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Don't Believe the Hype: Obama is Handily Outraising Romney

Always Learning Wrote: Jul 22, 2012 12:06 PM
It may be so that Obama has more in the bank. But, it looks to me like Romney is outraising him (although Q2 is a little closer). Q1: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/weekly.php?type=Q112&cand1=N00009638&cand2=N00000286&cycle=2012 Q2: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/weekly.php?type=Q212&cand1=N00009638&cand2=N00000286&cycle=2012
While President Obama continues to talk about how he's going to be the first incumbent president to be outspent in his re-election campaign, keep one thing in mind: he's lying.

Well, either he's lying or he's not checking the numbers often. President Obama spent $58 million in June and still has almost $100 million on hand for more. Romney? He spent a paltry (by comparison) $33 million, and only has $22.5 million left to spend.

The picture is slightly complicated when looking at the added totals of the Democratic and Republican National Committees. The DNC has...

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