Obama Q1 numbers are in: “at least” $25 mil
Posted on April 4th, 2007 at 10:30 am by Jason Wright, Editor“At least.” Never have two words carried more meaning. Obama’s campaign says they raised “at least” $25 million smackers during Q1. If on April 15th when final numbers are reported, we learn that “at least” $25 million meant over $26 million, someone might want to hide the china in Hillary’s kitchen and get Bill a cup.
Obama Rivals Clinton in Fundraising
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
8:03 AM PDT, April 4, 2007DAVENPORT, Iowa — Democrat Barack Obama raked in $25 million for his presidential bid in the first three months of 2007, placing him on a par with front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and dashing her image as the party’s inevitable nominee.
The eye-popping figure was the latest evidence that Obama, a political newcomer who has served just two years in the Senate, has emerged as the most powerful new force in presidential politics this year. It also reinforced his status as a significant threat to Clinton, who’d hoped her own $26 million first quarter fundraising total would begin to squeeze her rivals out of contention.
While Clinton has honed a vast national fundraising network through two Senate campaigns and her husband’s eight years as president, Obama launched his bid for the White House with a relatively small donor base concentrated largely in Illinois, his home state. But his early opposition to the Iraq war and voter excitement over his quest to be the first black president quickly fueled a powerful fundraising machine.
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[…] The speculation is that his dollar total should be somewhere in the same neighborhood as the $25 million he raised last quarter, which put him neck-and-neck with Hillary. […]