Romney and His Cheerleaders Don't Get a Do-Over For Sept. - Obama's Grassroots Just Outmatched Them.

NYT:

_____ In an e-mail message to top donors and fund-raisers on Monday afternoon, Mr. Romney’s campaign said that it had raised $170 million in September, nearly as much as the near-record $181 million raised by Mr. Obama, but needed to bring in even more money in October to capitalize on Mr. Romney’s surge in swing states like Florida and Ohio.

While Mr. Romney’s fund-raising has kept roughly on pace with Mr. Obama’s since the beginning of the summer, his dollar totals lean more heavily on large checks to the Republican National Committee, which must pay higher rates for political advertising and is allowed to spend only a limited amount on ads coordinated with Mr. Romney’s campaign.

With less ready cash in its own accounts, Mr. Romney’s campaign was forced to restrain its spending during the summer advertising war — and take out a $20 million loan — while the president’s campaign went up on the air with a barrage of negative ads intended to define Mr. Romney early as a wealthy, out-of-touch venture capitalist. The Romney campaign is eager to strike back now, at a time when it believes that most undecided voters are just starting to tune in.

read: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/romney-raises-170-million-to-finance-final-push/
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from WaPo:

The Romney campaign said its September fundraising was fueled by small-dollar donors. More than 1 million people gave $250 or less, accounting for about 93 percent of total donations.

read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/romney-campaign-raised-170-million-in-september/2012/10/15/2957a3ce-16fe-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_print.html
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Obama Campaign Gained 1.8 Million Donors and $181 Million Raised In Sept. (1,825,813 people)