Apparently, the republican primary is distracting Democrats from giving him cash. He is well under the level needed to gather in the projected $1 Billion and all because the news cycle is being manhandled by Rush calling somebody a slut...
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...long-gop-primary-hurts-presidents-fundraising
President Obama’s reelection campaign said Wednesday that the prolonged Republican primary is hurting its fundraising.
Obama’s campaign team said the GOP fight in general is good for Obama, but chief strategist David Axelrod said it isn’t the best for filling Obama’s coffers.
“I do think it’s easier to raise money when you have one opponent,” Axelrod said in a press call scheduled a day after the GOP Super Tuesday primaries.
The Obama campaign raised $68 million in the last part of 2011, a low number after speculation last year — quickly tamped down by the campaign in 2012 — that Obama could raise $1 billion for his reelection campaign.
The Obama-backing super-PAC Priorities USA reported its last fundraising total in January was $59,000, before the president's campaign reversed course to acknowledge the necessity of super-PAC fundraising.
“It’s certainly the case that when you’re running against a specific opponent, particularly, if it seems to be a competitive contest ... it provides donors with a greater incentive or urgency to give,” said Anthony Corrado, an expert on campaign finance at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...long-gop-primary-hurts-presidents-fundraising
President Obama’s reelection campaign said Wednesday that the prolonged Republican primary is hurting its fundraising.
Obama’s campaign team said the GOP fight in general is good for Obama, but chief strategist David Axelrod said it isn’t the best for filling Obama’s coffers.
“I do think it’s easier to raise money when you have one opponent,” Axelrod said in a press call scheduled a day after the GOP Super Tuesday primaries.
The Obama campaign raised $68 million in the last part of 2011, a low number after speculation last year — quickly tamped down by the campaign in 2012 — that Obama could raise $1 billion for his reelection campaign.
The Obama-backing super-PAC Priorities USA reported its last fundraising total in January was $59,000, before the president's campaign reversed course to acknowledge the necessity of super-PAC fundraising.
“It’s certainly the case that when you’re running against a specific opponent, particularly, if it seems to be a competitive contest ... it provides donors with a greater incentive or urgency to give,” said Anthony Corrado, an expert on campaign finance at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
More at link...
