Romney Campaign Raises $14 Million in 2Q

General election funds do not matter. Clinton is just raising general election funds to make her total look bigger, but that can not be touched unless she wins the primary.

Primary funds is all that matters, and this is the layout....

Obama: $55.7 million (according to the campaign)

Clinton: $50 million (roughly, including $10 million transferred from her 2006 Senate race)

Edwards: $21 million-$22 million (that's based on his having said he raised about $13 million in primary money in the first quarter, plus the "almost all" of the $9 million [target for Q2])

Richardson: $13 million (roughly, based on his having raised $6 million first quarter and $7 million second)

I disagree. I think raising general election funds are very important. Hillary is getting double donors, people that think she can truly win. These are people who will give more and more to her, because they believe she is the best candidate. Each is using the internet and fortunately for Obama he has a larger portion of the younger population - those that are more intune with the internet-communities.

While powerful, these can often be unreliable. There is no face to face contact, no interaction before the politician and the donor. Again, I give great praise to Obama for raising the amount he did, but the General Election funds are also important. You want to be able to receive the nomination and begin campaigning immediately.

Without enough money, you have to stall your campaign until you get enough funds to continue. Don't be surprised if you see the opposite results next time. Obama knows he needs to prepare for a nomination as his popularity grows, and if he doesn't do so, he may find himself in a tight spot.

I would hope one wouldn't vote for someone because they raise the most money. So many of the democrats running have some great ideas. Make sure you listen to everyone. While Obama has some great ideas, I believe he is unexperienced in others, as well as I don't like some of his views.

General election funds are pointless in this stage, (rich) folks ('double donors') who are giving more then the $2300 for the primary are being tapped out, its just a way to build up fundraising numbers. The number of donors matter for multiple reasons, a few donors giving large sums of money is not as good as a lot of people giving little sums of money. Those giving little sums will be able to give over and over, the large sums folks are tapped out. It is a common man ideal too, that the common folks have an impact in election of the next president, it shows the average person supports Obama for president that they feel so strongly enough about him to give any sum of money, because only 2% of the population gives money to political campaigns.

Obama has a massive donor base, over 258,000 donors, giving over 350,000 donations, those people, whether they are young or old, will be at the voting booth on the primary election and the general election, no one is going to give money to a campaign and not vote for that candidate. Thats like investing in stock and not following to see if you made any money.

We will know who the nominee is by February 2008, there is an inevitability factor for raising money for the general election, the inevitability of Kerry being the nominee in 2004, let him raise $40 Million in the month of March 2004 alone. There is plenty of time before the general election, which does not start until after the nominees become candidates following the conventions. The general election does not start until the beginning of September 2008. Another option is using public funds for the general election, which means raising no general election funds.

Again, I'm not saying Hillary is better than Obama. I commend both for their amazing fund-raising ability. I am a democrat and it makes me nothing but happy to see so many wanting to support the party. Again, I believe Hillary is happy with her fund-raising. She is still on par with Obama if you combine the last few months of fund-raising. In my opinion, she is confident in her abilities and thinks that it would be prudent to raise general election funds. I can't beat your donor numbers because Hillary has had the decency to keep her donor numbers private. I have no clue if they'd be higher or lower, but I'm happy she hasn't resorted to this oneupmanship the the Obama and Edwards Campaigns have done. Again, there is nothing wrong with that sort of thing, I just wish they'd focus more on the issues.

Personally, I believe the Obama Campaign and its followers are trying to overflow information making Obama look better than everyone else. They have leaked the documents about Hillary, attempted to tip internet polls after debates, and other actions that just seem too much to me. In reality Obama and Hillary are very close in just about everything. Unfortunately some are focusing on the weaknesses of others, rather than their own strengths.

I want to restate how impressed I am with Obama and Hillary both. I think they have great staffs, each with its pros and cons, that know how to get through a national campaign. I look forward to seeing what happens as we draw closer to the primaries. True intentions and personality will come through the closer we get.