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CNN’s Peter Hamby on Obama's recent lead in the polls and fundraising
President Obama is officially running for reelection against GOP candidate Mitt Romney as of last week. New numbers this morning shows the president ahead of Romney in the polls and in fundraising. CNN’s Peter Hamby joins John Berman from Virginia this morning with the latest on the 2012 race.
President Obama raked in $144 million in campaign donations in the month of August compared to Romney’s $111 million. The latest Gallup Poll also shows 49% of registered voters support the president to 44% for Romney.
“These are August numbers that don’t include any money raised during the convention last week,” Hamby says. “But remember, the Romney campaign has basically been sitting on money for months and months that they couldn’t spend until Romney formally accepted the nomination in Tampa.” The expectations are that the Obama campaign will be outspent by the Romney campaign in TV ads in swing states.
The verbal competition is also heating up. “The campaign rhetoric has really sharpened just in the last couple days,” Hamby adds. Obama “really seems to have a bounce in his step after the convention."
Is CNN going to do the right thing and fire Mr. Hamby for publicly soliciting donations for the Obama campaign? Or will they ignore their ethical responsibilities like they did with Mr. Zakaria? For shame, CNN, for shame.
Did CNN REPORTER Peter Hamby really tweet a link to an Obama donation form to his followers?