NYTimes: Big Cash Edge Powers Obama in Drive for ’12

[Scurrilous]

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"President Obama is exploiting his early lead in campaign fund-raising to bankroll a sprawling grass-roots organization and information technology apparatus in critical general election battlegrounds. He is doing so even as the Republican candidates conserve cash and jockey for position in what could become a drawn-out nominating battle.

Since the beginning of the year, Mr. Obama and the Democratic National Committee, for which the president is helping raise money to finance his party’s grass-roots efforts, have spent close to $87 million in operating costs, according to a New York Times analysis of campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. That amount is about as much as all the current Republican candidates together have raised so far in this campaign.

In recent months, that money has helped open campaign offices in at least 15 states. In contrast, the best-financed Republican candidates, Mitt Romney and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, have physical presences in just a handful of early primary states like New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.

In just the last three months, according to the filings, the Obama campaign has spent more on payroll, more than $4 million, than several of the Republican candidates have raised."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/us/politics/big-cash-edge-powers-obama-in-drive-for-2012-election.html?google_editors_picks=true

[msongs]

1. ok he is flush so put your $$ into local dems who are true liberals and progressives nt

[joeybee12]

3. Absolutely...and give direct, not to the DNC or any national group

that will probably give it to people like Ben Nelson.

[FrenchieCat]

4. He's got no money compared to what Koch/Rove via Citizen United will provide

They media just simply wants you to think the way you are thinking,
and it is apparent that being compliant to Corporate media's manipulation
is something you are good at.

The media is not your friend, nor will it ever be your friend.
It will do whatever it can to get some people believing some of what they sell,
most of the time.

Considering, however, that you have already shown your disdain for this President,
I can see how you would take this Media intended information and do with it what
they intended.

[jenmito]

9. That's the truth despite Nicolle Wallace claiming (lying) that RW groups have LESS money than Dem.

outside groups. She wasn't challenged on that. It was last week on MSNBC.

[ClarkUSA]

7. This analysis doesn't include the limitless anonymous donations to GOP Citizens United-enabled PACs.

Nice try, anyway. :sarcasm:

[pnwmom]

16. That's what the Rethugs would love for us to conclude.

Don't worry about their PACs. They won't be donating to their poor little candidate. Not this time.

[bluestateguy]

2. Obama will have plenty of money. That is not my concern.

It is all that Koch money that worries me.

The unions can't even come close to matching that.

I am hoping that Warren Buffet will unlock his bank account and match the Koch's dollar for dollar.

[AlinPA]

13. There will be much more than the Kochs' money. With Citizens United I'm looking for billions for

the republicans to be rolling in. There is no limit.

[nichomachus]

5. But I thought all his donations were really tiny one from plain folk

I read it here on DU -- must be true

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. "But I thought all his donations were really tiny one from plain folk"

"ALL his donations"? Where? Where on DU, did you read that? Link please? :shrug: I'm not saying you're lying or anything, cause that's against the rules, but I'd like to see a post that says "ALL his donations were really tiny one from plain folk".

[jenmito]

10. Link to where you "read it here on DU" about "...all his donations..."? I won't hold my breath. n/t

[Schema Thing]

11. He has a very impressive percentage of donations from individual, small donation contributors

your freeperish insinuations otherwise don't change that fact.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. Hello? Link?

:shrug:

[ClarkUSA]

6. Meanwhile, the Koch Bros alone have pledged to spend nearly $100M to beat Pres. Obama & Dems in 2012

Media Matters: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=799057&mesg_id=799161

And then there's the anonymous limitless donors to shadowy Republican PACs via Citizens United who are doing the same thing.

Of course, the corporate MSM wouldn't want to step on their corporate overlords' toes (the Koch Bros. own Gov. Cuomo) so I doubt they will ever mention what I just did.

[AlinPA]

14. Don't be surprised to see 10 billion from Koch-like donors.

[pnwmom]

15. The Rethugs will have a ton of money backing their candidate, no matter who he is.

Probably most of it will be from anonymous donors to PACs.