Crybaby Campaign

Crybaby or liar?

Remember how Romney's campaign reported $100 million in campaign contributions for June? Remember how the Obama campaign said Romney was going to out-raise and out-spend him in the campaign? Wasn't Obama saying Romney was going to "buy" the election?

May was a big month because Romney out-raised Obama for the first time. It was the first time Obama was out-raised since 2007. At the end of May the war chests stacked up in Obama's favor. So at the end of June, are the war chest numbers in favor of Romney? No. Check with the Federal Election Commission:

May Warchest Totals

Obama	$277 Million
Romney	$175 Million

June Warchest Totals

Obama	$300 Million
Romney	$153 Million

Did you catch that? The gap grew bigger in Obama's favor. I guess Obama's rhetoric means he is going to buy the election.

If you look at the FEC numbers on the candidates, Obama is out-raising and out-spending.
Below is the spread sheet you can download from the FEC. It has been pared down to just Obama and Romney and columns relating to totals. ( Unabridged is huge and more confusing. ) In a majority of categories Obama out-raises and out-spends Romney. How is Romney out-doing Obama in anything?

CAND_NM	RPT_YR	RPT_TP	NET_CONTB_SUM_PAGE_PER	NET_OP_EXP_SUM_PAGE_PER	INDV_CONTB_PER	TTL_CONTB_PER	TTL_RECEIPTS_PER	TTL_CONTB_REF_PER	TTL_DISB_PER	INDV_CONTB_YTD	TTL_CONTB_YTD	TTL_OFFSETS_TO_OP_EXP_YTD	TTL_RECEIPTS_YTD	OP_EXP_YTD
OBAMA	2011	Q2	31,752,422.69	62,013,093.56	33,233,681.24	33,233,681.24	46,310,563.59	599,637.38	11,086,389.95	32,798,999.55	32,798,999.55	7,814,935.19	57,510,624.34	69,828,028.75
OBAMA	2011	Q3	63,566,380.9	78,444,531.57	32,156,070.86	32,156,070.86	42,083,623.96	342,112.65	17,798,305.82	64,955,070.41	64,955,070.41	8,740,630.58	99,594,248.3	87,185,162.15
OBAMA	2011	YE	95,083,239.55	96,724,820.31	31,956,550.43	31,956,550.43	39,931,063.33	439,691.78	19,563,336.72	96,911,620.84	96,911,620.84	9,214,488.39	139,525,311.63	105,939,308.7
OBAMA	2012	M2	104,244,428.73	114,003,363.62	9,345,902.08	9,345,902.08	11,865,906.3	184,712.9	17,673,789.6	106,257,522.92	106,257,522.92	9,234,492.61	151,391,217.93	123,237,856.23
OBAMA	2012	M3	117,910,785.55	125,254,762.72	13,873,901.12	13,873,901.12	21,312,005.41	207,544.3	12,590,672.44	120,131,424.04	120,131,424.04	10,172,596.9	172,703,223.34	135,427,359.62
OBAMA	2012	M4	145,030,688.48	140,443,059.28	27,315,287.1	27,315,287.1	35,080,297.39	195,384.17	15,657,565.74	147,446,711.14	147,446,711.14	10,437,607.19	207,783,520.73	150,880,666.47
OBAMA	2012	M5	165,899,911.57	154,753,749.69	21,177,041.53	21,177,041.53	25,705,858.49	307,818.44	14,644,619.61	168,623,752.67	168,623,752.67	10,455,203.58	233,489,379.22	165,208,953.27
OBAMA	2012	M6	195,293,670.82	198,293,018.21	29,649,061.2	29,649,061.2	39,142,855.3	255,301.95	44,582,172.97	198,272,813.87	198,272,813.87	11,232,951.16	272,632,234.52	209,525,969.37
OBAMA	2012	M7	223,052,968.34	255,435,795.95	28,099,891.36	28,099,891.36	45,910,689.72	340,593.84	58,092,065.75	226,372,705.23	226,372,705.23	11,830,792.18	318,542,924.24	267,266,588.13
ROMNEY	2011	Q2	18,549,079.87	5,801,233.02	18,234,222.87	18,325,722.87	18,383,256.66	41500	5,668,384.74	18,234,524.54	18,378,524.54	105,625.21	18,611,693.32	5,906,858.23
ROMNEY	2011	Q3	32,477,246.04	17,787,928.77	14,068,466.51	14,156,767.64	14,222,570.66	228,601.47	12,281,100.24	32,302,991.05	32,535,292.18	171,428.23	32,834,263.98	17959357
ROMNEY	2011	YE	56,337,965.08	36,389,437.28	24,048,673.2	24,223,870.18	24,278,503.06	363,151.14	19,019,342.53	56,351,664.25	56,759,162.36	226,061.11	57,112,767.04	36,615,498.39
ROMNEY	2012	M2	62,579,253.56	54,869,223.1	6,421,460.29	6,441,392.29	6,537,996.54	200,103.81	18,776,493.88	62,773,124.54	63,200,554.65	322,665.36	63,650,763.58	55,191,888.46
ROMNEY	2012	M3	73,926,164.64	66,620,411.51	11,410,593.43	11,554,514.25	11,958,248.57	207,603.17	12,362,525.9	74,183,717.97	74,755,068.9	726,399.68	75,609,012.15	67,346,811.19
ROMNEY	2012	M4	86,503,836.95	76,411,687.37	12,592,728.27	12,697,330.29	13,062,261.28	119,657.98	10,275,864.83	86,776,446.24	87,452,399.19	1,091,330.67	88,671,273.43	77,503,018.04
ROMNEY	2012	M5	97,836,292.61	88,592,555.83	11,394,395.03	11,449,245.03	11,723,689.38	116,789.37	12,572,102.18	98,170,841.27	98,901,644.22	1,365,775.02	100,394,962.81	89,958,330.85
ROMNEY	2012	M6	113,775,093.22	103,863,265.55	15,909,800.79	16,002,050.79	23,417,840.72	63,250.18	15,629,510.31	114,080,642.06	114,903,695.01	1,661,075.43	123,812,803.53	105,524,340.98
ROMNEY	2012	M7	137,643,720.54	130,871,733.17	23,957,600.58	24,002,428.23	33,044,772.9	133,800.91	27,538,608.67	138,038,242.64	138,906,123.24	2,057,415.57	156,857,576.43	132,929,148.74

Just remember how Obama and the campaign cried wolf. They were going to be out-spent into oblivion. The campaign and Biden expressed this concern. Well I am calling "shenanigans!"

When Romney first out-raised Obama in May we knew the numbers in early June. I had a post on June 8th with numbers from both campaigns. This time the Obama campaign seems to have milked Romney's ability to raise a lot of money early in the month to scare people into thinking the election was being bought. They waited till the 20th to release their numbers, which is the legal deadline. Who has more money?

The money situation seems to be very quiet right now. Why won't the Obama campaign come out now and warn people that the election will be bought?

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