Obama Already Beating McCain ... in the Wallet

Barack Obama raised $32 million in April, Politico reports; Hillary Clinton bagged $22 million, and John McCain, now squarely in Obama's general-election sights, brought in $18.5 million. It was a record for Republican, yet dwarfed by what was a rough month for Obama—who also banked $9 million in general-election money to none for McCain, who will accept public financing.

At his current clip, the Democrat seems likely to have well more than $85 million to spend for the fall showdown by the time Mac receives that amount from the government. Obama currently has $47 million in the bank, after raising more than $272 million overall for the primaries, while McCain has $22 million remaining from an overall haul of $100 million. (More campaign fundraising stories.)