President Obama, Democrats Have Best Fundraising Month of Cycle

By Abby Livingston

Posted October 6, 2012 at 12:42pm

President Barack Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina announced this morning in an email to supporters that the campaign and Democratic National Committee raised $181 million in September.

Mitt Romney has yet to release his numbers.

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