Q1 fundraising: McCain stinks up the joint, but looks good for the future

Daily Kos Staff

Monday April 02, 2007 · 11:54 AM PDT

2007/04/02 · 11:54

Wow. Just $12.5 million?

During the first quarter of 2007, John McCain 2008 campaign received nearly 60,000 contributions from all 50 states, averaging $200 per contribution. The McCain campaign will report over $12.5 million in contributions for the first quarter.

Campaign Manager Terry Nelson said, “Although we are pleased with the organization we’ve built and polls show us strongly positioned in key primary states, we had hoped to do better in first quarter fundraising. We are already in the process of taking the necessary steps to ensure fundraising success moving forward.” Nelson added, “Fundraising in the first quarter is no more important than fundraising throughout the entire primary election campaign.”

The total amount is pathetic and maybe proof that the establishment support McCain supposedly enjoys just isn't there.

However, 60,000 individual donors is pretty impressive, and may be his ultimate salvation in the coming quarters. If he can get those people to continue giving $200 per quarter, he'll have a big base to build on compared to Romney ($23M) and Giuliani ($15M) and their fancy shmancy big-dollar but now maxed-out donors.

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