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June Fundraising Numbers: Obama Campaign Beaten by $35 Million

Under normal circumstances, news that the Obama campaign had raised a breathtaking $71 million would no doubt trigger an avalanche of gloating from the Left, as well as horrified, panic-stricken reactions from the Right. But these are not normal circumstances, seeing as President Obama is up against a man who knows how to turn a profit, and is doing precisely that in his own fundraising. As such, this pleading email from the Obama campaign (copied courtesy of the Huffington Post) may strike readers sympathetic to Romney as particularly exhilarating:

The good news: June was our best fundraising month of the campaign so far, exceeding all of our expectations. More than 706,000 people supported our organization last month. All told, our campaign, along with the Democratic Party ended June with $71 million to put to work.

The bad news: We still got beat. Romney announced today that his campaign, combined with the GOP, brought in more than $106 million. We’re behind again — and the gap is getting wider.

The fate of this election could be decided before voting even starts.

We have momentum, excitement on the ground, and more grassroots donors and volunteers than any campaign in history. But our opponent has an unprecedented money-for-influence machine geared towards funneling big contributions to his campaign, the Republican Party, and a network of super PACs and anonymous front groups.

There’s too much at stake right now to fall behind. Think about what a Romney presidency would mean for the things we’ve fought for — like Obamacare, which he says he’ll “kill” on Day One. Like the kind of economy we believe in, where everyone gets a fair shake and plays by the same rules.

Each of us has to do our part to close this fundraising gap — can you step today?

https://donate.barackobama.com/June-Numbers

Thanks,

Ann Marie

Ann Marie Habershaw
Chief Operating Officer
Obama for America

That’s right – the Romney campaign reeled in $106 million this month. In other words, he made almost as much in a month as some Federal agencies spend in a year.

Nor is this the first time that the Romney campaign has outraised the Obama campaign – they beat them by $17 million in May, making June the second consecutive month that Obama‘s camp has lagged behind Romney’s. This is going to lead to some tricky math for Obama, whose Super PACs and other semi-affiliated campaign apparati are also outspending Romney’s by a sizable margin. Obama is quite literally spending money faster than he takes it in.

Come to think of it, that last sentence could be applied to so much of the Obama Presidency.

Comments (81)

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  • REPUB1
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:49pm

    BOO HOO getting the Message yet MORONS????

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    • lukerw
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:11pm

      So… Money on one side ot the Scale… and Votes upon other side? FUBAR!

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    • koyettsu
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:27pm

      If Obama were ahead it would be the will of the people, when Romney is ahead it is corporate interests. The entire thing is ridiculous, I hope Romney knows what he is getting himself into. Conservatives are NOT going to sit by and allow him to govern like a moderate. He better be forcing himself hard right or we will simply replace him after his first term.

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    • Captain77
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:03am

      I can’t stand Obama, but does anyone here really expect any real change with Romney. Yes, he has said in the past that he’d work on getting rid of ObamaCare day one, but have you heard him lately? He’s getting soft on it. In fact, he’s not the only one. Many in the GOP are getting soft on the issue already suggesting defeat in the matter. I would like to have an optimistic view for the future of this country, but regardless of who wins in November, I can’t.

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  • zoro51
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:48pm

    NO president EVER campaingen in a FIREGEN LAND BEGGING FOR SOCIALSIT DOLLARS NO ONE but EVITA OBAMA TAX N SPEECH MARXIST NON AMERICAN BORN MUSLUM PSYDEO DICTATOR WEAK LEADER.. IMPEACH OBAMA THIS DAY GET THAT THING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE… america IS not a socialist leftist nation under ALLAH.. IMPEACH OBAMA NOW

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  • loveoursoldiers
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:45pm

    I, I, I,. I, I ,errrr
    the mr hokey man act is getting old
    wake up America.. this guy is a sham on steroids.. he is not down with middle America
    NOTHING he says or does is for anyone but himself
    He loves the rich and famous because he fancies himself one of them
    can’t the Zombies see that?

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:38pm

    YES, but, when is Romney going to ramp up his campaign? Why isn’t he relentlessly and harshly attacking obama? What is he waiting for? Where is the passion?

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    • justangry
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:02pm

      Want I want to know is why he needs a billion dollars to tell everyone that he supports everything Obama does.

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  • MeteoricLimbo
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:36pm

    Wait till the 501C-3’s dump tons of so called non-profit non-partisan bucks into it.

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  • momrules
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:23pm

    Obama’s camp is blowing smoke again. I believe they have more money than they know what to do with. Soros money, Saudi money, Muslim Brotherhood money Hollywood money, etc. Does anyone really believe they account for all the money they recieve?

    I, for one, believe the election won’t matter. Obama isn’t leaving the Oval Office. Too much time, money and subterfuge has gone into getting this nobody elected. Unless he has been offered bigger and better things he isn’t going anywhere.

    If given the chance I’ll vote against him in November all the while praying that I am wrong, wrong, wrong about anyone’s chances of removing him from the White House.

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:22pm

    I was reminded today, on another forum, about Obama giving 2 billion dollars to Brazil/PetroBras to drill for oil. REMEMBER THAT? and then Obama gave permits to them to drill in the Gulf, while our rigs sat idle under a moratorium after the spill. George Soros being heavily invested in PetroBras the drilling/oil company. The moratorium trashed the economys of more than one state, but especially Louisiana. They still haven’t recovered and many lost their businesses and livelyhoods.

    This should come up in every campaign speech by Romney!

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:22pm

    As soon as I get paid I am donating more money to Romney’s campaign too!

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:40pm

      its nice and all, but make sure your bills are paid first

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  • gsp9993
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:21pm

    Barry will have to beef up his celebrity dinner schedule. He might have to call Alf, the Flying Nun, the Three Stooges and of course the Marx Brothers.

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  • wboehmer
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:18pm

    I’m smelling LANDSLIDE, but am fearful of what the corrupt Øbama Administration will be willing to do out of panic & desperation to stay in office.

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  • Bill Burns
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:14pm

    Oborrow is his own worst enemy.
    Spend, spend, spend until I’m dry” sez Oboorow.

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  • BelindaB
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:13pm

    LMAO…America Don’t WANT obama the dirty Muslim LIAR In OUR WhiteHouse!! He’s a MURDERER,and also should be CHARGED with TREASON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vote for the AMERICAN…Vote Romney!! SUPPORT OUR TROOPS…VOTE ROMNEY, the AMERICAN!!! We OWE our US TROOPS an AMERICAN COMMANDER AND CHIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • justangry
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:23pm

      Are you fricking high? You do realize that Romney has surrounded himself by 17 of Bush‘s neoconservative foreign advisors don’t you? You know the ones who lied about Iraq? You understand as commander in chief every military member under him will know the person sending them in to kill and die took a bunch of deferments when it was his turn, don’t you? Nah, niether is suitable for the commander in chief job as far as I’m concerned. TBH, I actually think Obama‘s foreign policy is slightly better than the chickenhawk’s, which should tell you just how much I think of Romney.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:37pm

      where are the anti-pauls…..can we give a ‘tin foil hat’ award to belindab?

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    • Fubared
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:56pm

      Um, while I cannot muster her zeal, what are the option again? Is it marxism man or Romney? Who else? What did I miss on my abacus? Math still counts for something, somewhere. Are you guys voting for Roseanne?

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:01pm

      @soybomb

      “where are the anti-pauls”

      We’re busy eating our fetus burgers. Mmmm! Delish!

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    • justangry
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:37am

      @Fubared, Well if I were still in and deployed I’d prefer someone who gave me a better shot at coming home to live out my remaining days in peace. Quite frankly, Obama offers a better chance at that. The people Romney is getting his foreign policy advice from are monsters.

      http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2011/01/11/182-the-menace-of-neoconservatism/

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  • MLeo
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:02pm

    Why does Obama get any at all? Is it US or foreign money?

    “Oil Spill Timeline”
    http://vimeo.com/12933322

    Leadership? LEADERSHIP?
    Wrecking the US since January 20, 2009

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    • bobefann
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:12pm

      I don’t understand who gives him money either. Must all be coming for foriegn peeps or his elitist supporters, because we know his base can’t support him. If they are, they are spending their welfare money on the campaign

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  • davetrav
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:01pm

    I wouldn’t give Obama 35 cents.

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  • DavidH628
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:57pm

    Obama is beginning to panic. According to a report in the Daily Rash, during a fundraising dinner at the home of Kim Kardashian, Obama announced he will repeal the health care law if he’s re-elected. http://www.thedailyrash.com/president-obama-vows-to-repeal-healthcare-bill-if-re-elected

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    • Rayblue
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:28pm

      Even if he vowed to shoot himself into space I’d still vote for anybody elses left nad.

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    • JBoss
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:40am

      Be leary of the polls. First, you don’t know the internals and most over sample dumbocrats by 10 to 12 percentage points. Second, is it registered voters or likely votes? When you see likely voter polls, Romney is usually ahead. The polls are starting to head in Romney’s direction because the msm needs to stay relevant, and if they keep making it seem like Obama is easily going to win re-election (when in fact he’s not), they become even less trustworthy than the already are. The media’s slide began in 1980 when they all predicted Carter was easily going to win re-election and lost in a landslide. 2012 is a 1980 redo except this time the house and senate will be heading to the right (not gop) as well.

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  • Mike N
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:54pm

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    Got news for you Barry . . . no matter how much money you raise, it will not offset the fervor of the discontent American majority.

    Your grand experiment is nearing its end.

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    • BelindaB
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:16pm

      Mike…Totally Agree!!! obama,(barack mounir ubayd) is Out on his ASS in November!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO Dirty Muslims in America’s WhiteHouse!!! Support Our Troops…Vote for the AMERICAN…VOTE ROMNEY!!!

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:24pm

      And yet aggregated polls have him winning the electoral vote 297 to 241. Booyah!

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    • Marine25
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:53pm

      Obama is up in every poll in Florida, up by an average of 5 in Pensylvania polling, and the last two Ohio polls have him up by 9 and 11 points. Romney has to win all three and take North Carolina and Virginia back. What other states besides Indiana is Romney going to flip?

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  • USACommoner
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:52pm

    Now THERE’S some good news! It‘s uplifting to know George Soros cannot dictate AMERICA’S political process. I haven’t given to Romney yet, but I’m gonna. July may even see a larger total…

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:57pm

      Absolutely agreed.

      I would rate my day as a 4.5 on a scale of ten until I read that headline; but, what do you want to bet that those big vacations just a keep on a comin’!!!.

      OMG 2012

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    • justangry
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:29pm

      Oh no. None of the Republicans want a NWO. That’s why they talk behind closed door meetings in a Wilsonian think tank… or the Bilderberg conference. Yeah those guys are on the level. Again I have to ask… Why hasn’t any of the Republicans other than RP spoken out against the report last week that considers liberty loving nationalists as suspected terrorists? You know that based on that report they can just snatch us up and kill, torture or indefinitely detain all of us legally (in their minds)? I think they’re playing their end game stacking the deck with two globalists. Soros won because many of you were afraid of a pissant little country in the middle east.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:38pm

      George Soros Endorses Romney

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfX28V-UmI

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  • jsciai
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:51pm

    This why Romney will mop up on obama this November. He has a machine–a machine to get donations, a maching to get out the vote, a machine for advertisements, a machine to WIN! Love him or hate him, he has the machine.

    Now All you obamaton, paubot trolls will likely condemn Romney for his ability to get the funds needed to win. But just remember, Dr. Paul had to suspend his campain with like 20+/- primaries left because he was BROKE! I know yall take that as a badge of honor, kind of like losing the gun fight because you brought a knife, but ‘it’s a really good knife!’ bleagh!

    So, bring it on soybean, justangry, west coast patriot, bro winston, wilson, etc, etc, etc. Be sure and reference build-a-burger, corporate fatcats, croney capitalism, and other class warfare comments. Oh, and do include copy and paste info from huffpo and other pro-obama sites since getting him elected is your objective. I’ll keep trying to get obama out, Romney in and start to turn this ship around.
    Romney 2012

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:30pm

      There you go talking about Ron Paul again. You guys are getting a little pathetic about this stuff.

      Fact: Ron Paul has raised almost as much money as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum COMBINED
      Fact: Ron Paul has millions of dollars on-hand in order for his campaign to last until the republican convention

      While Newt Gingrich ended his campaign with a $4.8 million DEBT and Rick Santorum finished with $2.3 million in DEBT. Ron Paul will end his campaign with ZERO debt. Actions, not words

      http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance/
      http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=n00005906
      http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/santorum-gingrich-campaigns-owe-millions/2012/05/20/gIQArlQEeU_story.html

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:03pm

      @soybomb

      “Fact: Ron Paul has raised almost as much money as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum COMBINED”

      How many states did RuPaul win again? That’s right…zero.

      Now where is my fetus burger…….

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    • jsciai
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:20pm

      soybean,
      yup, he raised as much money as Gingrich and Santorum combine. AND THEN PROCEEDED TO LOSE TO THEM BOTH. BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:36pm

      @GoodStuff

      You asked….”How many states did RuPaul win again?”

      Answer: At least 4….and counting

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    • Captain77
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:10am

      Uhm Goodstuff, you might want to do some fact checking. Love him or hate him, Ron Paul won several states, including Iowa, which was previously thought to have been won by Santorum, and before that Romney. So if you can’t get that fact strait, why should we listen to you now?

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:50pm

    I see the Tin Foil hat brigade has arrived……

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    • jsciai
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Hey Squid. “I see the Tin Foil hat brigade has arrived……”

      That would imply they had anything inside their noggin’ worth protecting! But, Yes, they have arrived and just like flies when you see 1 or 2 there will be 15 or 20 before it’s over.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:02pm

      The rabbit ear antennae on their hats need adjusting.

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:49pm

    This guy is toast. All these polls over sample democrats and are meant to dis-spirit us. Romney will win by a bigger margin than Reagan beat Carter.

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:47pm

    Awesome…hope money can buy an election this time around! Go Romney! We need to send the Spender-in-chief back to Chicago.

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    • BelindaB
      Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:19pm

      Chicago doesn’t want him EITHER!!!! No dirty Muslims in AMERICA’S WhiteHouse!!!! Vote for the AMERICAN, Vote ROMNEY!!!! SUPPORT OUR TROOPS…VOTE ROMNEY!!!!

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  • korbin
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:46pm

    Fill our government with OATH KEEPERS over time we will get back to a truly free society. We have a long road ahead and I do not care for anyone running, but I will vote for Romney, with enough newly elected oath keepers we can win our country back even though Romney is an oath breaker just like 99% of all of our officials it is the lesser of the two evils, compromising on principals is always a bad thing but the way this administration has blatently disregarded the US Constitution we can’t afford another term.

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  • boston-rightwinger
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:46pm

    Let Obummer spend his cash over the summer when no one really pays attention. After Labor Day is when the fun begins and Romney will have the advantage. Not to worry.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:44pm

    Bilderbergs might want Romney instead of Obama.

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  • NOTAMUSHROOM
    Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:43pm

    “The fate of this election could be decided before voting even starts.”

    Dear God, I certainly hope so!

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