Obama, DNC raise $76 million in July - Democratic National Committee, White House '08

And They Want To Be Trusted With Our Tax Dollars
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Jesse Taylor After yet another gonzo fundraising month, the real story is, of course, that Barack Obama is doomed, doomed I say, boy, doomed. Hot Air: All in all, the Obama campaign has had a good summer. However, they’re increasingly playing at a disadvantage. Obama won’t get the $84 million in public financing McCain receives on September 4th, and which will last him the final 60 days of the election. McCain won’t have to spend a dime to get that money, and can continue to assist the RNC in their ...

Fund Raising Record: Will Obama’s Campaign Go Down As The Richest Campaign To Never Win An Election?
Say Anything — ... Byron York notes that the Obama campaign had $77 million in cash on hand after August, but after July they had $66 million on hand. Which means a spending rate of 80%. Which means they’re going to have to raise more than $66 million/month to keep funding fund raising activities, keep up the campaign against McCain and make up for the RNC’s fund raising advantage over the DNC which has been constant and pronounced. ...

Barack Obama's Fundraising Efforts
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — ... quotes the campaign as having $77 million cash on hand after August. That sounds impressive, but they had almost $66 million at the end of July. They had a burn rate of over 80%, which explains why the campaign may have seemed desperate to the New York Times. In order to make this decision work for Obama, they have to do better than $66 million a month if they want to cover the cost of fundraising as well as make up for the deficit between the DNC and the RNC. So Obama's net is only $11 million. Not good, especially when you consider ...

Barack Obama's Fundraising Efforts
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... quotes the campaign as having $77 million cash on hand after August. That sounds impressive, but they had almost $66 million at the end of July. They had a burn rate of over 80%, which explains why the campaign may have seemed desperate to the New York Times. In order to make this decision work for Obama, they have to do better than $66 million a month if they want to cover the cost of fundraising as well as make up for the deficit between the DNC and the RNC. ...