Obama Stunner: $25 Million in the First Quarter

The senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, has posted some stunningly positive fundraising figures for the first quarter: $25 million overall, with at least $23.5 million available for the primary. This money, according to the campaign, comes from more than 100,000 donors, some 50,000 of those having given online.

"This overwhelming response, in only a few short weeks, shows the hunger for a different kind of politics in this country and a belief at the grassroots level that Barack Obama can bring out the best in America to solve our problems," said Obama for America finance chair Penny Pritzker.

What's important about the number, of course, is that it comes within a hair's width of tying Hillary Clinton's $26 million for the first quarter...

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