Edwards dominates money race in South

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WASHINGTON - North Carolina's John Edwards says he's the only Democratic presidential candidate with any chance of winning the coveted South.

If early fundraising is any indication, he might be right.

Edwards placed a distant third behind Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) in first quarter fundraising, tallying $14 million compared to Clinton's $26 million and Obama's $25 million.

But in money raised in the South, Edwards was the leader. From Louisiana to the Carolinas, Edwards easily beat his Democratic rivals and — perhaps more importantly — raised more money than the top three Republican candidates combined

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_money_south

[IndyOp]

1. Glad to see this in the corporate media - it was on the blogs within days of

the release of data from all campaigns...

Red States Swing for Edwards
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=257x702

[citizen snips]

2. I'm sorry for posting the same news story.

But the great news is that Edwards is blowing the GOP competition away in southern fund raising.

[IndyOp]

3. Whoa! I am glad I read your post & the article more carefully - I had not

notice the HUGE disparity between Edwards and *all* of the GOP candidates combined. I encourage you to cross-post this in GD if you haven't already. :hi:


Edwards placed a distant third behind Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in first quarter fundraising, tallying $14 million compared to Clinton's $26 million and Obama's $25 million.

But in money raised in the South, Edwards was the leader. From Louisiana to the Carolinas, Edwards easily beat his Democratic rivals and — perhaps more importantly — raised more money than the top three Republican candidates combined.

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Counting only Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, Edwards raised $2,723,000. That's more than six times Clinton's take of $440,471 and nearly four times the $705,650 raised by Obama, according to numbers compiled by PoliticalMoneyLine.org, an online repository of campaign finance data.

Among Republicans, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney led the way with $1,127,484, compared with $603,723 for Arizona Sen. John McCain and $384,500 for Giuliani.

[waiting for hope]

4. Whoa!

I think I've heard this before: Who can win the south will get the nomination....

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