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politicalwire.com - 12/5/2008
Obama Had a $400 Million Edge
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The final presidential fundraising reports are in and Barack Obama's campaign raised roughly $745 million for his 2008 presidential campaign, ABC News reports. By comparison, Sen. John McCain raised roughly $320 million, including the $84 million from entering into the public financing system. ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/5/2008
Final Official Obama Fundraising Number -- a Record-Setting $745 Million
— blogs.abcnews.com — From October 16 until November 24 (the Federal Election Commission filing period) the Obama campaign reports raising... $104,124,845 from 1,124,238 contributors, in an FEC reported filed this evening. That means President-elect Obama campaign raised ... (more) Final Official Obama Fundraising Number -- a ...

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mercurynews.com - 11/30/2008
400 Bad Request
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mathewgross.com - 12/12/2008
Over the Edge
— mathewgross.com — Holy shit. The Republicans just wrecked the entire U.S. economy in order to break the back of... a union: The collapse came after bipartisan talks on the auto rescue broke down over GOP demands that the United Auto Workers union agree to steep wage ... (more) Over the Edge

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Obama Had a $400 Million Edge
The Hollywood Liberal — Obama Had a $400 Million Edge The final presidential fundraising reports are in and Barack Obama’s campaign raised roughly $745 million for his 2008 presidential campaign, ABC News reports. By comparison, Sen. John McCain raised roughly $320 million, including the $84 million from entering into the public financing system. However, when money raised by the national parties is taken into account, the Democrats likely raised closer to one billion dollars, compared to roughly $630 million for the Republicans. Which means Obama had, approximately, a $400 million advantage over McCain. [image] [image] This entry was posted on Friday, December 5th, ...

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