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Obama raises $53M for campaign, Dems in March
CBS News ^ | April 16, 2012

Posted on 04/16/2012 6:06:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

(AP) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in March, his campaign said Monday as it prepared to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election.

Obama has collected nearly $350 million since the start of the campaign last year, representing a boost in campaign cash compared with recent months. He has raised about $127 million for his campaign, the Democratic National Committee and other campaign funds since the beginning of 2012.

Romney had raised about $75 million through the end of February and ended the month with about $7.2 million in the bank.

Obama's campaign had $84.7 million in cash-on-hand through the end of February and was expected to detail its cash position in an upcoming report with the Federal Election Commission.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012

1 posted on 04/16/2012 6:06:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

53M won’t last long. The one thing Øbama and the dems do well is spend other people’s money.


2 posted on 04/16/2012 6:14:46 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

With this corrupt regime, there is 1 trillion
dollars for the Moslem Brotherhood, and
gadzillions for any slaver, Communist or anyAmerican,
while he ‘stiffs’ Colombian hookers for $47.


3 posted on 04/16/2012 6:15:38 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Put your money where your mouth is: Give it to the poor!


4 posted on 04/16/2012 6:16:51 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (I think in about 5 - no, 4 - years I'll have had enough.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

anyAmerican => antiAmerican


5 posted on 04/16/2012 6:17:11 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: ConservaTexan

It probably will last longer because he is campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime.


6 posted on 04/16/2012 6:22:36 AM PDT by imskylark
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They will make a lot of hookers happy.


7 posted on 04/16/2012 6:29:19 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Obama's campaign had $84.7 million in cash-on-hand through the end of February...President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign in March...

If so this is awful (for Obama). His political team claimed he would have a billion dollar war chest for the fall campaign. Assuming we consider the major "campaign" spending season to run from labor day to election day, that means he would have to raise over $172 million a month from April through August, and that's only if he does not spend anything else on the campaign between now and then. Considering that he only raised $127 million in the entire first QUARTER, he's going to extremely lucky to even hit $500 Million and if current fund raising and campaign spending trends continue, he's only looking at between $300-$400 million going into September.

8 posted on 04/16/2012 6:32:54 AM PDT by apillar
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To: apillar

Not to worry. Once anti-Americans worldwide start buying prepaid visa cards as they did in 2008, obie will again be awash in illegal, but untraceable and nonreturnable contributions.


9 posted on 04/16/2012 6:50:11 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

$52 Mill for Obama, $1 Mil for the other Dems.........


10 posted on 04/16/2012 6:57:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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a rejuvenated GOP

LOL...uh huh...

Oh, I see, it's from "SeeBS."

11 posted on 04/16/2012 6:59:55 AM PDT by EternalVigilance ('Throw all the bums out.' It's not a slogan. It's the survival of the republic.)
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To: ConservaTexan

The guys toast, 53M a month won’t cut it. Dems are in serious trouble and they know it... but of course the press won’t report that until maybe 2 weeks before the election just to save face on election night.


12 posted on 04/16/2012 7:10:29 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Meanwhile the drumbeat of Dictator Obama grows louder:

regulate -— control -— destroy -— Regulate -— control -— destroy -— REgulate -— control -— destroy -— REGulate -— control -— destroy -— REGU


13 posted on 04/16/2012 7:43:12 AM PDT by Graewoulf ((Dictator Baby-Doc Barack's obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND U.S. Constitution.))
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Click his tootsies!

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Donate monthly and help to end FReepathons


Sponsors will yack up $10
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14 posted on 04/16/2012 8:08:29 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama Turns Blind Eye to Credit Card Donation Fraud
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_illegal_donations/2008/10/21/142761.html
What do Bart Simpson, Family Guy, Daffy Duck, King Kong, O.J. Simpson and Raela Odinga have in common?
All are celebrities; and with the exception of Odinga and O.J. Simpson, they also are fictional characters. And yet, all of them gave money earlier this month to the campaign of Barack Obama, without any apparent effort by the campaign to screen them out as suspect donors.
The Obama fundraising machine may owe its sensational success in part to a relaxation of standard online merchant security practices, which has allowed illegal donations from foreign donors and from unknown individuals using anonymous “gift” cards, industry analysts and a confidential informant tell Newsmax.
**“OBAMA’S FOREIGN DONORS: THE MEDIA AVERTS ITS EYES”**
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html
(He accepts credit cards including Macy’s.)
**Fictitious Donors Found in Obama Finance Records**
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/politics/10donate.html?ref=politics
Last December, someone using the name “Test Person,” from “Some Place, UT,” made a series of contributions, the largest being $764, to Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign totaling $2,410.07.
Someone identifying himself as “Jockim Alberton,” from 1581 Leroy Avenue in Wilmington, Del., began giving to Mr. Obama last November, contributing $10 and $25 at a time for a total of $445 through the end of February.
The only problem? There is no Leroy Avenue in Wilmington. And Jockim Alberton, who listed his employer and occupation as “Fdsa Fdsa,” does not show up in a search of public records.


15 posted on 04/16/2012 10:21:41 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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