AP: Kerry raises $50 million, Bush Says he tops it, but no total released

[flpoljunkie]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45011-2004Apr2.html

By SHARON THEIMER
The Associated Press
Friday, April 2, 2004; 1:06 PM

WASHINGTON - John Kerry became the first Democratic hopeful to raise $50 million over three months while President Bush set a record by topping that, officials said Friday.

The Kerry campaign announced that it raised more than half its money online from January through March, about $26.7 million, the most ever taken in by a presidential campaign over the Internet in one quarter.

The campaign plans to expand its grass-roots fund-raising efforts by running newspaper ads urging people to donate, starting with a full-page plea in The New York Times on Sunday. In addition, the bulk of Kerry's 20-city fund-raising tour is yet to come. Kerry raised millions this week during a two-day swing through California.

<>The Bush campaign, too, continues raising money at events, online and through direct-mail pitches. The campaign has not yet released an exact total for Bush's donations from January through March, but it said Bush had beat the presidential quarter record of $50 million he set with his fund raising from July through September last year. (And why not, one wonders?)

<> Both are expected to accept full government financing for their general-election campaign. If they do, they will receive checks for about $75 million when they are officially nominated by their parties. They will be barred at that point from spending any more of the private contributions they have raised on their general-election campaigns.

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Several people have asked about further campaign contributions to the Kerry campaign are his official nomination at the July convention.

[mobuto]

1. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x490584

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. I don't agree, it's not a dupe.

It's based on the same news article, but that thread mindlessly repeats the biased AP article, and this thread points out the bias.

[mobuto]

3. Mindlessly?

Hey, I resemble that.

That was just a little gratuitous.