Obama's February Haul: $55 Million

Record Fundraising Total Eclipses Clinton's Numbers

(AP)  Democratic Sen. Barack Obama raised a record $55 million in February for his presidential campaign, eclipsing rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's own substantial fundraising for the month. All told, Obama has raised $193 million during his yearlong bid for the White House.

The campaign's announcement Thursday came two days after Obama lost three out of four primaries to Clinton. Clinton's victories stopped his winning streak and extended the race into an unpredictable future.

Obama's February total was his second fundraising record. He raised $36 million in January, more than any other presidential candidate who has ever been in a contested primary.

More than $54 million of the February money was for the primary election. His combined January and February totals nearly matched was he raised last year. The campaign said it raised $45 million through the Internet in February and had 385,000 new contributors for a total of more than 1 million donors.

Riding her victory wave, Clinton's camp announced Thursday that she raised $4 million online since Tuesday's presidential primary successes in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.

The Clinton campaign said it had raised the money from the time polls closed Tuesday through noon Thursday. It reported 30,000 new donors. The influx of money made their online total raised for this month $6 million, the campaign announced.

Clinton raised an impressive $35 million in February, a significant recovery from January when Obama raised more than twice her total. But Obama has outpaced her both in fundraising and spending during the nominating contests.

"We're going to have the funds we need to keep this campaign going, to keep Hillary Clinton's message out there," senior adviser Ann Lewis said in a teleconference with reporters.

Past victories have also caused upticks in giving. The Clinton campaign, for instance, raised more than $1 million in the 24 hours following her New Hampshire victory on Jan. 8. Obama raised $1.2 million the day after winning the Iowa caucuses and he raised even more in the 24 hours after losing in New Hampshire.

Clinton had to lend her campaign $5 million at the end of January, but has seen her finances improve since then. She reported raising $34 million for the primary in February.

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The Money Race
Check out January tallies for Republicans and Democrats including how much they've raised and spent since the campaign began.

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Obama and his allies outspent her in Texas and Ohio in advertising.

Both campaigns have been the top fundraisers of the entire presidential field, raising $100 million each in 2007.

[joandavis2]

Time: After the Election
Winner: Barack Hussein Obama 44th President of the United States! Amazing!
Jesse Louis Jackson: Vice President! Who else!
His Cabinet:
Louis Farrakhan; a known Anti-Semite, secretary of defense.
Mrs. Obama Secretary of Education: Teaching Black children that white people keep us down! Continuing the perceived racial bigotry!
Jeremiah Wright Homeland security:
Vision for America: He said
White America" had the 9/11 attacks coming, while calling for business "divestment from Israel," a "racist" state along with America.
Al" Sharpton Jr. National Security Adviser!

[paris1969]

after Tuesday I bet a lot of people would like to have a refund!!

[tonytlh]

Huh? Who cares about how much money they made in February. We''re one week into March already. I guess the media needed to throw something at "Hillary''s $4 million in one day" news. They outspent Clinton 3-1 in both Ohio and Texas and still lost.

[singingrick]

joandavis2


Wow, how do you do it? You''ve got the longest post on the page and there''s absolutely nothing substantive in it. What''s the matter, your swift-boat run out of gas?

[repdemapart]

$55 Million Dollars - HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAH !!!!! and he still lost... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!

[yaliktono]

This is absolutely ridiculus! You (CBS and other news agencies) knew that this guy raised 50+ million last week. Now, after he outspent Clinton by 2:1 in the most recent primaries; after you spewed hyperbole about his massive surge in Ohio and Texas, and; after he got his eloquent, but astonishingly hollow, ambition filled, arrogant, butt kicked by Clinton; you decide this is newsworthy?!?!?!?!?!!! I wonder if, in the near future, you will be reporting about the 3 million coming in every day for Clinton. Your pathetically transparent attempt, and the same of Obama supporters, to bolster the candidacy of this deeply flawed, shell of ambition is..............well, it is what it is!

GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[repdemapart]

EVERYBODY IS WORRIED AND FOCUSED ON THE DELAGATE COUNT.

MATHEMATICALLY, HILLARY DOES NOT HAVE IT TO MAKE IT THE NOMONATION.

BUT OBAMA DOES NOT HAVE THE ELECTORAL VOTES TO WIN THE NOV ELECTION. THE STATES HE WON - WILL NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH ELECTORAL VOTES TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE.

AND BESIDES STATES LIKE IDAHO AND UTAH NEVER VOTES DEMOCRAT IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS.... DUH !!!

COPY PASTE LINK BELOW AND SEE. YOU PEOPLE ARE SO SHORT-TERM MINDED

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/tough_math_on_the_democratic_s.html

[repdemapart]

DID YOU GUYS WATCH OBAMA''S CONCESSION SPEECH TUESDAY NIGHT? HE WAS ABSOLUTELY SCARY... HE DID NOT SMILE THROUGHOUT THE SPEECH AND HIS EYES AND THE COLOR OF HIS LIPS WERE DIABOLIC-LOOKING!

EEEEWWWW !!!!!

[smashwl7]

Obama is a master at raising money and runs his campaign with ruthless efficiency, I wonder if he will run the US government the same way

We need some body that knows how to get our budget in order.

[gwagener]

What ever happened to McCain''s campaign finance issues?

[mcvet]

Cant wait for the Dem convention when Hillary takes the microphone and says "Stand down negro, stand down."

LOL


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Posted by TracyMorgan9 at 05:42 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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That''s about all that''s left for you Neo Nazi''s isn''t it. You''ve become SO unimportant that you are just standing on the sidelines WISHING something bad will happen. I think the garbage you slime dogs threw the first few days in this "Hate Obama because of his name" drive make you just about as important in this election as someone in China! LOL Regardless of who''s elected you losers will be covered by the dust of time by the NEXT election. Enjoy freaks!! Sieg Heil Bush!!

[mcvet]

We need some body that knows how to get our budget in order.


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Posted by smashwl7 at 05:32 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Well now THAT certainly leaves out the Republican''s and McSame now doesn''t it. They always make the promises but they NEVER, NOT ONCE, have they ever delievered on those promises. All we have seen out of ANY Republican President in the recent past has been RED INK by the oceans!! Sieg Heil Bush!

[mcvet]

Posted by terrorislamd at 05:47 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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You POOR ignorant Nazi! Why in the WORLD would I EVER believe YOU about what Senator Obama say''s. YOU have been a Bush Bootlicker all along and well YOU are responsible FOR the mess we''re in. YOU lied about the last election and the one before as well. Now go away, it''s time we let the OTHER guys run things for awhile don''t you think?? I can LISTEN to OBAMA fine though, I do NOT need you to tell ME what he stands for. You SHOULD be explaining how YOUR team got us into this mess and how we''re better off than we were when you took over. That''s how it works swastika breath. Sieg Heil Bush

[mcvet]

Just goes to show how blind from reality young voters today in America are, giving Barrack HUSSEIN Obama, a friend of Louis Farrakan, all that money.


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Posted by singinrick at 05:48 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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So what you''re saying is we should just bow up and accept the situation? We''re LOSING you fool, anyone with half a brain can figure that out!! Now because of YOU and YOUR religion we have to continue that? That''s the ONLY reason I can figure for raising Obama''s middle name is RELIGIOUS HATRED! YOU want to imply, regardless of the record, that Obama is a Muslim. Why? Because that raise''s the bigoted fear in the Religious Fascist!! Hitler couldn''t do it better my friend. YOU are truly a Professional!! SIEG HEIL!! The KLAN, which has the Same position, will be PROUD!!

[mcvet]

Seems you still haven''''t seen a shrink. Calling everyone a Nazi who disagrees with you I see.

You''''re sick in the head buddy.


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Posted by singinrick at 05:51 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Sparky, tell you what. I''ll take YOUR post to any independent Political Science Professor in GERMANY. If HE doesn''t agree with me that you FREAKS are FASCIST, I''ll stop. How''s that Swastika Breath??? SIEG HEIL!!

[jkbowman-2009]

Hillary can call Canada, but she can''t call H&R Block.

Where are Hillary''s tax returns?

[mcvet]

Posted by singinrick at 05:54 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Lets not change the subject here Swastika Breath. I say YOU are a bigot and I say I can prove it. Now you either don''t agree or you do. It''s simple. Sieg Heil Bush

[oldabeeagle]

Hurray for all the fools donating to Hillary!!!! They are going to be real happy and proud when the learn how the Clintons line their pockets. They are going to love the Clintons tax return.

[mcvet]

Maybe Obama is the anti-Christ. The picture accompanying this photo has his picture on a dollar bill.

One nation under Obama right?


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Posted by singinrick at 05:55 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Now NO FAIR!! You are using the stuff off the Klan''s site. YOu should at least give them credit!! Sieg Heil Bush! Come on. Lets submitt this to ANY independent Political Science Professor and see if HE agrees that it''s as FASCIST as anything the Third Reich ever used. SIEG HEIL

[mcvet]

IF OBAMA WAS NOT MUSLIM, HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS VP BUT A MUSLIM IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR OUR FREEDOMS TO CONSIDER.


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Posted by singinrick at 06:00 PM : Mar 06, 2008

You are SCARED to death aren''t you? YOU WORM!! This guy inspires the youth of this country, our future and YOU are scared to death of him. How awlful it must be to say stuff like that about someone and turn around a call yourself a "CHRISTIAN"!! God were does slime like this come from?? SIEG HEIL MEIN FUHRER

[mcvet]

if you don''''t believe me, then you sir are worse than Hitler.

sound familiar mcnazi???

hahaha

www.dailygut.com/


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Posted by terrorislamd at 06:05 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Now lets see here. Because I refuse to believe someone who has repeated EVERY single lie the Bush Administration has told me, a total of 935 of them in total. Because I refuse to believe someone like that I''m Hitler!! Thank you! You have proven beyond a doubt that you are the supreme bootlicker of them all!! Sieg Heil Bush

[oldabeeagle]

Who wants more Clinton slime in the White House. Check out this story about a Rodham family vacation (Rodham brothers in scuffle)

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/8/21/63415.shtml

These are the same brothers who made $400,000 on two of Bill''s pardons.

http://www.telemundodallas.com/news/487765/detail.html

Do we really want the Clinton slime back in the White House.

[mcvet]

Hurray for all the fools donating to Hillary!!!! They are going to be real happy and proud when the learn how the Clintons line their pockets. They are going to love the Clintons tax return.


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Posted by OldAbeEagle at 06:03 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Oh SURE! Now so everyone out there KNOWS who this clown is, he''s one of those freaks who called EVERYONE who opposed Bush''s Policies UnAmerican! Now we know those people were telling us the TRUTH and Bush was LYING... but that''s okay, lets reject a much better leader because.... She hasn''t released her Tax Returns!! Sparky our economy is going BELLY up.. maybe you should discuss HOW we went from a balance budget to a surplus??? Don''t you think THATS just a wee bit more important? Sieg Heil Bush!! Dumb as a box of rocks!

[phillysage]

He looks a lot like Malcolm X without the glasses. Where does the 55 million bucks come from?
how much is from Nation of Islam? How much from Oprah, another walking corporation? How much from millionaires John Kerry and stupid, fat Teddy Kennedy?

[phillysage]

I''m sure evil Louis Farrakhan, another avid Obamite, and leader of the cult, Nation of Islam is reveling in the Kool-Aid right now, gleeful at the deaths of 7 seminarians in Israel.

[oldabeeagle]

My white conservative state senator respects and admires Barack Obama.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/31/040531fa_fact1

[ljb6599]

MCVet......Another angy racist hate monger!!!!!Please go away!!!!!!

[singingrick]

phillysage


You talk a lot but your posts don''t actually say anything. How do you do it?



lol!

[ljb6599]

plillysage....Another angry racist hate monger!!!!Please go away!!!!

[baghdadshere]

"Obama''s February Haul: $55 Million"

$15M from IRAN
$15M from SYRIA
$10M from HUGO CHAVEZ
$10M from HEZBOLLAH
$5M from HAMAS.

[ljb6599]

singinrick.....Another angry racist hate monger!!!!Please go away!!!!

[singingrick]

BaghdadsHere


What would you do if you couldn''t lie and spin? Guess you wouldn''t have much to say.


lol!

[oldabeeagle]

Clintons and MJ photo!!!
http://image.pathfinder.com/ti
me/daily/2001/0101/clinton0128.jpg

[ljb6599]

baghdadshere.....Another angry racist angry hate monger!!!!!! Please go away!!!!!

[phillysage]

"Obama''''s February Haul: $55 Million"
$15M from IRAN
$15M from SYRIA
$10M from HUGO CHAVEZ
$10M from HEZBOLLAH
$5M from HAMAS.
Posted by BaghdadsHere

You forgot the other money, the media doesn''t want to talk about either, coming from Louis Farrakahn''s Nation of Islam and Oprah Winfrey, a walking corporation! Also Fat Ted Kennedy (not the true heir to the Kennedy legacy, Robt. Kennedy, Jr. is and he''s for Hillary) oh, I forgot also the Republicnan National Committee who wants a sure loser as Democratic nominee.
Democracy is Dead if Obama is nominated.

[smashwl7]

It''s ok just ignore those who hate let them play it''s ok.

[oldabeeagle]

Hurray for all the fools donating to Hillary!!!! They are going to be real happy and proud when the learn how the Clintons line their pockets. They are going to love the Clintons tax return.

[phillysage]

"baghdadshere.....Another angry racist angry hate monger!!!!!! Please go away!!!!! !"
Posted by ljb6599

If you don''t agree with the Obamites, you''re racist, etc., boy, they really are drunk now on the Kool-Aid--after Hillary gave ''em a good knock down Tuesday night (you go girl!), just take a look at all their angst--it even appears in their punctuation!

[cmjoffice]

Why is this kind of money not raised to clear our debt?

[kissamaarse]

McCain''s man Hagee is saying that God is helping the terrorists. Guess Hagee is expecting that McCain will help hasten armageddon. So, come the rapture, can I have Hagee''s money? LOL

[oldabeeagle]

In my mostly white suburban precinct.

Obama 216
Clinton 103

There is no racism here. But, there is plenty of people who do not want the lies and slime of the Clintons.

[vastr-wcon]

.
Hussein supporters:

KEEP SENDING IN THOSE WELFARE CHECKS.
YOU WILL GET IT AL BACK - PLUS A HEFTY BONUS - IF HE WINS!

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[fstop100]

is he still a senator or did he resign so he could run his campaign?

[singingrick]

Most of Obama''s money came in the form of small checks from concerned citizens who want change. Most of McCain''s money comes from corporations and lobbyists who want things to stay exactly the way they are now.

[rowdytexan2]

Rezko must be dumping his money before he goes to the pen...he''s probably having it handed out on the streets with envelopes already addressed to the Obama campaign, lol Whatta good friend!

[pepperp1]

This Obama campaign has taken the front runner status to far, they need to back off Dems love Senator Clinton their continued attacks on her are outrageous they are giving the race to McCain with their militant attacks on the Party.

Shame shame

[pepperp1]

there too much money in this race its just going to go to buy other pols and corrupt the process, Obama outspent Clinton 3-1 drew large crowds to his speeches and won only 5 counties out of 88 in Ohio. No amount of money is going to help this guy win a big State.

[sueann702]

Most of Obama''''s money came in the form of small checks from concerned citizens who want change. Most of McCain''''s money comes from corporations and lobbyists who want things to stay exactly the way they are now.






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Posted by singingrick at 06:53 PM : Mar 06, 2008


The people are clearly behind Obama.

[jsilver2th]

Hillary''s new team


http://image.pathfinder.com/time/daily/2001/0101/clinton0128.jpg

[kansas1946]

there too much money in this race its just going to go to buy other pols and corrupt the process, Obama outspent Clinton 3-1 drew large crowds to his speeches and won only 5 counties out of 88 in Ohio. No amount of money is going to help this guy win a big State.


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Posted by pepperp1 at 07:21 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Really? He is going to end up winning Texas, and according to most Texans, that is a BIG state.