Two parties near parity in fundraising
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The Republican and Democratic national party committees have nearly matched each other in total fundraising during the first five months of this year, a boost for Democrats who historically have trailed the GOP.
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Details from the candidates' fundraising reports for the fourth quarter of 2007:
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Politics is a big-money business: In the current presidential election, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry have raised a combined total of nearly half a billion dollars, according to filings with the Federal Elections Commission.
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Clinton is Democrat frontrunner after Super Tuesday but rival has funding advantage
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Campaign contributors to the 2008 presidential candidates heavily favored Democrats in the three-month period that ended Saturday, giving three dollars to the party's leading contenders for every two dollars they gave to the top Republican candidates.
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If any prediction is safe in this turbulent and closely contested election, it is that Republican candidates and their affiliated national party committees will raise more money than their Democratic counterparts.
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HereÃ¢ÂÂs how fast the money chase has accelerated in the still-early contest for the 2008 presidential nominations: The amounts raised individually between April and June by each of the two leading aspirants for the Democratic nomination appear likely to match or exceed the totals raised in the parallel period by the top five contenders for the partyÃ¢ÂÂs 2004 nod Ã¢ÂÂ combined.
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When it comes to presidential primaries, Democrats and Republicans play by different rules. One party likes to share. The other, not so much.
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Battling for every dollar and delegate, Barack Obama raised $7.2 million in Super Tuesday's wake and Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled in $6.4 million, stunning totals reflecting the intensity of their neck-and-neck race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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so goes an old musical number -- the major political parties haven&#39;t changed their positions: The Democrats here are soaring, while the Republicans are dwindling.
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Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani beat his rivals by raising $17 million for his campaign during the last three months. Mitt Romney raised $14 million and loaned his campaign another $6.5 million.
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The Senate Democrats' fund-raising committee, trying to regain a Senate majority, led its Republican counterpart in contributions last month but has far less in the bank as the election approaches.
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Â· Super Tuesday may not be decisive for either party Â· Clinton seeks $10m more for post-February 5 drive
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will have raised more than $100 million this year for her presidential campaign, aides confirmed Monday evening, setting a historic new threshold in fundraising.
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) maintained a decisive advantage over the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in fundraising over the 2005-06 election cycle, as confirmed by the organizationsÃ¢ÂÂ periodic reports to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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The campaign fundraising figures reported by individual House and Senate candidates do not tell a complete or necessarily accurate story of the levels of campaign spending in their races. That is because outside playersÃ¢ÂÂ spending also is a major factor in virtually all of the most competitive races Ã¢ÂÂ including the money put in by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ campaign committees.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's top fundraisers said last night they believe her strong showing in New Hampshire will match the crush of donations Sen. Barack Obama began to collect out of Iowa, and will keep them on even financial footing as the two top Democrats sprint to Super Tuesday.