Report: Hillary Could Out-Raise Obama This Quarter
The expectations game for third-quarter fundraising is now making its way into the press, during this final week of the quarter. Bloomberg reports that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are both expected to take in around $20 million for the period, with the possibility that Obama could lose the fundraising edge he held over Hillary for the first two quarters.
"The Clinton juggernaut is moving if she out-raises him this quarter," said Democratic strategist Peter Fenn, who is not affiliated with any of the presidential campaigns. "It makes the argument for her winnability an easier one."
Comments (13)
Daniel wrote on September 26, 2007 10:05 AM:Put this in the context of Obama's downard trendline in New Hampshire...
seanh wrote on September 26, 2007 10:14 AM:EC's stock Hillary photo frightens me. Clinton looks like she about to shoot lasers out of her eyes, carving me like lunch meat, focusing that intense political energy through the eye socket.
More on topic: yawn.
Jim J wrote on September 26, 2007 10:14 AM:Look, Josh, I know it's an official Senate photo of HRC, but I also know why you keep using it -- it makes her look really goofy. Can't you just keep things on the up-and-up and let us decide if we like her or not?
Geek, Esq. wrote on September 26, 2007 10:27 AM:Of course she's going to outraise him. With the quarter she's had, it would be a minor miracle if she didn't.
seanh wrote on September 26, 2007 10:34 AM:If Hillary opened her mouth a little wider, you would see the extra rows of teeth, like a shark, ready to eviscerate wavering prey. (kidding)
I wish someone would make a mistake already. The poll/fundraising story cycle is exhausting.
DonnaG wrote on September 26, 2007 10:35 AM:Okay, I read the Bloomberg piece, including this sentence: "70 percent of Clinton's donors had offered up the maximum $2,300 for the primary elections by the end of the second quarter, the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics said."
Can anyone square that information with this statement made by Hillary a few days ago on Meet the Press: "I have more than 100,000 donors, the vast majority of whom have given me less than $100.".....????
Geek, Esq. wrote on September 26, 2007 10:50 AM:DonnaG:
I would suspect that what the Bloomberg piece meant was that 70% of Hillary's donations came from people who were maxed out, not that 70% of Hillary's donors overall were maxed out.
gqmartinez wrote on September 26, 2007 11:25 AM:Clinton only recently started working her low donor base, so I'd say she has a lot of room for more donors. People wouldn't be so surprised at Hillary's strength if they took a moment to get away from the knee-jerk reaction against her. She's a very popular Democrat, and noticing that will help other candidates come up with a strategy. Their current ones clearly aren't.
stlounick wrote on September 26, 2007 11:55 AM:Is this before or after she gives back the Hsu "contributions"?
Richard L. Adlof wrote on September 26, 2007 12:10 PM:Corporate Conspirator Clinton Discovers Corporate Whoredom Pays!
This will never be news until public financing of elections happens.
If Clinton's photo is bad let her spend a few bucks of her well-shilled graft having an new 'offical' photo professionally taken and stop bagging on the over taxed TPM coffers . . . or better yet donate to TPM and mark the cash for graphics budget fund.
kjoe wrote on September 26, 2007 12:57 PM:
dfriend wrote on September 25, 2007 10:59 PM:
kjoe,
TPM had a post on the GQ story yesterday if I'm not mistaken.
Please help me find the tpm take on the killing of the GQ story about Hillary's campaign. I cannot find anything.
I too wondered about whether she would subtract the nearly $900,000 from Hsu and associates.
Also, it appears that there's at least another roughly $230,000 from Hsu and friends channeled through the Clinton campaign to specific other democrats, most of whom demonstrated quid pro quo by 'endorsing' Hillary.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/26/hsu_raised_big_money_for_clinton_supporters/
This Peter Fenn comment is odd. It's a miracle that Obama outraised Clinton in any quarter, given Bill's relationships, representing wealthy NY, etc., so if she outraises him in one, it should not be surprising and I certainly don't think it says anything about "winnability," whatever that means.
Edwards has been way behind the top 2, but he still has a decent shot in Iowa.
