Watch out United States, Hillary Clinton is coming, and she's making money wherever she goes. 26 million dollars worth of money that is, and just for the first three months of her political campaign, which blows all of the other candidates fundraising amounts right out of the water.
MSNBC reports that her total included 4.2 million dollars raised on the Internet alone. If anyone had doubts about the power of the Internet and political campaigning you have now seen the incredible power and impact it can make. Meanwhile other presidential candidates work hard to catch up to Clinton. Republican Mitt Romney has raised 23 million dollars in the first three months,(he donated 2.35 million of his own money for the cause) with Giuliani following behind with 15 million. John McCain is last with only 11 million dollars.
One might wonder, how much have the Democrats made? The numbers aren't nearly as impressive. John Edwards has made 14 million with Richardson and Dodd raising 11 and 9 million respectively. Rumors are starting to spread regarding how much Barack Obama has, and when he will announce his amount. Some speculate that he might meet or even break Clinton's record although he has yet to say. Obama report.
It will be interesting to see how this next presidential election will go. No doubt it will be much different than the elections before, but what will change? How much money is really necessary to run for president, and what do they use it all for?
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