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Obama's Swing-State Cash Problem
Yahoo News ^ | 10/31/2011 | Laura Colarusso

Posted on 10/31/2011 6:11:35 PM PDT by South40

If raising cash is the first presidential primary, the latest round of campaign filings contains early warning signs for Barack Obama in key states that were crucial to his election in 2008.

Though he’s raised almost three times as much as Mitt Romney—the former governor of Massachusetts has brought in $32 million—the president is trailing his GOP rival in a handful of battleground states. In both Florida and Nevada, Romney nearly doubled the president’s haul, despite a crowded field of Republican candidates who are also vacuuming up donations. And Romney, of course, doesn’t enjoy the power of incumbency.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cash; obama; obamas; problem; state; swing; swingstate

1 posted on 10/31/2011 6:11:36 PM PDT by South40
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To: South40

I’m sure he’s free to spend his New York money in Florida, or wherever else he chooses.


2 posted on 10/31/2011 6:18:07 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: South40
Obama ahead in money-raising: it's a popular groundswell for a popular President.

Obama behind in money-raising: the Republicans are trying to buy the election, we've got to get the money out of politics.

3 posted on 10/31/2011 6:22:21 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: South40

Cheer up Obama......
The Worst is yet to come!

http://youtu.be/lNmfr_mYvK0

   


4 posted on 10/31/2011 6:59:31 PM PDT by hapnHal (hapnHal)
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Trick or Donate!

5 posted on 10/31/2011 8:07:54 PM PDT by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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