Posted on 07/13/2011 7:14:03 AM PDT by Al B.
President Obama raised a mammoth sum for his campaign in the second quarter collecting $86 million to support his reelection, a figure that should far surpass the fundraising totals for his Republican challengers.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina announced the haul in a web video posted Wednesday morning, outlining for supporters the president's second quarter numbers, as well as a bit of the campaign's fundraising strategy.
The $86 million figure represents a sum that includes contributions directly to Obama's campaign, along with money collected by the Obama Victory Fund, the joint-fundraising account established to benefit the president's campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
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$86 million is on the very low side if he wants to get to $1 billion. This amount reflects a lot of empty seats in those expensive rubber chicken dinners.
I agree. I think even his supporters will vote against him. The whole country now realizes what a colossal blunder this was and has their teeth clenched hoping we can make it long enough to get him out. How many points can the fraudsters deliver? 15? 25?
It does smell. How many small Zero donors are motivated enough now and have $250 to give? Not many, I wager.
A new clue as to where the unaccounted stimulus money went....
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