Wasn't McCain-Feingold supposed to take the money out of politics? Didn't Obama promise to use public funds (one tenth of what he raised)? Didn't the media hammer at President Bush during the 2004 election cycle at how much money he raised for his campaign?

Now that the media's guy got elected they simply marvel at his fund raising prowess. Money is okay I guess as long as it's given to liberal Democrats.

From the article:

The vast majority of the donations were generated during the unusually long primary and general election campaigns. A financial disclosure report scheduled to be released Thursday is expected to show that Obama raised more than $100 million in the final month of the campaign, campaign aides said.

That will bring the grand total for his campaign to more than $750 million — more than the combined sum raised by President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, John F. Kerry, in the record-setting 2004 campaign and nearly as much as the total raised by all the presidential contenders then.

The Obama team also helped raise more than $50 million for the Democratic convention’s host committee in Denver and more than $100 million for the Democratic National Committee. He’s still raising money for his transition and Inauguration. Four years ago, Bush raised $40 million for his Inauguration.

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