Politics

Romney & RNC Beat Obama, Dems in Fundraising

Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee outraised President Barack Obama and the Democrats by more than $16 million during the month of May.

Romney and the RNC raised a combined total of $76.8 million, compared to $60 million netted jointly by Obama and the Democratic National Committee.

The RNC announced the latest haul Thursday morning and has $107 million on hand. The Obama campaign, which announced the $60 million earlier Thursday, did not say how much it had on hand.

As Politico noted, May was the first month for a direct dollar-to-dollar comparison after Romney effectively wrapped the GOP nomination in April.

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 5:46pm

    I really believe this will be the first election that will not be determined by money

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 6:39pm

      SOY:
      Do you mean by a disproportionate amount of money between candidates? If so, I agree.

      Collectively they may spend $1.5 billion or close…that’s a lot of money for it not to be a factor overall. How much does a stinkin’ robocall cast anyway?

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:47pm

      i think it will be won on the battlefield of ideas and principles. At least i hope so, otherwise we are screwed

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  • LOJ
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 5:14pm

    Romney is really packing a Wallop…He is fighting back against the Left’s shortsidedness and lack of any credentials to win on, along with his great executive and business experience! He will get a Huge War Chest in the Months to come…

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    • fldennis2004
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 5:41pm

      funny how he was last choice , now he the man…he a white Obama…lol….funny to see you all cheer for a guy u really don’t want

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  • whereareyourbrains
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 4:32pm

    I don’t want an Idol for president. I want someone who will roll up his sleeves and work with whatever congress and senate he gets from us voters. The current POTUS only likes his rules and himself. His ideas and no one else. He has played people for 3 yrs and wants to finish the job of destroying our financial stability. WE were downgraded once already. I sure miss America and the people who use to defend it. Obama has a lot of them conned.

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    • fldennis2004
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 5:44pm

      you mean someone that can put his car in an elevator….thats our guy…he great at making rich people richer..thats his claim to fame…

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  • whereareyourbrains
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 4:27pm

    @Mutiny……………….serveral reasons to vote for Mitt….Janut Napilatan, Katheter Sbilisus., Erica holdem, Valory Jarheatt, Davie Asselsrod, Soros, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, Michelle tell ya how to eat Obummer, race card being used to get his way. Won’t have this when Mitt takes over.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 6:09pm

      no, those are reasons NOT to vote for obama

      There are some people who do not trust politicians anymore. You have to convince those people why they should vote FOR someone…

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 6:42pm

      SOY:
      The reason I would vote for Romney is these people will be replaced.

      The reason I would vote for Dr. Paul is these people will be replaced.

      The reason Romney will win is that he is the most conservative candidate electable.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 10:06pm

      @inlightofthings
      You made the same mistake….those are not reasons to vote for somebody. I have a constitutional conscience and i cannot vote for someone who doesnt follow it.

      if a constitutional candidate is ‘not electable’ (as you say), then what is the point? If we can only put progressives into power – then we might as well spend our time preparing for collapse instead of fixing the system

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 8, 2012 at 1:09am

      SOY:
      It was a bit tongue in cheek…

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  • All Pro
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:21pm

    Of course Romney is beating Obama in fund raising. Soros has more money than the DNC has.

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  • Laken
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:07pm

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  • I SPY
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:51pm

    Nobambla is finished. Go Tea! Take America back from evil!

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  • Mutiny
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:45pm

    Obama will get plenty of money. The problem for the RNC is they picked a candidate that has zero enthusiasm behind him. Yes he is going to get the establishment vote and yes he will pull some of the middle from the disenfranchised but over all this race will boil down to turn out.

    Obama has the black vote, the union vote, the liberal vote, the pro choice vote, the gay vote, the celeb vote, the white guilt vote, the anti Bush vote, voter fraud vote, and the on the government doles vote.

    Romney has the establishment vote and the ABO vote.

    The swing votes will come from independents, anti war, and the Ron Paul supporters.

    Well I do believe currently Obama has the edge on the solid votes. I believe Romney is going to have a hard time in the debates and will lose independents but for now I give Romney an edge on the independents. I give Obama the edge on anti war people even though he has continued and expanded them. I believe maybe half of the Paul supporters will join in the ABO group but not enough to give Romney victory. My prediction is Obama wins big.

    As a Ron Paul supporter I see no difference between Romney and Obama and refuse to vote for either. I will cast my vote for Ron Paul and stand with principles.

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    • HistoryFTW
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:05pm

      The RNC is destroying all credibility they once had.

      1) It‘s against the RNC’s own rules to endorse/fund a candidate before the candidate has been nominated
      2) A majority of that money is coming from special interests and big banks… and they’re celebrating that?
      3) Romney, at the time of this post, only has about 750 delegates, none of which are bound to vote for him. They called the race before it was even half over.

      If Romney is nominated in Tampa, it’s pretty much guaranteed Obama will win. Romney is just another McCain, only possibly worse. and we all know how well that turned out!

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:39pm

      Well there you go again MUTINY. You speak 3-6 months out of the current climate and not sure why you insist on doing so. In the end, independent and undecided voters swing to the opponent in the closing weeks and months of a presidential election. Stats show if Romney and POTUS are polling at 45-45 resp., It’s a Romney win. Like I keep telling you, it’s hard to find a good Democrat these days. Most have looked at the big step to the radical left and want no part of it. Vote for whoever you want, it’s your right. Know that GOP with the influence of the TEA Party has won every key election since 2008.

      Also look at these #’s from Progressive WI. PPP’s sample found that 28 percent of likely voters were Democrats, and 35 percent were Republicans. In 2008, 39 percent of voters were Democrats and only 33 percent were Republicans. That’s a 13-point swing. In PPP’s poll, 17 percent of voters call themselves liberals and 41 percent call themselves conservatives. In 2008, the exit poll numbers were 23 percent and 31 percent — an 8-point conservative lead, not a 24-point lead. Source: SLATE.com May 16, 2012. Currently Obama and Romney are within any margin of error in WI…who’da thunk after a 14 point trouncing in 2008 by POTUS.

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    • Mutiny
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 3:17pm

      @inlight

      There I go again?

      Look Obama crushed McCain last election by over 10 million votes. You have a divided GOP and independents are going to be hammered with ads showing Romney is rich guy that has no idea what is going on. Romney has been on the same side of every major issue Obama is on now. Or he can point out the 2007 debate where he called for a national health care mandate. Or he can go to the clips of Romney praising Obama for using his plan in 2009.

      Point is Romney is a fake. He might be better than Obama but they both take us to the same place which is bankruptcy.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 3:28pm

      MUTINY:
      I think I effectively dispelled your enthusiasm statement. National surveys are showing a similar trend as the field is set…or at least most people feel is set.

      Even close to 40% of union households voted for Walker. San Jose and San Diego voted to cut municipality union bennies. People are starting to get this figured out and Romney will only be worth a darn with more conservative wins in the Houses. As much as everyone tends to beat up on POTUS, it’s the 90% around him and the pending SCOTUS selections coming up.

      Unless I’m mistaken…The Constitution established a division of power between the federal and state governments developing units to support the fields of defense, foreign affairs, control of currency and the control of commerce BETWEEN states. Romney can be pushed down this path…

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    • Mutiny
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 4:11pm

      Romney has zero excitement for him. The only excitement in the GOP comes in two forms the Ron Paul crowd and the ABO crowd. Scott Walker won because Scott Walker is doing a good job. Romney is not going to feed off that. Also the cheating has begun on the left yet. As I said earlier though, neither option is good and I dont vote for the lesser of two evils.

      Ron Paul 2012!

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    • AUsername
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:44pm

      Paul supporters mostly from polls i have seen would rather vote Obama and than Mitt Romney because its 4 more years rather than 8.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:56pm

      AUSER…
      Do you ever have a rational thought?

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  • sb36695
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:27pm

    Now that’s HOPE!

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  • jackact
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:26pm

    For every $5 Obama raises we’ll raise $25.
    The days of ‘hope & change’ are long gone.
    The very core of Obama voters in America’s inner cities made their contribution in 2008.
    That’s all they are going to give.
    It’s up to Hollywood, the union thugs and crony capitalists (sans a bankrupt green industry) now.
    We will easily out fund those entities.
    Pay close attention Clooney and company.
    :)

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  • AUsername
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:55pm

    So the elite might want Romney or are they still having a hard time deciding? As Obama was worse than Bush, Romney will probably be worse than Obama.

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  • bama54m
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:37pm

    To quote Nancy Pelosi,,and who doesn’t like to quote her
    “Time to drain the swamp”
    Remember that one Nancy?

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  • deerjerkydave
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:30pm

    Don’t forget that Obama has been fundraising for six months while Romney was fending off a half dozen challengers. Obama still has more money on hand than Romney.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:52pm

      Obama has been in campain mode since 2007 and that is the problem. He has been running for his second term instead of serving his first. And a question ? Some of the policies he bashed Bush on isn’t he still using those like the drones and Gitmo and TSA and other policys? Anyway the pied piper aka Obama still plays his tunes for his demo-Rats and they follow .

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 3:28pm

      @rich

      You are right about the years and look at it this way, he doesn’t like to be in the classroom but he loves to be in recess and fly around in a big luxury plane & eat different foods & see the country on someone elses dollar and have crowds of people smiling & clapping and adoring him. Is he the first president to be in recess most of his 4 yr term in our nation’s history? and then be the first president to transform this nation as much as he has while in recess? I say yes to both questions and say this guy really knows how to “play”.

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  • barber2
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:17pm

    I think the conspiracy trolls are on the loose…the Ron Paul crowd is being resurrected…

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    • sbenard
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:12pm

      SALVATION IS ONLY IN PROPHET PAUL! JOIN THE CHURCH OF CONSTITUTIONAL CORRECTNESS OR BE DESTROYED!

      Prepare for the Constitutional Mother Ship to rejoin the Founders there!

      Freedom is only in Ron Paul! Constitution is only in Ron Paul! The Founders are channeled ONLY by Ron Paul!

      Therefore, resistance is futile: JOIN THE CHURCH OF RON PAUL OR WE WILL DESTROY THE COUNTRY TO TEACH YOU A LESSON!

      Show your allegiance by joining in the chant: “Pro-phet Paul! Pro-phet Paul! Pro-phet Paul!”

      You may bow down and worship Prophet Paul now! Prophet Paul is salvation!

      The more I read of Ron Paul followers, the more convinced I become that they are a CULT, not a candidacy!

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    • AUsername
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:41pm

      wow i am going to intrade and going to make 75% profit off an investment by betting on an Obama victory because i know its rigged and ready to happen because of who is counting the votes and their associations.

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  • Magyar
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:14pm

    The rats are deserting the ship in droves…. That will leave the King Commie Rat without a ship and drowning eminent!!!

    The tide has changed (pun intended) Let’s keep the bilge pumps on high to remove the sludge from the White House

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  • lapitup
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:10pm

    funny how this happned after that Walker won Wisconson. I would be very carful who I accept money from if I were Romney. I would be tempted to send some of it back if they were stong Obama supporters.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:50am

    And we did it without having dinner at Sarah Jessica Parker or George Clooney’s house!

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:04pm

      I wouldn’t want to have dinner (or anything else) with them or any other Obama supporter . talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth .. I would be too nauseous to eat anyway. Or if I tried .. it would not be “pretty”. ;-)

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:31pm

      Hopefully, their menu will be changing to crow after November 6th.

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    • sbenard
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:14pm

      Cannibalism is the food fashion these days. Hopefully, progressives will be eating each other soon!

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  • justangry
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:46am

    From what I understand, if any of that money the RNC raised went to the Romney campaign, they both would be guilty of breaking the GOP’s campaign rules.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 6:52pm

      Yea yea yea…we all know it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission…

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  • delawarebill
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:42am

    Oh no!!!!! If Romney raises more munney, Democracy will surely die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WWwwwwwaaaahhhhhhhhhhhH!!!!!!

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:39am

    Yep a real president- out raising money on June 6th insteadof speaking of D-Day- POS is what he is

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:44am

      Exactly … I heard yesterday that 1/3 of his waking hours are spent fundraising .. I believe the other 2/3 must be getting to and from fundraising events. His ignoring D-Day was a slap at all who served before during and since WWII. POS is putting it nicely. He is evil.

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    • barber2
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:19pm

      The only thing Obama knows how to do is one .) Organize Voters – i.e., campaign ; AND two.) take credit for what the American military actually accomplishes !

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    • Fubared
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:21pm

      Golf, lets not forget the tally of rounds of golf played while troops fought and died “on his behalf”.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:37pm

      That’s President POS. Show some respect!

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    • AJAYW
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:49pm

      @Gonzo
      Respect is earned and this Narcissist hasn’t earnd a bit of respect he is a known racist and a liar. He is just what I said a POS..

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  • theblazerunner
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:39am

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  • huey6367
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:36am

    I thought O’Barry was going to raise a billion dollars for his re-election campaign. Looks like he is coming up a little short.

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  • TRUMPETCALL
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:28am

    In other words, the super-elite wanted both wealth and power, and this meant placing the rest of us at a systemic disadvantage in our own pursuits. Later, Quigley outlined the truth about the two-party system in America:

    “The chief problem of American political life for a long time has been how to make the two Congressional parties more national, and international. The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea, acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.

    Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can “throw the rascals out” at any election, without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy… [E]ither party in office becomes, in time, corrupt, tired, unenterprising, and vigorless. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of those things, but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.” (pp. 1247-48)

    Quigley identified shadowy organizations, such as the Council on Foreign Relations, based in New York, and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, based in London, as front organizations for the Round Table Groups he mentioned—sometimes specific individuals such as J.P. Morgan, the banking titan.

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    • UnreconstructedLibertarian
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:59am

      Could you please cite the complete title and author of the work you are referencing? I would like to read it for myself, in its entirety.

      Thank you.

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    • TRUMPETCALL
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:55pm

      I apologize, UnReconstructedLibertarian!

      “The Real Matrix” is a must-read article written by Dr. Steven Yates.

      I found it at:

      http://www.restoringamerica.org/the_real_matrix.htm

      Much of the information can be corroborated by Dr. Stanley Monteith in his incredible book, “Brotherhood Of Darkness”.

      FYI — I ain’t no RON PAUL fan! !

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    • UnreconstructedLibertarian
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:56pm

      Excellent article, I do appreciate the link.

      FYI, I don’t expect everybody to be a Ron Paul supporter – but examining his ideas with honesty is like taking “the red pill”.

      To quote Mr. Yates’ article and “Matrix” reference, “”I didn’t say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would be the truth.”

      While the article was written in the Bush2 era, the current establishment reaction to Ron Paul pretty much proves its main point. You might want to re-examine yourself – I have – it ain’t easy or comfortable. I’ll be looking for more of Mr. Yates’ articles at Mises.org.

      Thank you.

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  • TRUMPETCALL
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:27am

    Professor Quigley was openly telling us of a hidden power system—a super-elite—operating behind the scenes. He identified it as the “Round Table Groups.“ These controllers ”wish to remain unknown” as they work out their plans for the world. What are their plans for the world? Quigley elaborated:

    “[T]he powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands, able to dominate the political system of each country, and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion, by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements, arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences.

    The apex of the system was the Bank for International Settlements in Basle, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world’s central banks, which were themselves, private corporations. The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralization of world economic control, and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers, and the indirect injury of all other economic groups.” (p. 324)

     
  • KeithOlberdink
    Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:26am

    Looks like there is a crisis for the lamestream media. Their boy has raised less money.

    Time to redouble the effort to distort the truth, talk up Obama and dig up anything they can on Romney in the interests of biased reporting.

    Perhaps Romney’s great great grandfather did something awful to someone somewhere – perhaps they can Photoshop (as is their want) a picture to show the terrible travesty.

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    • barber2
      Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:13pm

      The Democrats will probably be tracing Romney‘s ancestry back to the Stone Age with some Soros agency’s help and some media outlets to publicize the results !

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