"Lost in the attention given to Obama's Internet surge is that only a quarter of the $600 million he has raised has come from donors who made contributions of $200 or less, according to a review of his FEC reports."
However, in an article dated October 5th 2008 Matthew Mosk had some different numbers...
"At the heart of the RNC complaint is a federal fundraising rule that lets campaigns accept donations under $200 without itemizing the names and addresses of the donors on its campaign finance reports. The rule was intended as a matter of practicality -- it did not seem reasonable to ask a campaign to gather that information from every five-dollar donor.
But the Obama campaign has raised more than $200 million this way, a staggering sum for donations that will not be subjected to outside scrutiny."
So if the Obama campaign has raised $200 million from small donors, how is that 1/4 of $600 million?
More HEREIn 1994, John McCain voted against legislation -- pushed through Congress by Joe Biden -- that helped put an end to the practice of charging rape victims for sexual assault exams.
Twisted as it may sound, charging victims for a forensic exam was a real problem. For example, as AMERICAblog has documented (and the media is now reporting), when Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the town charged rape victims for the exams.
Biden's legislation required that state, local, and Indian governments provide the rape exams to victims free of charge as a condition of receiving federal funds under the Violence Against Women Act. In 2000, Alaska finally passed state legislation in order to qualify for federal funding.
McCain not only opposed Biden's legislation, but also has voted against funding it as recently as October 2007.
September 14, 2008 8:25 AM
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised more than $66 million in August, marking a record fundraising month for his campaign.
The campaign also added 500,000 new donors during the month.
Previously, the campaign's best fundraising month was February of
this year, in the midst of the heated primary with Sen. Hillary
Clinton, D-N.Y., when they tallied $55 million in donations.
This is amazing! Not the $66 mill particularly, but the 500,000 new donors! I know the media prefers a close race because it makes better news, but I think there are factors that aren't getting much traction that would show that this race is not as tight as they saying it is...new voters/young voters/black voters, and enthusiasm....
Via ABC
COURIC: He believes that should be overturned. That’s what he told me, and that it should go to the states.
CINDY McCAIN: Well, in that respect, yes. Yeah, it is–that–I understand what you’re saying, that is a states issue. Absolutely. Definitely.
Via Think Progress
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