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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:11 PM
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Obama fundraising report signals juggernaut campaign
Source: The Washington Post

Nearly 250 bundlers have raised $50,000 or more for President Obama just three months into the 2012 campaign, including more than two dozen who have each raised $500,000 or more.

The bundler list and other data released Friday provide further evidence of an astonishingly successful fundraising effort by Obama even amid a struggling economy and mediocre approval ratings.

Obama’s official campaign raised $46.3 million and spent $11 million from April to June of this year, according to new documents filed with the Federal Election Commission. That left it with a whopping $37 million in case, including money left over from the first quarter. Obama also brought in $39.3 million in a joint fundraising effort with the Democratic National Committee, filings show.

The numbers put Obama far ahead of his GOP rivals, who are led by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with about $18 million raised. The rest of the Republican field lags well behind with $5 million or less raised by each of them in the second quarter.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-fundraising-report-signals-juggernaut-campaign/2011/07/15/gIQAVQ4gGI_story.html
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libmom74 Donating Member (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:34 PM
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1. We'll see if his
Wall Street investors and wealthy backers get their money's worth when the debt ceiling talks are over. I have a bad feeling that they will.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:59 PM
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6. You know a list of his donors was posted on DU. You should check and see how many are actually
bankers.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:36 PM
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2. Psh - "Mediocre approval ratings." It's a surprise he's even doing as well in polls
as he is, given the way things are going and the way he is treated in the media and by Republican leaders.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:46 PM
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3. Corporations bidding for the most they can get -- against us all -- !!
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:00 PM
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7. He doesn't accept PAC money.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:12 PM
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9. And there's no bundling .... !! Just happened that Obama preserved the private
health care system in back room deals -- and with Big Pharma --

having nothing to do with the fact that they were among his largest

contributors --


:rofl:

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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:26 PM
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12. You mean the healthcare reform bill the industry fought tooth and nail against?
That one? Yeah, keep believing that there miraculously would have been single payer for all if only it weren't for Evil Obama. And while you're at it, we never landed on the moon. :eyes:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:58 PM
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:00 PM
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8. Oh look- it's another "they're both the same" post. Welcome to DU.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:13 PM
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10. If there are any differences ... they're FADING FAST -- !!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 09:59 PM
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:13 PM
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11. Great point -- sad as it is !!
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theophilus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 10:28 PM
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13. Thank God! There is NO better use for that money, imo. n/t
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