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Senator Obama takes lead in presidential campaign money
Jul 2, 2007, 6:47 GMT
Washington - US Senator Barack Obama collected 31 million dollars from April to June for his presidential campaign, easily besting the centre-left Democratic Party's front runner, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton's second-quarter haul was more than 21 million dollars.
Obama, a first-term senator from the Midwestern state of Illinois, is the first Democrat to exceed 30 million dollars in a quarter before a presidential election year, the Washington Post reported.
The Democrats and the centre-right Republicans, begin their nominating processes with the Iowa caucuses in January and the New Hampshire primary in February.
With President George W Bush constitutionally barred from seeking a third term and Vice President Dick Cheney not seeking the presidency, the scramble of candidates in both major parties has begun earlier than ever before.
The next candidate in the second-quarter donation rankings was former senator John Edwards of North Carolina, who raised 9 million dollars. He was the Democrats' 2004 vice presidential nominee.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was fourth with 7 million dollars.
Major Republican candidates are expected to announce their second- quarter collections in the coming days.
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Not good Hillary.
The dems have, de facto, dealt Barack out. If he starts winning primaries, It's real trouble for Hillary, and her slime payroll!
SP4, I dunno where you get your ideas ... but you are clearly wrong.
You say the Dems have 'dealt Barrack out.'
Funny, the rest of the world has the 'crazy notion' that the Dems are still in the process of determining who their candidate will be.
It's only the right wing media that has incorrectly assumed it's already been decided.
Of course, we know what camp you live in ... the one of incorrect assumptions.
...is dealing th black fella out.
Unless he scores big in the primaries. Dems have a huge problem: Running a Ned Lamont in the general is B-A-D. Dealing out the black guy is another bad move. Some kind of marriage is the only solution.
Right now, they're trying to deal him out. Wouldn't you?
No I wouldn't 'try to deal him out' SP4 ...
There's a reason he's being positively responded to by so many voters.
You're just too deaf to hear it.
Even a bigot like yourself should be able to feel the rumble of what's coming.
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badbillyJul 2nd, 2007 - 07:50:19
who cares how much they make......isnt it what they can do for us.....who is richer means nothing to me....what they can do for the country should be who deserves the votes.....personally its time this country quit voting for the dems and the repubs and more for who can get the job done.....polititions are just lawers in sheeps clothing...wake up America....
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