much money they can raise early on. the numbers are almost complete and the totals tell the story. president obama and the democratic national committee he controls have raised $86 million, while all the g.o.p. candidates combined raised a paltry $35 million. with only michele bachmann not yet reporting. republicans have been crying all year that their candidates will raise lots of money against a weakened president, especially since corporation and hedge funds who gave to obama in 2008 switched support to g.o.p. no big surprise there, since republicans now support corporate welfare for big oil, tax rate for hedge fund operators to make them pay less for the housekeeping staff and continue to resist raising taxes on billionaires. with all of that going on for the republican pathial wannabes, why can t they show us the money? dana? dana: first of all, it doesn t include the rnc total. you said it correctly this number is not just the presidential politic beings but for the national co
that s all he is doing. andrea: if you compare the fundraisers he did with president bush, i doesn t compare. all he has been doing is fundraising. look, i agree. it s still so early. the g.o.p. field, it s split. how many names are on it? eric: your $35 million number where did you get it? bob: the $35 million, total what they reported so far. eric: did you include the rnc? bob: no. eric: did you include groups like crossroad gps? american crossroads who combine the two groups alone have $35 million. exclusively to g.o.p. bob: let me explain something to you. i can t tell you about oil funds that you know but i can tell you about campaigning. that is money they can t control. the rnc is controlled by the presidential candidate. look at the republican the latest questio quinnipac poll. romney leads with weak 25%.
much money they can raise early on. the numbers are almost complete and the totals tell the story. president obama and the democratic national committee he controls have raised $86 million, while all the g.o.p. candidates combined raised a paltry $35 million. with only michele bachmann not yet reporting. republicans have been crying all year that their candidates will raise lots of money against a weakened president, especially since corporation and hedge funds who gave to obama in 2008 switched support to g.o.p. no big surprise there, since republicans now support corporate welfare for big oil, tax rate for hedge fund operators to make them pay less for the housekeeping staff and continue to resist raising taxes on billionaires. with all of that going on for the republican pathial wannabes, why can t they show us the money? dana? dana: first of all, it doesn t include the rnc total. you said it correctly this number is not just the presidential politic beings but for the national co
that s all he is doing. andrea: if you compare the fundraisers he did with president bush, i doesn t compare. all he has been doing is fundraising. look, i agree. it s still so early. the g.o.p. field, it s split. how many names are on it? eric: your $35 million number where did you get it? bob: the $35 million, total what they reported so far. eric: did you include the rnc? bob: no. eric: did you include groups like crossroad gps? american crossroads who combine the two groups alone have $35 million. exclusively to g.o.p. bob: let me explain something to you. i can t tell you about oil funds that you know but i can tell you about campaigning. that is money they can t control. the rnc is controlled by the presidential candidate. look at the republican the latest questio quinnipac poll.