in colorado, democrats over sampled by 3%. some pollsters believe that skewed the numbers to give president obama an appearance of more support than he may actually have, arthel. it is believed the polls could be closer than what those polls found. arthel: john, other numbers we re looking at in terms of dollars and who has left in their coffers. tell us now what is happening of the fund-raising for both of those campaigns. reporter: and the way too, arthel, that the story is being presented, you ve read all kinds of stories that mitt romney having a horrible fund-raising month in august. it is true that the obama campaign outraised the romney campaign by about $20 million. 85 million to $66 million. if you take all of the fund-raising together, the campaigns, committees, all of the other funds, the cash on hand that mitt romney had at the end of august, 168.5 million was far more than what the obama campaign had. they were back at 125.1 million dollars. so you look at campaign to ca
reporter: after a three-day campaign blitz out of the convention, the president s behind closed doors at the white house. both campaigns fighting tooth and nail at the romney campaign hoping enough americans will flip to the republicans because they re unhappy with the job the president is doing. these are tough times for the american people. and it doesn t have to be this way. reporter: last month the obama campaign and democrats hauled in $114 million. that s their best fund-raising month of the election cycle. that total was more than mitt romney and republicans for the first time in three months. today s, of course, the 11th anniversary of september 11th attacks, so, paula and john, expect a pause in the heated campaign rhetoric today on the campaign trail. yeah. you will hear no negative campaigning. thankfully for one day we won t have that. by the way, this is among registered voters, undecided likely voters, a much tighter scenario. we know that is going to change c
spending as much time and money going negative hitting romney in the record as massachusetts governor. one group that did welcome him is gay supporter who is gathered and the president s two-day-trip from the fund-raising in los angeles and san francisco, his third visit to california in a month as he looks for campaign cash. it is paying off. the related committees raised over $60 million in may, biggest month yet and 572,000 donors, the best fund-raising month of the campaign. of course may with george clean. all the tough attention and what we might have expected it in early summer and defining the challenger after he wrapped up the gop hasn t taken off. yesterday in texas, he talked to supporters calling walker s victory saying it will echo in the fall. the blue state said weave seen a conservative governor and
solicited the money and saying don t worry, nothing is legally to fear anymore. corporations which are caught just by nature were worried about lawsuits and not worried about it anymore. the dnc said it had its best fund-raising month of the year. $16 a month from low dollar donors and special dollar specialing money on its behalf. this all balances out? no. it does not balance out. first of all, on the advertising side as the post said 7-1, i heard estimates as high as nine or ten to one. it almost all the money is going tv advertising and going to help republican candidates. the democrats are focusing on get out the vote and focusing on the ground game. they are facing a difficult choice. do they leave the airwaves unanswered and take the scarce
general. republicans like rove have solicited the money. the corporations that were cautious by nature were worried about lawsuits. they re not worried about it anymore, thanks to the supreme court. the dnc had the best fund-raising month so far. does this all balance out, he asked leadingly? no. no. it does not balance out. on the advertising side, maybe 7 to 1. i ve heard estimates as high as 9 or 10 to 1. spending that would help the democrats. almost all that money is going into tv advertising. it will help republican candidates one way or another. the democrats are focusing on get out the vote. the ground game. they re facing a difficult choice. they leave the airwaves unanswered.