[lbo-talk] the money primary

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 21 05:42:13 PDT 2008


[via Mike Allen - Obama alone has raised almost 3x as much as McCain - Obama+Clinton, almost 5x]

Steve CHAGGARIS and his team at CBS News have a fantastic chart - FEC filings 4/1/08-4/30/08:

Obama Raised: $31,922,904 Spent: $30,732,459 Cash on hand: $46,555,057 ($36.9 million available for primary) Debt: $2,037,802 Total raised (1/1/07-4/30/08): $272,097,974

Clinton Raised: $26,066,827 (includes a $5 million loan from the candidate - she also loaned her campaign $1.4 million in May, not reflected in the April report) Spent: $28,956,920 Cash on hand: $29,666,453 (approx. $7 million available for primary) Debt: $19,480,893 (includes a total of $10 million in loans from the candidate) Total raised (1/1/07-4/30/08): $221,704,583

McCain Raised: $17,815,790 Spent: $8,353,979 Cash on hand: $21,755,092 Debt: $968,302 Total raised (1/1/07-4/30/08): $100,387,443



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