Romney raises $4.6M after health ruling

TheHill ^ | 6/29/2012 | Alicia M. Cohn

[Signalman]

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has raised $4.6 million since the Supreme Court ruled that President Obama's healthcare law is constitutional.

Romney started raising funds immediately after the decision, and in a message to supporters Friday morning his campaign spokeswoman said he had raised $4.6 million from 47,000 donations.

This morning, the Romney campaign had raised $4.3 million less than 24 hours since the court's ruling.

"As of this morning, we have raised $4.3 million with 43,000 donations online," spokeswoman Andrea Saul said early Friday.

"The Supreme Court may have found ObamaCare constitutional, but it remains just as disastrous for job creators as the day the law was passed. ObamaCare is a job killer — it raises taxes, cuts Medicare and puts government between patients and their doctors," Saul added.

Romney responded to the ruling by renewing his pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, known as "ObamaCare."

He wrote in a fundraising email to supporters on Thursday: "Today, the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare. But regardless of what the court said about the constitutionality of the law, ObamaCare is bad medicine, it is bad policy, and when I’m president, the bad news of ObamaCare will be over."

The Supreme Court's ruling was a clear win for President Obama, who counts the healthcare bill as a signature achievement of his first term. But Romney and other Republicans made clear they would not give up the fight to repeal what they call a government takeover of healthcare. Early signs indicate the ruling also stirred up voters who could be active in the November election.

Romney's campaign had raised $2.5 million by 1:33 p.m. Thursday.

[martin_fierro]

Says it all.

[crz]

Now you are talking some sense.

To bad there wasnt a complete state by state list.