Obama Money

What Today's Bailout Vote Says About the New Senate

David Sirota | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

What we've learned from today's bailout vote is that lots of our new senators - even those who campaigned as populists - are already under the spell of "the most exclusive club in the world."

Ryan Grim

TARP Vote: Obama Wins, Senate Effectively Approves $350 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


Six Republicans joined with 45 Democrats and one Joe Lieberman to defeat a resolution that would have blocked the release of $350 billion in financial...

Obama's First Vote: $350 Bailout Funds

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Seeking an early legislative victory, President-elect Barack Obama prevailed Thursday despite eroding Senate support for the financ...

Obama Raised Over $500 Million Online During Campaign

Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama raised half a billion dollars online in his 21-month campaign for the White House, dramatically ushering in a new digital era in presiden...

Obama Raises $150 Million In September

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Barack Obama raised more than $150 million in September, a stunning and unprecedented eruption of political giving that has given h...

Obama Camp Chides Slacking Fundraisers

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama campaign finance chair Penny Pritzker and Democratic National Committee finance chair Phil Murphy have a message for some 45 high end sla...

Biden Knocks Palin In Lincoln Park

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago


Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden assured a crowd of donors in Lincoln Park Tuesday night that he would handle himself just fine in his d...

Obama Campaign Raises Over $51 Million In July

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics


CHICAGO — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $51 million in July and the Democratic National Committee reported $27...

Can Obama Take Bush Country?

Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


The Politico reports that Obama will focus his sizable resources on fourteen states Bush won in 2004. Even in states he'll almost certainly lose, like...

Obama's Edge in Jeopardy: RNC Has $50 Million Cash Advantage

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Here are some new fundraising numbers that complicate the notion that Obama will have an enormous fundraising advantage over McCain this fall: The Rep...

Sam Stein

Obama Outspending Clinton 2.3 to 1 In Pennsylvania Ad Buys

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics


As the Pennsylvania primary approaches, Sen. Barack Obama has tapped into an unmatched wealth of financial resources in an effort to deliver the elect...

Obama Raises Twice As Much As Clinton

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Barack Obama raked in $40 million in March, leaving Hillary Rodham Clinton and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing...

Obama Raises More Than $40 Million In March

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


Yet another success of lowered expectations, and well-concealed numbers, as Obama announces his fundraising numbers for March. The campaign says he r...