by Mark Silva
ST. PAUL -- It turns out that Sen. John McCain has had a pretty good month: A fundraising haul in August that rivals Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's fundraising prowess. And the word is that picking Sarah Palin for a running mate helped.
In August, the GOP's nominee-to-be raked in about $47 million, as Don Frederick, our colleague at Top fo the Ticket notes: It is "his best monthly showing yet, significantly more than the $27 million he raised in July and ever-so-close to the $50 million Obama took in that month.''
The Obama campaign has not shown its August hand yet -- but besting Obama could provide camp McCain a needed boost.
"McCain already was headed for a strong August when, with three days left in the month, he selected Palin as his running mate on Friday,'' Frederick adds. "The pick fired up social conservatives and resulted in a $10 million fundraising spurt through Sunday, Jim Kuhnhenn of the Associated Press reports.''
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