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| Obama tops Democratic fundraising | Obama tops Democratic fundraising |
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| Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is facing a continuing threat from Barack Obama, reports filed to US electoral officials suggest. | Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is facing a continuing threat from Barack Obama, reports filed to US electoral officials suggest. |
| Mr Obama, the senator from Illinois, raised more than $30m in the second quarter of 2007, according to the official returns filed last night. | |
| They show that Mrs Clinton, the senator from New York, raised just under $30m. | They show that Mrs Clinton, the senator from New York, raised just under $30m. |
| This is more than the entire Democratic field of hopefuls managed at the same time in the run-up to the 2004 poll. | This is more than the entire Democratic field of hopefuls managed at the same time in the run-up to the 2004 poll. |
| Grassroots power | Grassroots power |
| The Democrats in other words are on fire, with their supporters willing and able to back these two big-name candidates with enough cash for sophisticated and expensive campaigns. | The Democrats in other words are on fire, with their supporters willing and able to back these two big-name candidates with enough cash for sophisticated and expensive campaigns. |
| APRIL-JUNE 2007 FUNDRAISING Barack Obama - $33mHillary Clinton - $27.1mSource: reports filed to the US Federal Election Commission | |
| Much more money is flowing into the Democratic race than the Republican. | Much more money is flowing into the Democratic race than the Republican. |
| Sen Obama's take, easily the biggest ever for a Democrat at this stage of the electoral cycle, suggests that he will be capable of matching Sen Clinton financially all the way into next year. | Sen Obama's take, easily the biggest ever for a Democrat at this stage of the electoral cycle, suggests that he will be capable of matching Sen Clinton financially all the way into next year. |
| The question is whether he can do it politically. | The question is whether he can do it politically. |
| The Obama camp are suggesting that his is a powerful grassroots campaign - 250,000 individual donors. | The Obama camp are suggesting that his is a powerful grassroots campaign - 250,000 individual donors. |
| But Sen Clinton is still ahead in the polls and her financial position is perfectly secure. | But Sen Clinton is still ahead in the polls and her financial position is perfectly secure. |