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I guess the Republicans are in for long time out of power. What happened?
Written by GussCampaign contributors to the 2008 presidential candidates heavily favored Democrats in the three-month period that ended Saturday, giving three dollars to the party’s leading contenders for every two dollars they gave to the top Republican candidates.
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s 258,000 contributors since January exceed the combined number of donors of former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), according to estimates provided by the campaigns.
Romney announced yesterday that he has lent his campaign $6.5 million from his personal fortune to supplement the $14 million he raised from April through June. Giuliani’s campaign said it raised about $15 million during the quarter. Last week, McCain announced a dramatic staff shake-up after raising only $11 million, leaving him with just $2 million in the bank.
During the quarter, Obama (Ill.) raised $32.5 million, $31 million of which can be used in the primaries. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) raised $21 million for the primaries and a total of about $27 million in the same period.
The fundraising results continued a striking reversal of fortunes for Democratic presidential hopefuls, who have often labored with less money than their Republican counterparts.
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~J~ Says:
July 4th, 2007 at 2:51 pmVisit ~J~
Right now they’re raising cash for primaries which don’t start until the beginning of next year. I think the fact they started campaigning in late November, early December has turned off a lot of people as far as contributing right now.
I remember Bill Clinton announced his candidacy in September of the year before the primaries, so we’re not even there yet.
Many who have given to the Democrats may be maxed out as far as the allowable amount of money they can give to any one candidate for the primaries goes.
I think Republicans are just waiting to see if Thompson jumps into the race and will then start donating as that would be more typical of the general starting time of a political campaign.
I’m sick of the long campaign and a pox on their houses for participating in it.
I haven’t given any money yet because I’m waiting to see what Fred Thompson does. Also, I don’t generally give much to primaries but save my money to go to the general election.