Obama close to raising $1 billion after near-record September tally

Washington Post ^ | 10/06/2012 | Dan Eggen

[SeekAndFind]

President Obama’s reelection campaign, which only two months ago fretted that it was losing the money race to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, said Saturday that it was on the cusp of raising $1 billion for the 2012 election after posting its strongest fundraising month of the year.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $181 million last month, easily eclipsing the $114 million that they had raised together in August. The number falls just shy of the all-time monthly record of $193 million, however, which was set by Obama in September 2008.

Campaign manager Jim Messina wrote in an e-mail to supporters that Obama’s fundraising efforts in 2012 mark “a historic record for grass-roots politics.” The campaign says it has collected more than 10 million individual donations so far this year.

The September haul caps a turnaround in Obama’s financial status since May. He fell behind his Republican opponent in monthly fundraising through July, but he edged out Romney in August, $114 million to $112 million.

Obama has raised nearly half his money through small donations with aggressive solicitation programs targeting e-mail, social media and cellphone texting services. Last month’s fundraising also included the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., and a notable bump in the polls for the president in subsequent weeks.

[tsowellfan]

I just saw this posted on Twitter:

“Could be. Rumors are swirling about this and it could be coming next week, with the Washington Examiner reporting “more likely, Monday.” If Newsweek/Daily Beast break it, it will be shocking, because they have been heavily supportive of Obama. We’ll see.”

[unixfox]

Well, he has been campaigning for the last 4 years.

[Gilbo_3]

will we hear about the middle eastern CC donations this yr ???

wonder how many CCs the UAW has...etc...

[MplsSteve]

“2 brothers from GAZA were bragging about how much $$$ they bundled for Obama.”

And that would be (at least to me and I have a pretty good sense of politics) great material for a political ad.

Picture this...

Pictures of war-torn destitute countries flash across the screen - burning buildings, crowds torching the American flag, etc. - the announcer saying “Barak Obama has taken a lot of money (insert amount here) from non-US citizens - especially in countries that hate the United States. Since when should any foreign national have a say in in our Presidential race?”