Obama raises $19 million in quarter

[brooklynite]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama raised more than $19 million for the presidential primary elections from July through September, bringing his total for the year to nearly $80 million, his campaign said Monday.

The summer total includes donations from 93,000 new contributors, aides said. Obama also raised money for the general election, making his overall contributions more than $20 million for the quarter.

The third-quarter contributions were less than Obama raised in each of the first two quarters. But the total still kept him at the top of the fundraising pack — at least temporarily. His closest fundraising rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, had not released her totals Monday.

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The campaign did not say how much money it had in the bank, an important figure as the presidential contest heads into one of the heaviest spending periods of the season. Obama has been spending heavily, especially in Iowa, where the first presidential caucus is scheduled for January.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_fundraising

[daa]

1. I was going to donate to Hillary but she doesn't take Discover Card.

[goclark]

2. GObama!

[Cha]

4. Lots of Somebodies like

your guy! Good.. Obama's campaign is getting some big bucks cause that's what it takes..that and a clear message to change our country and get it on the path to healing from all this relentless buSHIT.

[hogwyld]

3. I'm glad for that

I'm tired of Hillary being crammed down our throats by the MSM...

[goclark]

5. The RepubliCONS are not stupid

They are setting us up as usual and we are letting them set our agenda.

They have decided that HC will be our candidate.

The brilliant GW even said she would be. :puke: