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
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