Finally, Obama Tops Romney In August Fundraising

"I'll be damned" was the email I received this afternoon, well, now it's yesterday cuz it took over a damn hour to post this...anyway, I received this email from Jim Messina, one of Obama's campaign managers. Is it the "bump" the Dems were hoping for? Probably not, because right now with less than 2 months to Election 2012, it's a #'s game, & the numbers their watching are the polls. For those of you who don't believe/trust polls, well there isn't a Pol, meaning each & every politician, who's not watching them. Here's the big news from the Obama campaign, huge from their perspective, since Romney has won the fundraising battle since May:

Caitlin --

Huge news:

Unbelievable. After three straight months of getting beat -- and not by a small margin -- more than 1,170,000 supporters made a donation to close the gap.

We can't let up for one second. These August numbers don't reflect outside group fundraising or spending -- and in that category we're still getting thrashed.

Right before the conventions, we were being outspent by super PACs alone in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin. That margin was more than 2 to 1 in Florida, Iowa, and North Carolina.

Already, more than 3 million grassroots donors have stepped up to make sure they can't drown us out. According to our records, you weren't among them. Are you going to let this campaign go by without joining in?


We recently learned Karl Rove is rounding up the most powerful Republican donors to give all they've got to beat Barack Obama.

And it's clear the Romney campaign has been building up a cash advantage that would allow them to blanket the airwaves with negative ads even if we did close the gap. Last week a Romney-Ryan official compared their latest ad campaign to the "daisy cutter" bombs used in the Iraq War. Another adviser to the campaign said their goal from now to Election Day is to "carpet bomb" President Obama and Vice President Biden.

After all our hard work over the past 17 months, I'll be damned if the Romney campaign, Karl Rove, the Koch brothers, and a handful of anonymous billionaires "carpet bomb" the President and end up deciding this election for millions of Americans in the last 57 days.

We just proved we can go head to head with Romney and the Republicans and win. That can't stop now.

Together we're proving that ordinary Americans -- not special interests or super PACs -- will decide this election. I'm proud to be a part of this campaign, and even more determined to make sure our hard work translates into a win for President Obama in November. I hope you feel the same way.

Thanks for all you're doing.

Messina

Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

Please note: All links have been removed. Also, I had more to say, but it was lost, & I can't remember it all!