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Obama campaign, Democrats raise $71 million in June: official

U.S. President Barack Obama greets residents of Beaver, Pennsylvania July 6, 2012. Obama is on a two-day campaign bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Barack Obama greets residents of Beaver, Pennsylvania July 6, 2012. Obama is on a two-day campaign bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON | Mon Jul 9, 2012 1:26pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic partners raised some $71 million in June, a campaign official said on Monday.

The figures put Obama, the Democratic incumbent, well below his opponent, Republican Mitt Romney, whose campaign and partners raised $106.1 million in the same month.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason)
Politics
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Comments (5)
flashrooster wrote:
Hmmm…the people don’t like Romney, but he raises much more money than Obama. I think you call it the buying of the Presidency. Funny how the rightwing ideologues on the Supreme Court all voted in favor of Citizens United and against 99.9% of the American people, and the result is the Republicans raising a lot more money in their political campaigns, and mostly from extremely rich donors looking forward to more tax cuts and deregulating of their industries. Pretending to be a democracy is such fun!

Now…if we can just get Mr. Romney to release his tax returns. I find it interesting that Mitt’s own father said that releasing just one year’s tax return is “meaningless”. I agree with Mitt’s father. What does Mitt have to hide?

Jul 09, 2012 12:01pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
justinolcb wrote:
hes gonna need every penny of it for the presidential moving vans! Movin’ Day starts Nov 7… jus’ sayin’ … Hi Mr Rooster :)

Jul 09, 2012 12:20pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
johnzbesko wrote:
Hard to compare fundraising numbers- it costs more money to buy votes for Republicans.

Jul 09, 2012 12:22pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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