Obama Fundraising

Obama Winning Florida Money Race

Miami Herald | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Democrat Barack Obama outraised Republican John McCain by nearly $500,000 in Florida in June, validating his decision to rebuff limited public campaig...

June Campaign Finance Numbers: Obama Raises $52 Million

Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


The AP reports that Barack Obama reversed a two-month downward trend by raising more and spending less. He took in $52 million in June, more than twic...

Obama Campaign Manager Airs Cash Woes In Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's campaign is known for its fundraising success. But today, campaign manager David Plouffe sends out a message to supporters warning of R...

WSJ: Obama's June Fundraising Numbers "Underwhelming"

WSJ | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said Thursday that Republicans anticipate raising a combined $400 million war chest for the general election ...

Obama And Clinton Hold Major NYC Fundraiser

WSJ | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


A pile of cash is flowing the Democrats' way Wednesday night in New York City. Roughly 100 deep-pocketed donors are expected to attend a $33,100-a-pla...

Sam Stein

Maureen Dowd Becomes Fictional Actor In Obama Smear

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


A comically absurd Barack Obama smear email is making the rounds right now involving a fabricated column by famed New York Times columnist Maureen Dow...

Obama, Clinton To Hold Joint Fundraisers In NY

AP | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


BUTTE, Mont. — Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundra...

Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Weenie Nation

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Jeffrey Jena

Here is my advice for this and every other boy who feels bullied for being excluded on the playground: Grow a set, toughen up, work on your game or learn to play clarinet and be ready for band camp in high school.

Obama Making Private Calls To Hillary's Top Fundraisers -- And Getting Criticism Back

Talking Points Memo | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama has begun privately calling Hillary's top fundraisers and making personal appeals for their support, and in some cases is getting some cr...

Obama's Non-Promise Not Broken

John K. Wilson | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home


John K. Wilson

It was McCain who never tried to meet Obama on campaign finance. As the story has unfolded, the press consistently fails to mention that McCain, not Obama, violated the campaign finance laws.

Buffett Serves Obama $28,500 Plate Fundraising Dinner

Chicago Sun Times | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON--Superinvestor Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway--who with his daughter Susan early on spotted presumptive Democra...

Obama Brand: Truth or Consequences

Matthew Dowd | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


Matthew Dowd

Obama's brand involves a new kind of politics, something that doesn't involve political expediency -- which is why it was a blunder to flip flop on public campaign finance for the general election.

Obama, Money, and a Campaign Finance Proposal

Bob Ostertag | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

Obama is raising more money via the Internet in small donations than any candidate in history. Hooray! But it is just as true that he is raising more money from fat cat donations than any candidate in history.

Thomas B. Edsall

What If Obama Isn't A Game Changer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


While Barack Obama remains the solid favorite on November 4, it remains unclear whether he will, as many of his supporters suggest, transform American...

Obama Could Raise $500 Million In Final Two Months Of Campaign

ABC News | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing for his presidential campaign clears the way for him to outspend Sen. John McCain by 3-to-1 or ...

Obama Opting Out of Public Financing

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

With this bold move, Obama is going straight past McCain to the source of real GOP election funding, the RNC, which will be spending massively to defeat the Democratic nominee in the fall.

Obama Could Raise $100 Million In June, Dem Fundraisers Say

Huffington Post | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


Now that the Obama campaign has turned its focus towards the general election against John McCain, leading Democratic fundraisers are predicting that ...

Sam Stein

Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Sixteen months after he launched his campaign for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama may, just now, be entering his campaign's most perilous stage. Fa...

Obama Donor Lists Too Large For FEC To Process

Politico | Kenneth Vogel | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics


A milestone of sorts was reached earlier this year, when Barack Obama filed an electronic fundraising report so large it could not be processed by pop...

Will Thomas

General Election Fundraising: GOP More Competitive Than Expected, FEC Records Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama has been hailed this election season for, among other things, his impressive fundraising apparatus. But while the Democratic frontrunner'...

Obama Nearing 3 Million Donations, Raises $31 Million In April

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


ABC News reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hauled in $31.9 million in April (including $600,000 for the general election) to continue his battle fo...

Obama Camp Working To Prevent Donors From Funding Independent Groups

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics


Senator Barack Obama's campaign is steering the candidate's wealthy supporters away from independent Democratic groups, calling into question what had...

Sam Stein

Obama Floated Idea Of Voluntarily Capping Donations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


During a private fundraiser last month, Sen. Barack Obama said he was "considering" voluntarily restricting the amount of money he could raise in a ge...

Obama Preferred By Donors To Former Candidates

LA Times | Dan Morain | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Campaign donors who previously backed also-ran Democratic candidates have adopted Sen. Barack Obama as their second choice, preferring Obama by a rati...

Obama Donor Received A State Grant

LA Times | Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics


After an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2000, Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama faced serious financial pressure: numerous debts, limited cash a...


 

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