Romney close to Obama in fundraising

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Washington Times:

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s fundraising is going so well that people are literally trying to tuck checks into his pocket on the campaign trail.

“Happens to me every day,” Mr. Romney quipped Thursday after a woman tried to slip him a check at a campaign stop in Jacksonville, Fla.

The episode played out just hours after the Romney camp and the Republican National Committee announced that they raised $40.1 million in April, nearly matching the $43.6 million that President Obama and the Democratic National Committee raised.

It represented a significant bounce for the former Massachusetts governor, who raised $12.6 million in March, but who, as the only candidate actively competing for votes, appears to have unified Republican donors behind him. He also is benefiting from joint fundraising efforts with the RNC, dubbed “Romney Victory,” that it kicked off last month.

Four years after Republican nominee Sen. John McCain was overwhelmed by candidate Barack Obama’s record-shattering campaign donation haul, the numbers released by the Obama and Romney campaigns in the past few days suggest that the challenger will be playing on a much more level financial field in 2012.

Together, the Romney campaign and the RNC now have $61.4 million cash on hand. On Wednesday, the Obama campaign released its fundraising numbers, but did not say where it stands as far as cash on hand. At of the end of March, his campaign had $104 million in the bank.

Mr. Romney’s strong showing prompted Bill Burton, the head of the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action, to send an email plea asking the president’s supporters to come to Mr. Obama’s financial rescue.

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Looks like at least the doom and gloom on not being able to raise enough money won't be an issue.