Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. walks to the mike to address the media after his visit to the Bayloff Stamped Products facility in Belleville, Mich., Thursday, July 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
by Katie Fretland
Presumptive GOP nominee John McCain had his best fundraising of the year last month with more than $22 million for his bid for the White House.
Rick Davis, campaign manager for McCain, today said that the Republican National Committee collected another $26 million in June. About half of the campaign's income had been spent on campaign advertising to take on Obama in battleground states.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has not announced how much money his campaign raised in June.
Davis presented a bright outlook for the financial condition of the campaign.
"We will have significant resources to prosecute a campaign that is very robust," Davis said.
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Comments
Because Fretland is trying to make things nice for Obama she left off that it's highly unusual that he hasn't released his June numbers yet. Almost $50 million between McCain and the RNC will be tough to beat when you consider the DNC can't raise any money because of the failure of leadership at the chairman level.
Posted by: Jeff | July 10, 2008 6:15 PM
McBush is wallowing in dirty lobbyist money.
McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, and yet he said "I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gEROVh8zK4
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Posted by: John E | July 10, 2008 6:16 PM
McCain and the RNC will be tough to beat when you consider the DNC can't raise any money because of the failure of leadership at the chairman level.
Posted by: Jeff | July 10, 2008 6:15 PM
I'm going to remind you of your chest thumping about Grampy McBush's number's when Obama's number's come out, Bill/Jeff.
Posted by: John E | July 10, 2008 6:29 PM
John's either lost weight or has a high-end girdle on.
Either way, the fun is about to begin. Things are warming up for October. Gonna be a rip snorter of an election.
Barack better not get overconfident. John has been laying back. He's still, above all, a fighter pilot. Don't be suprised at how strong he's going to come atcha, Barack.
Posted by: ornery | July 10, 2008 8:44 PM
Think about it. Who would you rather pay to do a root canal on your aching tooth - an experienced dentist who has a well-established practice or a freshman dental student who only read about root canals in his text book last week. That pretty much sums up the choice we face between McCain and Obama. Put this analogy in the context of the person running this country, and it’s downright scary to think about Obama as President.
Spend your money wisely and donate to McCain.
Posted by: Florida Conservationist | July 10, 2008 9:02 PM
Every dollar B."Hussein" Obama raises...half will go to the Clinton's to pay off a 23 million campaign debt for B.J and Hillary's support... on how we can get attacked 8 times (like in the 1990's) and.... the world will love us...again!
Merci beaucoup!
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | July 11, 2008 12:18 AM
John E, I hope you do. If it were anything over $22 million he'd've released it by now and let's remember that the DNC is STILL $11 million short for their own convention so they won't be contributing anywhere near what the RNC hauled in. Say, how are they going to pay to rent out Invesco Field, too? Remember, they are $11 million short... thanks, Howard!
Posted by: Jeff | July 11, 2008 1:04 AM
McCain has all the "Smart Rich Elites" in his corner. They don't want theirs or your taxes raised.
Obama has all the "Rich Elite Fools" they want to pay more in taxes to their "Uncle Obama.
VJ Machiavelli
ps Iran-Have Missiles Will Fire, see video
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
Posted by: VJ Machiavelli | July 11, 2008 1:04 AM
Hey Jeff guess what? Obama raised $30 million in June.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1133432920080711
Too bad for you. As usual, you were wrong. Very wrong.
Posted by: JT | July 11, 2008 5:50 PM