Richard Tafoya
Jul 1st, 2007, 07:19 PM
McKlatchy Newspapers:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/17538.html
Barack Obama has raised more in a three-month period than any Democratic presidential contender in history, his campaign said Sunday, giving the freshman senator a symbolic boost and $32.5 million as he chases Sen. Hillary Clinton's significant early lead in national polls.
As Obama and Clinton prepared to travel to Iowa this week for days of rival campaigning, the third-place Democrat, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina had to make do with $9 million for the second quarter of the year, which ended Saturday.
That met Edwards' announced goal but represents only a third of the $27 million Clinton's campaign estimates it will report for the same period, and compared more closely with the $7 million announced by distant fourth-place Democrat New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
While the second-quarter reports aren't due at the Federal Election Commission for another two weeks, and it remains unclear how much cash remains unspent among the various candidates, Republican campaigns already have acknowledged that their fund-raising will lag behind that of Clinton of New York and Obama of Illinois.
That may speak to GOP voters' uncertainty about their field at this stage -- or an overall anti-war, anti-President Bush sentiment that could be tamping down enthusiasm within the party and pushing independent voters toward Democrats.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/17538.html
Barack Obama has raised more in a three-month period than any Democratic presidential contender in history, his campaign said Sunday, giving the freshman senator a symbolic boost and $32.5 million as he chases Sen. Hillary Clinton's significant early lead in national polls.
As Obama and Clinton prepared to travel to Iowa this week for days of rival campaigning, the third-place Democrat, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina had to make do with $9 million for the second quarter of the year, which ended Saturday.
That met Edwards' announced goal but represents only a third of the $27 million Clinton's campaign estimates it will report for the same period, and compared more closely with the $7 million announced by distant fourth-place Democrat New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
While the second-quarter reports aren't due at the Federal Election Commission for another two weeks, and it remains unclear how much cash remains unspent among the various candidates, Republican campaigns already have acknowledged that their fund-raising will lag behind that of Clinton of New York and Obama of Illinois.
That may speak to GOP voters' uncertainty about their field at this stage -- or an overall anti-war, anti-President Bush sentiment that could be tamping down enthusiasm within the party and pushing independent voters toward Democrats.