The 4th Quarter fundraising numbers are out, and they contain some troubling news for the GOP:
Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama outraised the four Republican presidential candidates — John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul — $49.6 million to $42.2 million in the last three months of 2007, according to finance reports made public Thursday night.
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Sens. Clinton of New York and Obama of Illinois continued their fundraising dominance in the fourth quarter of last year. Clinton brought in $26.8 million, while Obama raised $22.8 million.
Compare that to the GOP candidates, none of whom came close to matching either Democrat.
McCain, the Arizona senator who has emerged as the front-runner, raised $6.8 million but had to take out a loan to keep his campaign afloat. Romney, the wealthy former Massachusetts governor, brought in $9 million in contributions but loaned his campaign twice that amount. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, raised $6.6 million. And topping the field with an impressive $19.7 million raised in the fourth quarter was Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman, though he barely registers in polls.
Think about that. Ron Paul counted for nearly 50% of the total amount of money raised by all the Republican candidates and even he raised $ 3 million less than Obama and $ 7 million less than Clinton. And he’s not going to be the nominee.
