2008 hopefuls in dash for cash
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With a Saturday night deadline for second-quarter fundraising fast approaching, presidential candidates from both major parties are scrambling to rake in the cash before the clock runs out.
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Candidates from both parties are getting help from their family members on the presidential campaign trail. A sampling:
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The Christian Science Monitor - The most elusive commodity so far in the 2008 presidential sweepstakes is momentum. In both parties, the opening contests have been won by different candidates, creating lots of "comeback kids" but little ability to claim the mantle of front-runner.
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House and Senate candidates have spent at least &#36;487 million this election cycle, &#36;130 million more than congressional candidates had poured in by this point in the 2002 races.
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Could Obama really get $40 million? Is Rudy still raking it in? As second quarter fundraising comes down to the wire, the major candidates are doing their best to win the expectations game
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With California leading the  stampede, states are rushing to get more clout in the 2008  White House race by moving their primaries to early February --  a shift that could aid front-runners with big names and big  bank accounts.
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Even as Democrats lick their wounds and Republicans bask in President Bush&#39;s second-term victory, would-be presidential candidates for 2008 already are maneuvering for position.
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Presidential candidates arenÃ¢ÂÂt the only ones expected to shatter spending records during the 2008 campaign. With both partiesÃ¢ÂÂ nominations up for grabs, crowded candidate fields, and full-tilt campaigning already under way in early 2007, taxpayers will be paying more than ever to ensure the safety of presidential hopefuls.
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Job prospects for college graduates are looking up thanks to the 2008 presidential candidates. Eighteen contenders and counting translates into plenty of campaign hiring of promising but untested newcomers, especially in states with early nominating contests.
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With neither able to claim a definitive victory out of Super Tuesday, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama quickly moved to reload their bank accounts in preparation for an extended battle for delegates.
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The curtain is about to rise on one of the most competitive national seasons for governors races in years, and the money to finance it is already pouring into campaign coffers.
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Contenders for the major partiesÃ¢ÂÂ 2008 presidential nominations have filed fundraising reports for the yearÃ¢ÂÂs second quarter (April 1-June 30) to the Federal Election Commission ahead of SundayÃ¢ÂÂs deadline Ã¢ÂÂ and data from these reports are available at CQÃ¢ÂÂs Political MoneyLine (PML), Congressional QuarterlyÃ¢ÂÂs campaign finance Web site.
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U.S. News & World Report - One Vote &#39;08, the national campaign to make poverty a campaign issue in the 2008 presidential election, will spend $30 million in the four earliest primary and caucus states: Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given the effort, begun with the help of U2&#39;s Bono, a $22 million grant. Campaign organizers say that amount is the &quot;minimum&quot; for the campaign, making it surely one of the biggest issue campaigns thus far announced for the 2008 election cycle.
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Presidential campaigns are hoarding money for a coming advertising blitz &#151; mostly in Iowa and New Hampshire &#151; during the final three months of the year on airwaves already saturated with candidate commercials.
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If taxes are the price of civilization, election year is the time for bargain hunting. Over the past few months, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
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John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign left him with millions of dollars in seed money for a 2008 Senate or presidential bid.
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Members of Congress considering running for president in 2008: