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    Default 1Q monies raised by the U.S. Presidential contenders

    GOP top three:

    Giuliani: $15 million

    McCain: 12.5 million

    Romney: $23 million


    Demos top three:

    Clinton - $26 million

    Obama - $22 million

    Edwards - $14 million

    It is unclear how much of the above is geared only for the Primaries and how much the candidates will try to hold for a later stage. What is declared for the General Election cannot be used prior.
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    This shows McCain being marginalized and Romney developing the needed warchest to pull even with Guliani's free coverage.

    Edwards showed surprisingly well here given the stumbles his campaign has faced. Obama did exceedingly well to come that close to the Clinton money machine.
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    Default Re: 1Q monies raised by the U.S. Presidential contenders

    I think Edwards is crazy for going on.
    YOUR WIFE IS SICK.
    In sickness and in health?
    He probably wasn't going to get to many votes anyway, why keep trying?

    Grunt.
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    Have you just been dumped?

    I ask because it's usually something like that which causes outbursts like this, needless to say I dissagree completely.

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    What's the story on the big hedge funds bringing in most of the money?

    Soros for Clinton and Obama, Singer for Giuliani, etcetera. I know they can't fund the candidates directly with sizeable amounts, but they have a lot of clout among investors and a lot of different ways to 'donate'. Where Singer or Soros go, money follows.
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    That's not money, that's free speech.
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    Default Re: 1Q monies raised by the U.S. Presidential contenders

    People running election campaigns should receive the death penalty. Seriously. All it does, is furthering the world to stupidity.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Default Re: 1Q monies raised by the U.S. Presidential contenders

    Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
    That's not money, that's free speech.

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    Default Re: 1Q monies raised by the U.S. Presidential contenders

    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II
    What's the story on the big hedge funds bringing in most of the money?

    Soros for Clinton and Obama, Singer for Giuliani, etcetera. I know they can't fund the candidates directly with sizeable amounts, but they have a lot of clout among investors and a lot of different ways to 'donate'. Where Singer or Soros go, money follows.
    What you have noted is part of the catastrophe known as McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform.

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    I'm not sure of their impact on direct donations. Certainly Soros making such a claim might have influence on others in their choice to donate.

    The "independent" hit-squads added by unintended consequence from McCain-Feingold have added a less then charming component to our electoral politics.

    HoreTore:

    You do realize that money and politics are inseparable, I hope? You don't have to like it -- just cope with it in a practical manner.
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    Default Re: 1Q monies raised by the U.S. Presidential contenders

    Quote Originally Posted by Pindar
    What you have noted is part of the catastrophe known as McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform.
    Another problem seems to be the advantage of the incumbent over challengers. Off the top of my head I believe in the last election Bush raised over $100 million and Kerry something like $30 million.

    Then again, many financial supporters who contributed to Kerry's campaign contributed even more to Bush's campaign when the Iraq war seemed to be over and his popularity began to pick up.

    That phenomenon would suggest that money follows the candidate at least as much as candidates follow the money. And that it's not all one-way traffic in the sense of contributors 'buying' candidates.
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