Obama More Than Doubles McCain Fund-raising in June

From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(CHICAGO) Barack Obama raised $52 million in the month of June, leaving him with almost $72 million cash on hand, according to his campaign. Campaign manager David Plouffe reported the numbers early this morning in an e-mail to supporters asking them for more donations.

“[W]e're facing a Republican machine with unprecedented resources at its disposal... It's going to take everything we've got to defeat John McCain and the Republican National Committee in November,” Plouffe wrote adding that McCain and the Republican National Committee have almost $100 million cash at hand.

Truth be told, McCain and the RNC announced last week they had a combined $95 million on hand as of the end of June. Obama's $72 million on hand added to the Democratic National Committee's $20 million on hand in June leaves them only a few million dollars short of McCain and the GOP, denting the Obama campaign argument that they're facing a "Republican machine with unprecedented resources at its disposal."

Obama spent a substantial amount of time in June attending high dollar fund-raisers through out the country. At several events, supporters contributed as much as $28,500 per person to attend dinner or even breakfast with the presumptive Democratic nominee. Billionaire Warren Buffet and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V. were among the many notable wealthy donors who contributed to Obama’s general election fund.

Despite his fund-raising success with high dollar donors, the campaign maintains that the vast number of donations are still acquired online. The campaign reports that the average donation in June was just $68.