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Obama Campaign Sends E-Mail Plea Admitting ‘We Got Beat 3 Months in a Row’

The polls may still show President Barack Obama up against his challenger, Mitt Romney, but when it comes to fundraising, he’s trailing his Republican opponent. On Monday, TheBlaze reported that for the third straight month, Romney and the Republican National Committee (RNC) out-raised Obama and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

(Related: Romney & the RNC Raise $101 Million+ in July —Outraise Obama & DNC for 3rd Straight Month)

Just hours after it was announced that Romney and the RNC brought in a whopping $101 million (Obama and the DNC raised an impressive $75), an unsigned note found its way into the e-mail boxes of supporters across America.

Obama Campaign Sends E mail Warning of Possible Fundraising Trouble“We got beat three months in a row. If we don’t step it up, we’re in trouble,” the e-mail admitted, going on to still attempt to instill faith amidst fiscal troubles. ”Can we win if we’re outspent? YES, but we’ve got to close that gap as much as we can.”

The e-mail also took aim at Republican donor and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, claiming that it would take 188,679 Obama donors giving an average of $53 in July to equal up to “one Sheldon Adelson with a $10,000,000 pledge,” Yahoo! reports.

Fundraising hasn’t been quite so easy for the president in 2012 as it was in 2008. Obama has increasingly been turning to Hollywood to bring in campaign cash and has relied upon expensive fundraisers to try and drive money flow.

Despite supposed fears over campaign finances and an obvious attempt to rally supporters to open their wallets, Obama re-election staffers aren’t too worried, it seems, about their coffers. The Christian Science Monitor has more about what those within the campaign are reporting:

Obama aides say their campaign is bringing in enough money to stay competitive in television advertising. The campaign has already purchased most of its air time in battleground states through Election Day using money it raised earlier in the cycle.

The campaign also has poured tens of millions of dollars into setting up field offices in battleground states, launching registration drives and compiling data on voters — all expensive efforts that could pay dividends for Obama in November. The Romney campaign is still setting up those efforts in some states and will probably have to devote a significant amount of its incoming cash to doing so.

Three months from Election Day, Democrats say Romney’s fundraising gains have not forced the Obama campaign to re-evaluate its fall strategy, cut back on staffing or shift resources — signs that would show a campaign in financial trouble.

Obama Campaign Sends E mail Warning of Possible Fundraising Trouble

Also, as CBS News notes, the Obama campaign is claiming that one doesn’t need to raise more than opponents in order to win an election. To corroborate this point, officials pointed to the fact that Democrat John Kerry out-raised George W. Bush in 2004 — and still lost.

Regardless of what happens, one thing is for certain: The 2012 campaign is going to be hard-fought, with both sides fervently energizing their bases.

Comments (53)

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  • PhineasJWhoopee
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:13pm

    What happen to the billion dollar war chest the obama zombies kept bragging about?
    It only existed in their Marxists dreams.

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    • QuincySmith
      Posted on August 8, 2012 at 11:14am

      Your forgot oblama is in charge. Who knows where the money went.

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  • billybe123
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:43pm

    November = Bye Bye Boobama

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  • HorseCrazy
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:25pm

    if you take into account all of our tax dollars at work for obama he has romney beat in the fundraising department. we pay for those health care ads on tv, we pay for the stimulus communist logos on all the street signs that look just like his emblem, we pay for his travel expense to all over the place, he has the irs bullying donors and the DOJ in his pocket and really folks this man is nothing but a coward and a liar. thats right barry you are a grown man quit your whining quit wasting my money to tell us how great your healthcare law is to fly all over to hang out with the evil 1% while those evil selfish folks write you checks. I cannot wait to vote romney in november.

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  • dlivelli
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:25pm

    Obama, you have been using taxpayer money when and where you should not be for about 3 1/2 years now. You don’t need donors you are a wizz at fudging the numbers. The only beating I am waiting for is in November…after that I will gladly donate to your relocation fund!!!

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  • Duchylivin
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:57pm

    Negative job growth vs. populaion growth. You’ve been beaten 21 months in a row, Mr. President. That is the real trouble.

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  • Indymaverick
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:55pm

    I get those silly e-mails all the time. I forward those to my brother and we get a good laugh.

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  • West Coast Patriot
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:53pm

    What is really going on is that all of Obama’s big money backers have decided to back Mitt Romney as they do not care which one gets elected. The polls do show that Obama is winning and his percentage keeps going up almost daily, He is presently ahead in the polls by +3.5, up from +3.4 yesterday. These polls are almost identical to the polls between McCain and Obama in ‘08. The problem is that the GOP has not learned their lesson of trying to nominate a candidate that, with their record, could be in the Democrat Party.

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    • Want our country back
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:00pm

      This is from Dick Morris yesterday.

      http://www.dickmorris.com/the-real-poll-numbers/#more-9393
      So don’t believe the garbage being put out by the media. The attempt to portray Romney as not catching on and as dropping in the polls is ludicrous. It is, at best, the product of incompetent polling and, at worst, the result of deliberate media bias. But Romney is winning and expanding his lead each week. That’s the real story.

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    • doomytram
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:11pm

      Hey West Coast Pat, We Want our Country Back beat me to send you that dickmorris link. Obozo isn’t really leading in the polls. Don’t get mad… it’s like the Silent Giant is waking up and growing everyday. The opposite of what you are saying west coast pat…. I know your steadfast in you belief, and sure as the sun comes up I can’t figure out why 1 person would vote for Barrack Obozo, but what do I know…

      I know this as sure as the see comes up West Coast Pat… call me whatever you want… it matters not….If Romney were winning in the Polls, then the On the Teat Media would fabricate the polls to show the opposite. So, I’m telling you that the Internal Polling shows a total opposite outcome from what you opine… (Romney is up 3.4% to 3.5%)

      Also, remember Carter v. Reagan…1980… Pass it on WCP.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:40pm

      @West Coast Patriot
      I can’t wait to see what you Paulbots do when 0bama loses the election. You have pretended that you supported someone else, told every lie you could come up with and viciously attacked every potential opponent of 0bama’s to help him get reelected. You’re going to need a lot of counseling when you have to watch him lose.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:37pm

      Doomytram and QP, Look, I do not want to see Obama reelected anymore than you do, but I see things differently as far as the RESEARCH I have done. I do not just sit around and let a handful of establishment reporters tell me what they say the truth is, as they have lied about so many things during this primary. You guys just seem to think that they are Gods of the news world, and you could not be farther from the truth. Dick Morris? Although I agree that some polls are skewed by the left, I also believe the polls are skewed by the right. Real Clear Politics was founded by two conservatives that were tired of the medias bias toward conservatives and religious/christian conservatives. Their site was correct all the way through the ‘08 polling when the GOP put another big government progressive up as the nominee, and the polls from ‘08 with McCain vs. Obama, are almost identical to Romney vs. Obama this year, so I will go with the pollster that was correct in the past. Morris just says a pollster that he trusts, but does not say who it is.

      All I know is this, Romney is not a conservative, but he is being trusted to govern like he is. I am tired of politicians that move their positions depending on what they are trying to achieve, and I have said this many times: If a candidate has to move their position to the left, right or center in order to win your vote, they are lying to you. cont…

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:42pm

      Ron Paul has been steadfast in his philosophies based on the Constitution and individual liberty. He has been called crazy throughout his career for his predictions, and then his predictions come true, so how does that make him crazy? He does not lie, but most do not like hearing the truth so they tune him out. He would defeat Obama by a landslide, but all of you do not see it as you listen to people like Crazy Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Dick Morris and all the other establishment reporters.

      We Paul supporters were treated very unfairly through the primary and the RNC continues to discount us as though they do not want us, so we will give them what they want. We will not vote for lefrtist Romney, we will find another avenue, but that does not make us Obama supporters at all. It will not be Paul supporters that will cause the GOP to lose this November, it will be the GOP and their establishment thinking that will cause that to happen.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:25am

      For all those who read and not post here, I want you to click on the Paul basher name on their posts. I want you to notice that they are posting well beyond the time frame to answer us. They are paid shills to distract from the grassroots message and divide us. You must wake up as I did just a mere 11 months ago!!! Look at what is happening! Someone like Paul has a chance. The RNC and Romney campaign are doing what Obama does best within their own party. There is nothing sleazier than that.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzuSDqam5T4&feature=youtu.be
      They have committed federal crimes, broken RNC rules, committed acts of violence that caused some to be admitted to the emergency room, attempted to go around state party laws , and everything else you can possibly imagine. Are you really with a group that would stoop to these Obama style tactics?? Well, will you??

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  • doomytram
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:38pm

    The email should say, Look! Let me be clear, this is President Barrack Obozo, we need your wiring / Bank acct / ABA numbers from you. You are one of Obozo’s facebook friends, so you needn’t not worry about me asking you for money. I was born in Kenya, but not really, so we are going to go ahead and start garnishing your paychecks. Please be Progressive to the Progressive and donate your fair share to your Obozo.

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  • HKS
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:30pm

    Like everybody should love these failed policies of this administration so much as to give it more money, Obama has been through trillions and trillions of dollars and the country is still getting worse daily, how much is enough. The buck has to stop, we don’t need his failed agenda any more.

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  • term limits for congress
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:29pm

    The email was inteded to deflect. They’re not worried about money. With the next stimulus, BHO will deliver $$$ to his cronies and they’ll give it back in the form a campaign contribution. Then, we’ll be told that is saved or created millions of jobs. Rinse and repeat.

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  • Want our country back
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:22pm

    I thought Gibson Guitar just made a campaign donation (wink wink) of $400,000 and that illegals can just give him $500 each & he still wants more. He’s a DISGRACE.

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    • Ben__Franklin
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:53pm

      Sniff…..Sniff….they forgot Obamas Birthday so he made no money……

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  • spirited
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:11pm

    “We got beat three months in a row. If we don’t step it up, we’re in trouble,”
    ~~>“WE”? (again) -lol

    {[8^O h yes, YOU are in trouble.

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    • Clive
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:54pm

      eh, look at an electoral map. BO is ahead in all the battleground states except one. prepare for the landslide victory, mitt is just a weak candidate, and debates are only going to make things worse.

      we should have easily won this election, and we won’t with this unlikeable loser as our candidate.

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  • Ray D. Aider
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:07pm

    I like to send one thin dime as an insult but I don’t want to be tracked.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:05pm

    …
    Moochelle is way more of a man than he is. You can tell who wears the pants in that family.
    Never in America’s history, have we ever had such a big cry-baby in the White House.
    It wouldn’t surprise me a bit, if behind closed doors, he wears diapers and sucks a pacifier.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:03pm

    You friggin idiot!! There is a reason you’re getting beat! Uuuggggghhhhh!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:23pm

      Take a deep breath, this nightmare may be over soon.

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:01pm

    It is easy to fall apart when there was nothing to begin with…Nov. 6 can’t come soon enough for me and millions of others.

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    • Ben__Franklin
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:41pm

      Tell me about it, lets just get this vote over with so we do not have to watch this Pos President look into the TV and lie anymore. Its insulting everyone‘s intelligence that’s not an Obama voter.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Born begging and has been a begger all his life – never worked a job and has lived off the tax payers all his adult life.

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    • Best_Patriot
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:59pm

      Sounds like you!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:28pm

      Maybe I am, but what are you?
      YOU, TOO!!
      Sounds like something a crybaby loser would come-back with.

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    • Ben__Franklin
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:44pm

      Aww BEST, is it the BEST you can do? Are you still going to swing by the Blaze after the election when Obama is on the unemployment line and Mooochelle really does have to shop at Target?

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:54pm

    …
    Maybe his buddies Angelina Jolie and Brat Pitt will throw a few dollars his way.

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  • garbagecanlogic
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:53pm

    That ain’t all – wait till the butt whippin in November.

    Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

    The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
    The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:52pm

    news flash to obama

    YOUR IN TROUBLE

    and hopefully in more ways than one Leavenworth is a great vacation spot for you

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  • Bigmac1947
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:52pm

    I love it when the #1 whiner starts crying and begs for money for his birthday. Americas biggest joke.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:51pm

    …
    Obama’s campaign is like a drowning man, and no one will throw him a life preserver.
    He’s bobbling to the surface for the third and final time. He’s starting to panic.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:49pm

    No one but fools bet on a losing horse.

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  • huey6367
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:46pm

    So if he is not catering to Hollywood, would he raise zero dollars? That would be too sweet but there are those that will vote for him for the same reason they voted for him the first time. He’s black.

    Sad.

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  • johnjamison
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:45pm

    Wait til november ******* then you’ll really find out about being beaten.

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