Politics: Obama’s campaign fundraising prowess tops estimates, and then some
- $70M the amount Obama raised for his 2012 campaign in the most recent quarter
- $55M the amount the president expected to raise this quarter; all the extra was just showing off
- 98% of donors to Obama’s campaign threw in $250 or less; you do the math on that one, guys source
- » And he wasn’t even at his peak powers: Thanks to the long-running debt ceiling debate that boringly captivated the country earlier this summer, Obama had to turn down a number of major fundraising events, lowering his total from the previous quarter. He’s miles ahead of every other candidate, for obvious reasons: The still-splintered GOP field has to fight with each other for the right to take on Obama next November.