John Edwards Beats Expectations

John EdwardsIf you read the headlines, "Clinton's fundraising reaches historic heights", "Hillary Clinton sets fundraising record", "Clinton shatters fundraising records," you'd think that Hillary was well on her way to wrapping this thing up.

Not so fast. Patrick Ruffini is reporting today that Obama will come in at $22 million to Hillary's $26 million (Hillary also transferred another $11 million from her Senate campaign). That takes a lot of wind out of the sails of Team Clinton. They are not sweeping the field and a majority of fundraising dollars raised in Democratic circles are going to folks who are Not Hillary. Take John Edwards, for example, who Patrick reports will raise about $14 million.
Days before the Elizabeth Edwards announcement, I had all but written Edwards off based in part on his online fundraising numbers. Those numbers have since more than doubled, rising by $1.5 - 2 million. It's clear that Edwards has retained a vast network of traditional donors that belies his recent focus on becoming a labor/netroots darling (24 social networks... oy). Considering the breathless Hillary/Barack coverage over the last two months, Edwards has officially regained the mantle of sleeper.
The Clinton camp will try to get as much mileage as they can out of the numbers. It really is a record, but Edwards looks like the real winner here. Unlike Barack and Hillary, he's not getting much Hollywood love, he's been buffeted by a botched blogger hire and focus on his big house, and most recently cancer has struck close to home. Not the best quarter, to say the least, and yet he still has $14 million. John Edwards is for real.

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