True, but according to this, Ron Paul actually raised quite a bit of loot, second only to Romney among republicans (Note: This was in the 4th quarter of fundraising, and long after others had dropped out. See other quarters for more info): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_for_the_2012_United_States_presidential_election One question: Who the hell are Fred Karger, Buddy Roemer, and Gary Johnson? ...I don't remember those guys at all lol ...wait... Who the hell is Thaddeus McCotter? ...is that the dude from Welcome back, McCotter? ...I know, that one was bad lol
According to this, both Obama and McCain did not raise the most contributions by 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election Clinton raised the most, followed by Obama. A distant 3rd was Giuliani. 4th was Romney, followed by McCain. So, neither eventual winner actually had the most contributions (by 12-31-07).
I wonder if BO will hit the Billion dollar mark this year. In 2008, he set the record for the most ever raised/spent on a campaign. Candidate (Party)Amount raisedAmount spentVotesAverage spent per vote Barack Obama (D) $778,642,962 $760,370,195 69,498,215 $10.94 John McCain (R) $383,913,834 $358,008,447 59,948,240 $5.97