in the first quarter; she hasn’t released her latest figure.
“Obama’s fundraising edge over Clinton helps compensate for her consistent 10-15 percent lead in the polls,” said Thomas Mann, a scholar at Washington’s Brookings Institution. “The two of them occupy the top tier.”
Obama said in a statement that he has created “the largest grassroots campaign in history for this stage of a presidential race.” His total number of donors includes 154,000 contributors added in the second quarter alone.
In a word, interesting…..
In a few months it may become rather amusing that a story on Barack and Hillary is sourced from “Bloomberg”…! Speaking of whom, the manufacturing guys at Evolving Excellence just commented on him.
http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/blog/2007/07/leadership-bloo.html
Ken
Now that Obama has been potty-trained by AIPAC he is “allowed” to lead.
VOTE FOR HILLARY, PRESIDENT OF THE USA! SHE GETS IT.