Obama continued his torrid fundraising pace, netting $41 million in March. The Illinois senator is armed with a $42 million war chest to launch another TV ad blitz in Pennsylvania against Clinton. Overall, Obama had $51 million in the bank at the end of March, with nearly $9 million of that available only for the general election
By comparison, Clinton raised only $20 million in the same period and had only $8 milion on hand for the Pennsylvania primary.
McCain's campaign reported raising $15.2 million in March and had $11.6 million in the bank. The Arizona senator's March figures were his best fundraising performance of the campaign.
Nonetheless, Obama has out-fundraised both Clinton and McCain combined.
McCain in March refunded donors about $3 million in contributions, most of it money he had received for the general election. The refunds set the stage for McCain to accept about $84 million in public funds for the fall campaign. Candidates who accept public financing cannot raise money from donors for the general election campaign.
Is Pennsylvania Clinton's Last Stand?
With the Keystone State the last major big-state primary before the Democratic Convention, Clinton must win by a greater than 60 percent vote margin to have any hope of stopping Obama's march to the nomination.
But with polls showing Clinton with, at best, only a nine-point lead -- and some polls showing the two combatants locked a statistical dead heat -- her argument to the party's supedelegates that she'd be the most electable nominee -- an argument already undermined by her Bosnia debacle -- could end up going down the drain, no matter what happens in Pennsylvania.
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Volume III, Number 27
Copyright 2008, Skeeter Sanders. All rights reserved.
By comparison, Clinton raised only $20 million in the same period and had only $8 milion on hand for the Pennsylvania primary.
McCain's campaign reported raising $15.2 million in March and had $11.6 million in the bank. The Arizona senator's March figures were his best fundraising performance of the campaign.
Nonetheless, Obama has out-fundraised both Clinton and McCain combined.
McCain in March refunded donors about $3 million in contributions, most of it money he had received for the general election. The refunds set the stage for McCain to accept about $84 million in public funds for the fall campaign. Candidates who accept public financing cannot raise money from donors for the general election campaign.
Is Pennsylvania Clinton's Last Stand?
With the Keystone State the last major big-state primary before the Democratic Convention, Clinton must win by a greater than 60 percent vote margin to have any hope of stopping Obama's march to the nomination.
But with polls showing Clinton with, at best, only a nine-point lead -- and some polls showing the two combatants locked a statistical dead heat -- her argument to the party's supedelegates that she'd be the most electable nominee -- an argument already undermined by her Bosnia debacle -- could end up going down the drain, no matter what happens in Pennsylvania.
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Volume III, Number 27
Copyright 2008, Skeeter Sanders. All rights reserved.
