2016 Postmortem

Renew Deal

(81,859 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:29 PM Jul 2015

Comparing 2015 2nd Quarter fundraising to 2007

2007
$33 Obama
$27 Clinton
$9 Edwards
$7 Richardson
$3.2 Dodd
$2.45 Biden
$757K Kucinich

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/16/clinton-obama-edwards-bank-almost-100-million

2015
$45 Clinton
>$7.4 Sanders
The rest TBA

I was initially going to post that Sanders raised a good amount of money and it will make him credible. Then I saw that Richardson raised almost as much in 2007 and we know how that turned out.

Still, I think the $7.4 is a nice chunk of change and enough to mount a fairly credible campaign. They can't buy the airwaves in every market, but they have resources to use.

The big question is can they keep it up, and has Sanders been fundraising to his full potential.

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Comparing 2015 2nd Quarter fundraising to 2007 (Original Post) Renew Deal Jul 2015 OP

I tend to agree with Mia Farrow's twitter post tonight. madfloridian Jul 2015 #1

What they need and what they get are different stories. Renew Deal Jul 2015 #3

7 million is not enough. He needs more money if he wants to win. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #2

you hope virtualobserver Jul 2015 #5

A modern candidate will need more money. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #6

only if they run a traditional inefficient campaign... virtualobserver Jul 2015 #7

Well he will have to prove that. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #8

that is when creativity occurs virtualobserver Jul 2015 #9

It costs less to compete with one other rival, and his message is clear enough CanadaexPat Jul 2015 #4

madfloridian

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1. I tend to agree with Mia Farrow's twitter post tonight.

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:33 PM

Jul 2015

https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/616287096492425216

mia farrow retweeted Los Angeles Times

This is not ok! A qualified person should not need $45m to be President. #ugh

mia farrow added,
Los Angeles Times @latimes
Hillary Clinton on track to raise a record $45m, dwarfing what next-closest rival, Bernie Sanders, is likely to raise http://lat.ms/1Hxe5NZ

BTW I think Bernie's figures are higher by now, but nowhere near 45 million.