John McCain raised an unsurprisingly (to most of us) low figure of $11.2 million in the 2nd Quarter of 2007. There are reports of malaise, discontent, impending layoffs, and overall bleak hopes for the McCain in '08 camp. With only $2 million in cash-on-hand, and plummeting poll numbers, many believe that McCain's sinking ship will cause many of his supporters to jump ship (and guess who benefits...I'll give you two guesses, both will probably be right, but one benefits more than the other).
Anyway, despite all of this...McCain still out-raised John Edwards, the liberal netroots golden child, by $2.2 million. However, the Edwards camp thinks that things are going their way...despite the fact that riding free publicity (courtesy of Ann Coulter) hasn't earned them but a few extra pennies in the grand scheme of things, if anything at all.
According to Real Clear Politics, Edwards is polling behind both front-runners and Al Gore...and Gore has all but completely ruled out a possible presidential bid. That sunny optimism will lead to an eventual harsh reality for Johnny Boy.
It really seems like both the GOP and Dem races are turning into 2-way horse races on either side. Clinton/Obama on one side, Guiliani/Thompson on the other. It seems both Edwards and Mitt Romney have slipped into bronze-medal locks at the moment. However, the only sure thing this early in a presidential primary race is that there are no sure things.
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