“A new analysis by the Campaign Finance Institute of end-of-the-year reports by the six presidential candidates still in the race highlights some of the candidates’ potential financial strengths and weaknesses as the presidential primary season heads toward an unprecedented twenty-two primaries on Tuesday, February 5. A fuller review of the reports, covering all the candidates, will be issued next week.
All of the presidential candidates were required to file their 2007 year-end financial reports with the Federal Election Commission by midnight on January 31. These reports do not reflect some very substantial fundraising in January, or even more substantial spending for that month’s contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina and Florida. Nevertheless, the mixture of small and large donors does give some clues for those who may be wondering about what will come next.”