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$55M Another Record Month for Obama

February take, mainly online, shatters his previous best of $36M

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 6, 2008 4:10 PM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama has 55 million reasons to keep his chin up despite losses this week in Democratic primaries, the Chicago Tribune reports, with the Illinois senator taking in $55 million in February to shatter, again, records for political donations. About 750,000 people donated last... Read full story »

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