Democrats Lead Money Race

Bloggernista yesterday posted a summary of the actual cash on hand available to Democratic presidential candidates:

Barack Obama - $34 million
Hillary Clinton - $33 million
John Edwards - $12 million
Bill Richardson - $7 million
Chris Dodd - $6.4 million

The Los Angeles Times published an article today outlining that the Democratic campaign committees are also raising more money than their Republican counterparts.

In the first six months, the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee reported raising $31.2 million; its GOP counterpart garnered about half that — $15.7 million.
On the House side of the ledger, the Democratic campaign committees reported raising about $36 million from Jan. 1 through June 30.

The comparable GOP group has not yet released a final figure, but it is expected to lag the Democrats. The gap, however, may not be as pronounced as it is for the Senate campaign committees.

Oh, I wish it were 2008 already! Or January 21, 2009.