Hillary Raised $22 Million In April
Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson confirms that she raised $22 million last month.
Obama raised over $31 million, putting him nearly $10 million ahead of her. Interestingly, that's actually a smaller spread than in March and February: Obama outraised her by around $20 million in both months.
This is probably due to the fact that Obama donors know he's basically got the race sewed up. Even though his $31 million is an extraordinary pull, it's dwarfed by his huge haul in each of the previous two months.
Meanwhile, Hillary's numbers have pretty much held steady, albeit at a lower level.
Late Update: Keep in mind that this total is supposed to include the $10 million she raised in the 24 hours after her Pennsylvania victory on April 22.
Late Late Update: Some of you have asked whether this includes money Hillary lent her own campaign. It's a good question. She lent her campaign $5 million on April 1st; the rest of her loan came in May. We're trying to determine whether the $22 million includes the loan.
Late Late Late Update: Wolfson confirms that the $22 million does not include the loan.
How much of that is from the Clintons??
May 20, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
And how much debt??
May 20, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Meantime, she's still in debt.
May 20, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
No breakdown? How much debt are they carrying?
May 20, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is only a little better than McCain.
May 20, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
How much of Chelsea's inheritance is tied up in this adventure?
May 20, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't the uber-wealthy all have well paid accountants that ensure all financial loss is "reapportioned"?
May 20, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
the Clinton campaign knows that money is the root of all evil. But you Socialist Obamabots wouldn't understand that. Typical.
May 20, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is not the real Gotalife. He is a total crap troll.
Total BS.
They are going after me because I posted to vote for dem nominee.
I am being hacked. Greg?
May 20, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
why do you hat my gas tax?
May 20, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know what to believe anymore.
May 20, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
That doesn't make any sense.
May 20, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
No it does not.
This blog has lost its ever gotalife mind.
Geez.
May 20, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
This guy is a phoney. It wasn't funny the first time. Please stop.
May 20, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Greg?
I have been hacked by both these craps.
Total lame.
Dems must stand together. These guys are the real Kool Aid.
Enough is enough.
May 20, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love you.
May 20, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm so confused.
May 20, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree. You should start your own blog!
May 20, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama will win the remaining races.
Oregon 1 hour and counting.
Montana
South Dakota
Puerto-Rico
May 20, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN says Obama has now passed the 'majority of pledged delegates' threshold.
May 20, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
that's because they are know for a fact that FL and MI have been obliterated
May 20, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obliterated? I'd say that they determined their own future democratically when their elected officials thought they could curry favor with President HRC [how ridiculous that now sounds] by moving to sew up her "INEVITABLE" victory at an early date.
You live by the rules you agree to unless you want to be seen as weak and vacillating special pleaders who cannot be trusted to play the game straight.
Too damn bad, HRC is history, the only question is how bad the trail of scorched flesh will smell.
May 20, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Or, they're maxed out.
May 20, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Doubtful - the money base hasn't had to be "maxed" for the most part to be effective. Everything being put in is being well managed, so no individual donor is being tapped too hard to keep it aloft.
Anecdotal, but we're nowhere close to maxed on primary. Will be more than happy to max for the GE if needed, but that base is just going to keep expanding from here.
May 20, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
That wasn't entirely clear - sorry. Re: the anecdotal I'm referring to my own household.
May 20, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
As am I!
May 21, 2008 7:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Joe Scarborough is sounding unrealistic. Am I the only one hearing this idiot?
May 20, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe of the red neck Riviera? His people must have turned out in KY. Praise the Lord for the top two rows of states.
May 20, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
gotNOlife,
Will you still be in love with Clinton when she goes Lieberman on the Party right after she looses the DEM nomination?
Inquiring minds wanta know . . .
May 20, 2008 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
She will not do that, as it will tarnish Bill's legacy, and he would not let that happen.
May 20, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent.
She will finish strong and would win the electoral votes to win the general.
May 20, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hacker, cut the crap and stop stealing my ID
I have been hacked - this is not the real gotalife. I am.
I know the facts. If I like or not, Obama is nominee.
Time to stand together as dems. Screw trolls.
May 20, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
To Whom It May Concern,
This is gotalife's mother. He's really upset right now. To those of you who have "hacked" his account, please stop. This is his only outlet.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Mother
May 20, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, seriously. No one mention gotalife anymore unless you're talking about SPECIFIC ISSUES. That's what we're all here to talk about, right?
Also: I'm really confused.
May 20, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's a good haul, but I have to admit, they outdid us. Obama's fundraising is unprecendented.
The thing that gets me more excited though, is think about how much they would have had if they were raising money together? That's 53 million dollars in one month.
It's time we Democrats teamed up once and for all to take on the GOP. Let's undo the last 8 years and start over. If it's with Obama, then so be it, but the time is now.
May 20, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well said, real Fogu2. Well said.
May 20, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
and how much of that is their money?
May 20, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just now on MSNBC Howard Fineman made a good point. For the early part of the night to be all about Hillary is not a good thing from a perception point of view.
I think BO should have made a better effort in WV and KY. But then again we all know that 3-4 weeks from now we wont even remember this just like how every pundit tonight is forgetting that Huckabee and kicked McCain's but after he wrapped up the nomination
May 20, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great. That should put an end to the fairy tale about Obama retiring her debt.
May 20, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does the $6M loan Hillary gave her campaign count in these numbers or is that in her May numbers?
May 20, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry gotalife, I know you went positive this morning.
I appoligize for snapping . My post was less than appropriate.
May 20, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
And i apologize to you, Richard. Perhaps I was being a little bit rash. Let's all take some time to think about what the best way to proceed will be -- in order to get OUR government to address the ISSUES that we care about. Also, I've always loved Tena X.
May 20, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
How come you spell it with an "I" now? As in gota"I"ife?
Actually, I don't care, the whole three personalities of the gotalife is pretty funny...carry on.
May 20, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Those 22 millions include the 6.5 millions she lent herself at the beginning of the month. She only RAISED 16 millions.
May 20, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama should have treated WV and Kentucky the same way he treated Pennsylvania. I think it was a mistake not to. His reasoning is surely that if I'm going to lose why bother working the state and losing by 20 when I can write it off and lose by 3o.
He should also make a visit to PR, I think he could split those delegates if he tired.
I HATE the fact he's crawling across the finish line. HATE IT!
May 20, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't sweat it, he just needed to get past these 2 states. Oregon will bring him home, PR will be close to a tie either direction and he will blow her out in SD/MT so he will go out on a high note.
May 20, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Look at it this way: the more time he spent in KY, the less time he could have spent in Oregon. The end result would have been WORSE: he gets blown out in KY (20+ points) and squeaks out a 4 or 5 point victory. She picks up 10 or more net pledged delegates as a result.
As it stands, she'll likely net 13 out of KY and he'll get +12 or 13 out of Oregon. The night is a PUSH. He can afford that. She can't.
As it was in the beginning, it's the math.
May 20, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
We need to know about the debts, and how much money she gave herself...
The brightest news is that Senator Obama has reached the major milestone!!!
He has won the majority of the pledge delegates....
Let's hope that the flood of the SDs will continue!!!
May 20, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know what you mean Jonze but After PA the race became about the general election and the superdelegates. Obama had to put his energy into those places and notin symbolic campiagning in WV and KY. This is a long term game and he was willing to let Clinton crow with her rural wins in order to sew up the bigger prize of the nomination
May 20, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I also think that by not really campaigning in WV and KY he was allowing Hillary to have a goodbye tour. What he wasnt expecting was the huge margins of her victories.
May 20, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sure he was. The polls have been HORRENDOUS for him in WV and KY all year.
May 20, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
see the latest updates. the $22 million does not include the loan, the Hillary campaign says
May 20, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
How much was for the primary and how much for the general? How much debt on hand?
May 20, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
And after 15 months you still believe anything that the Clinton campaign says?
You must believe she was always fighting against the disenfranchisement of MI and FL (HA!), that she had a plan after Iowa and NH (Whoa Nelly!) and that KY (jelly) and WV (white voters) are the most important things in the world to her. You've gotta believe she aced the all-important commander-in-chief test during that harrowing sniper-filled flight into Bosnia, that her Annie Oakley rifle helped her shoot varmints in the wild woods of PA, that she's never been associated with unsavory characters like, oh, communists (check), felons (check), sex offenders (check), crazy pastors (check), highly prejudiced people (check)....
You've been spun, my friend...
May 20, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Keep blowing it Obama.
Stay in Iowa.
Two major thumpins in WV and KY.
Another one in PR is coming.
What a comeback for Clinton.
Simply amazing.
May 20, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know what would be more amazing? If Obamabots like you wouldn't keep stealing my ID. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid, (fake) gotalife!
May 20, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
How do you comeback when you were always up by 20+ points in every poll? Or is that how things work in the State of Denial??
May 20, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Total BS hacker. You are an identity thief.
You stalker.
I have reported you to TPM.
I am the real gotalife.
GFY troll!
May 20, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
YOU are an identity theft!
May 20, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stop listening to the TV pundits. They have a huge interest in making them seem like this thing isn't over. They have to milk this for the ratings. So they put on the Hillary talking heads on TV and pretend that the super-delegates are idiots. It is a ratings game.
CNN especially - they've had the highest ratings and biggest wins in years. And it is because their identity is all about political commentary and creating controversy.
May 20, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
the 3 major cable news networks have a pony in the race. MSNBC - pro Obama, CNN - pro Hillary, Fox - was pro Romney and now is pro McCain. Its sad that as news organization none of them gives it to you straight.
May 20, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think CNN is nearly as Pro Hillary as ABC is.
May 21, 2008 1:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
Governor Bill Richardson will be campaigning on behalf of Senator Obama in Puerto Rico next week, so that should help.
Also the governor of PR (even so he is having problems) is supporting Obama, meaning that at least Senator Obama is getting the extra help...
May 20, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is this bit about multiple people being able to use the same screen name some kind of dweebly, masturbatory, and time-wasteful inside joke?
And if not, what kind of lame and amateurish operation here at TPM would allow people to do this?
May 20, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Its a radical named Tena doing it.
I have broken the kool aid barrier in her mind and she is stalking me now.
Sad.
May 20, 2008 10:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are the kool aid troll.
You are not the real Gotalife. I am.
I have been here all this time and you just showed up today.
Lame. GFY troll hack.
May 20, 2008 10:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
April 22, 2008 226,294.60
April 23, 2008 1,738,154.61
April 24, 2008 2,578,730.28
April 25, 2008 787,048.99
So, uh, $10 million in 24 hours after the PA win, huh?
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2008/M5/C00431569/A_DATE_C00431569.html
Jesus cries when you tell lies.
May 21, 2008 3:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
according to the l.a. times' "top of the ticket" blog: hill's debt matches what barack brought in last month:
Money shocker! Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars to $31 million
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/clintondebt.html
way to run a campaign, lady.
May 21, 2008 8:43 AM | Reply | Permalink