Obama raises $22 million in May

Which gives him an extra 85 million

Hence, the complete silence from Camp Obama until now. This is what happens when everyone assumes you don't need money, Just like what happened to the Clinton campaign late in the game.

Hopefully, the Obama campaign will get more aggressive in raising more money from June onwards.

This is what happens when everyone assumes you don't need money, Just like what happened to the Clinton campaign late in the game.

I'm pretty sure I didn't donate in May. The primaries were winding down and it was pretty clear to me that Obama would win the nomination, plus I've been holding onto my money so that I could donate towards the GE.

I made my first GE donation yesterday. I'm going to try to give 10 or 20 bucks a week until November.

May also..to help get him over the primary hump. Obama campaign will raise more and more money..we're going to win.

I didn't see any reason to give him another one for the month... Clinton was not a serious contender at that point and he hadn't yet begun the campaign against McCain.

When he brought up the possibility of Obama paying off Clinton's debt. I think that stopped the rush of money that would have otherwise come in when he won the North Carolina primary and came closer than expected in Indiana.

I kind of had a feeling this would happen. The fact that he waited until now to release his fundraising numbers was a pretty good indication.

It wouldn't have mattered much if the DNC was pulling its weight financially. As of last month, the RNC had over $50M while the DNC had just $4M. http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/rnc-raised-24.4-million-nrcc-struggle-continues-2008-06-20.html

The McCain-RNC $$$ combo is walloping the Obama-DNC $$$ combo.


Thank God Obama wised up and ditched public financing or he would have been really screwed.

to use between now and September. Also he can roll his primary funds into his GE account after the convention.

as we donated other months. Our donation for June will be smaller as well. We've had a lot of other expenses this month, but we're doing what we can. :-)

http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2008/M6/C00431445.html

He paid off most of his April debt as well (~2 mil).

6. Cash on Hand at BEGINNING of the Reporting Period 46,555,057.05
7. Total Receipts This Period 23,348,774.15
8. Subtotal (6 + 7) 69,903,831.20
9. Total Disbursements This Period 26,756,497.40
10. Cash on Hand at CLOSE of the Reporting Period 43,147,333.80
11. Debts and Obligations Owed TO the Committee 0.00
Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D
12. Debts and Obligations Owed BY the Committee 304,162.77
Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D
13. Expenditures Subject To Limitation 0.00
14. NET Contributions (Other than Loans) 286,381,726.40
15. NET Operating Expenditures 244,212,855.54

http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2008/M6/C00430470.html

His best month is worse than our worst month by $1,855,044.43

and welcome.

Without a showdown like primary night i think we all get complacent and donate less. I think heated debates and inspirational speeches of "we're almost there" and "we have X months to go" help rejuvenate & refocus things though. Obama will be fine financially as long as he keeps up with what he's been doing.

The DNC was being threatened with withholding fundraising. I think people became confused about how the primary would end.

Big donors are not yet on board with Obama and the DNC..many are still with Clinton.

It will take time.