Monday, July 16, 2007

Now we've got numbers.

Via Chris Bowers...
Here are the cash on hand totals I have found so far. These numbers do not reflect campaign debt, and include money raised for the general election.

Democrats
Obama: $34M
Clinton: $33M
Edwards: $12M
Richardson: $7.1M
Dodd: $6.4M
Biden: $2.8M
Kucinich: $221K
At first glance it seems that Edwards and Dodd have been running relatively low burn rates, with each hanging onto a few million in Q1 cash while the rest of the field seems to be eating their seed corn. Of course, if you can raise $30 million + in a quarter, you can spend pretty freely without suffering, but unless he taps a new financial vein, you wonder how many quarters Bill Richardson can afford to spend everything he takes in before he just doesn't take in enough.

Joe Biden can probably afford cab fare to those Sunday morning TV studios for awhile, but he can't compete in this crowd with that cash. Ya'll know how I feel about Dennis.

More hashing of numbers to come. As Chris, posting at his new blog home, Open Left, writes...
It should not be long before the total debt picture, plus money raised for the general election, becomes clear. Total number of donors so far in the campaign will also be useful information. It is only when we have all of that info that a solid picture of where candidates stand in the fundraising race can be presented.

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