Wednesday, 03 October 2007

• Third Quarter Fundraising Analysis

  As time goes on, it looks like more and more that the 2008 Democratic race for the presidency is a two horse race.  Third quarter fundraising totals seem to show this.  Hillary Clinton was the big winner this time at over $27 million, while Barack Obama came in second with $19 million.  John Edwards, who started the campaign in the first tier, appears to be slipping both polls and money.  He reported just $7 million.  Edwards also plans on accepting federal financing for the race.  Bill Richardson again posted decent fundraising totals.

  On the GOP side, Fred Thompson posted a decent first quarter of fundraising at $8 million.  Giuliani and Romney likely raised more, however.  Ron Paul is likely the only candidate to increase fundraising from the second quarter (from just over $2 million to just over $5 million).  Despite low numbers, John McCain is on a small rebound.  Huckabee, Brownback, Tancredo, and Hunter continue to struggle raising money, suggesting that the end might be near.

  Here is the breakdown of released fundraising figures:

  Dems

  Hillary Clinton - $27 million

  Barack Obama - $19 million

  John Edwards - $7 million

  Bill Richardson - $5.2 million

  Chris Dodd - $1.5 million

  Joe Biden - < $2 million

  Dennis Kucinich - Not available

  Mike Gravel - Not available

  GOP

  Mitt Romney - > $10 million

  Rudy Guliani - Not available, but expected to be less than Romney

  Fred Thompson - $8 million

  John McCain - > $5 million

  Ron Paul - $5.1 million

  Tom Tancredo - $1.6 million

  Mike Huckabee - $1 million

  Sam Brownback - Not available

  Duncan Hunter- Not available

  Posted by D. Price

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