Please tell me if this has been diaried already. I was busy from 1PM Central - 3:30 PM
MoveOn raised 357K for Obama. Add that on to his 7.6 million (at least - They stopped counting around 11AM Central today) so far since February 5th, Obama has raised 8 million dollars since February 5th.
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MoveOn gives us advance word on how much they've raised for Obama since midday yesterday: $357,000, with contributions still coming in.
"The Obam-a-mentum fundraiser has been our biggest fundraiser yet this year," MoveOn executive director Eli Pariser will say in a statement soon to go out to reporters. "Our members have not finished giving and none of the contributions through our site have been added yet to the Obama campaign fundraising totals. We are thrilled we’ll be able to add to Senator Obama’s big day."
So Obama has raised a little more than Hillary so far, when she has raised 7.5 Million since February 1st. Or has he raised more?
Hillary Clinton's 5 million dollar loan that went toward fending off Obama on February 5th was given under the premise that she would pay herself back.
Link: http://www.politico.com/...
A Clinton spokesman, Howard Wolfson, says Clinton has not repaid her loan, though she hopes to at some point.
And don't worry, Clinton's staffers are back on payroll. Mark Penn will get his doughnuts for the week.
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/...
So it turns out the Clinton campaign may not be so cash-strapped after all — at least not at this very moment.
After offering on Wednesday to go without paychecks to help save precious campaign resources, senior staff members on Hillary Clinton's campaign are in fact not going without pay during the month of February, ABC News has learned. Clinton Loaned Campaign $5 Million"It's not happening," said a source familiar with the situation.
Update: I noted that the Obama ticker stopped counting around 11AM Central today in the Introduction