As the campaign winds down – both Barack Obama and John McCain (as well as other politicians) are making their last fundraising pitches. Over the course of the election, the two candidates have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions.
Just this past weekend, Barack Obama’s campaign announced that they raised $150 million dollars – in September alone. It’s a mind boggling amount.
Where is all of this money coming from?
The September financial reports for both Barack Obama and John McCain released the information for several donors who made “big” donations.
Per the campaign finance laws individuals are …read more

Image details: Senator Hillary Clinton and US Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama speak at the ‘Women for Obama’ breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in New York City served by picapp.com
The Democrats seem to have set a goal for fundraising during the general election in light of Barack Obama’s impressive talent for generating donations — in June, Obama collected $52 million. The Democratic goal is a nice round number: $500 million.
There were some worries over the past few weeks that the Obama fundraising machine was slowly. The Wall Street Journal estimated that June’s totals would be around $30 million. …read more

When it comes to campaign finances, Mitt Romney is a very special duck. While he’s done some high quality fundraising, he’s partially financing his bid for president on his own, to the tune of $17 million. Of course that figure could be higher — the FEC hasn’t handed out reports on fourth-quarter financials yet, so information is still available only up to September, 2007. But Romney can afford to keep throwing money in the pot, if he needs to. At bare minimum, he and his wife are worth $190 million (though there are claims the number might be as high …read more