They pulled in $ 52 million in June alone:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama’s campaign on Thursday announced it raised $52 million last month — more than double the amount rival John McCain brought in, according to campaign officials for the presumed Democratic presidential nominee.
As the money comes in for Obama, his campaign is investing in states that have traditionally been Republican strongholds.
Obama’s campaign now has $72 million cash on hand — meaning that’s how much they currently have to spend, campaign officials said Thursday.
The average donation to Obama in June was $68, the officials said, bringing the monthly total to more than twice the $22 million raised in May.
Now do you understand why he decided to opt-out of public financing ?
July 18th, 2008 at 8:34 am
[...] Moreover, the fact that the Obama campaign is clearly gearing up for a major effort in all parts of Virginia would seem to indicate that they think they have a chance to win the state, and, more importantly, that they have the resources to at least make things very rough for McCain here. [...]