Obama Raises $52 Million in June
ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: In an email to supporters this morning, Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign announced the presumptive Democratic nominee raised $52 million in the month of June.
The $52 milllion the Obama raised in June—the month the primary campaign ended—is a far bigger haul than the “only” $22 million he raised in May, his worst fundraising month of the year. It approaches but not does exceed his record $55 million in February.
Earlier this month, Republican presidential nominee John McCain announced his June fundraising numbers: $22 million, McCain’s best fundraising month of the year.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/obama-raises-52.html
Obama was the fund raising master in the primaries, no doubt about it, but with many of his biggest-money contributors having already maxed out the amount they can legally donate to him and with Hillary’s backers balking at forking over any cash he’s in serious trouble given the above spending levels.With staff cut backs likely to make the candidate Oprah is now calling “the one” look a bit less messianic than we’ve become accustomed to neither option is all that good.
