Well the Obama campaign need not press the panic button yet on money — they did raise $52M in June. It is not close to the $100M some predicted, but they stay competitive with the John McCain/GOP combined fundraising. Wait? Stay competitive? They were supposed to have a big money advantage. But who needs fundraising when you have a media entourage in tow. At some point both sides have “enough” and can probably get their message out and organize their troops. What is clear is that Obama has a ton more people and lots more infrastructure set up at this point.

Is he burning money like there’s no tomorrow or putting together the most finely tuned campaign machine ever? McCain is certainly not spending gobs of money or employing legions of staffers at this point. Is Obama spending money like a drunken sailor or wisely building the most awesome campaign machine in history? We’ll find out on Election Day. It’s not the number of field offices but the number of votes that counts.

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