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Some Second Quarter Fundraising Predictions -- UPDATED

18 Jun 2007 03:29 pm

Bear in mind that I retain the right to revise these as I receive additional information.

The Democrats:

Sen. Barack Obama: $28M-$35M
-- only a very few Obama staffers have access to estimates, and they're not talking
-- almost entirely primary money
-- cash on hand should be north of $32M

Sen. Hillary Clinton: $26M-28M
-- The primary/general election ratio will be around 5 to 1).
-- Projected cash on hand should be north of $40M

Ex-Sen. John Edwards: $8.5M-11M
-- virtually all for the primary
-- cash on hand should be greater than $15M

Gov. BIll Richardson: $3-7M
Sen. Joe Biden: $3-5M
Sen. Chris Dodd: $2-M

The Republicans:

Gov. Mitt Romney: $17M-20M
-- Romney did NOT have the highest burn rate, contrary to what I wrote earlier. He spent the most money, but his burn rate was well below that of Sen. John McCain's. I'll assume the 50% rate held through the second quarter, so he's in reasonably good shape if he has more than $18M in reserves.

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani: $14M-17M
-- cash on hand should be north of $16M assuming a burn rate of less than 50%

Sen. John McCain: $13M-15M
-- cash on hand should be north of $14M assuming a burn rate of less than 50%

Gov. Mike Huckabee: $2M-4M

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Comments (8)

Seems reasonable. Do you think Huckabee will be able to pull that much as his Q1 numbers? I think Richardson will be closer to the higher number.

Is Obama's $35 million informed, or is it an articulate way of guesstimating, "The sky's the limit, I really have no clue on how much money Obama will raise for Q2"?

Am I reading you correctly when you say that Hillary's expected to drag in only ~$22 million in primary cash? With Bill pounding the alabaster pavement and calling in all his chits?

^^ I think the grassroots effort is still huge for Obama and while the excitement is winding down, chances are he will outraise Clinton in Q2.

Current Edwards totals are on his website.
https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/ring-the-bell

McCain says his will be about 10 million.

Richardson announced today his will be 7 million.

Huckabee says his will be more than the 500,000 he got in the first quarter.

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