The $50 million man? Obama may shatter donation record.

Sources say the Illinois senator shatters monthly donation records, tops Clinton's own hefty $35 million haul

FT. WORTH — Fundraising numbers in the Democratic race for president shot into the stratosphere in the month of February, with reports from aides to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama putting the staggering combined figure at somewhere in the range of $85 million.

Clinton touted the news that she had raised $35 million as evidence of the vitality of her campaign, as she conducted a furious day of campaigning in Ohio and Texas, where voters could decide her fate in the campaign on Tuesday.

The Obama camp responded coyly, saying only that they would surpass the $35 million figure by reporting "considerably more"—and then sat back without official comment amid news reports of their skyrocketing February total.

One member of Obama's finance committee told the Tribune that some reports from within the campaign indicate their fundraising could hit $50 million this month.

Even by the most conservative reading, the campaign totals have now shattered yet another ceiling—for the amount of money raised in a single month. Already, the funds raised and spent in the Democratic primary race have dwarfed that of every nominating contest in U.S. history.

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