Democratic hopeful Obama raises 25 million for campaign

Just shortly after Sen. Hillary Clinton’s announcement of a record breaking $26 million in campaign fundraising revenue, Sen. Barack Obama has fired back impressive numbers of his own. Though his total of $25 million falls just shy of the mark set by Clinton, it is the way in which Obama achieved his high mark that could end up swaying the Democratic Party’s focus his way.

According to BarackObama.com, as well as official press releases by the Washington Post, Obama’s campaign reported donations from 100,000 people, double the 50,000 people who gave to the New York senator's campaign. In addition, he raised $6.9 million through donations over the Internet, more than the $4.2 million that Clinton raised on the web. In review, these are the statistics that have journalists across America singing the praises of Sen. Obama and not the once Democratic forerunner Hillary Clinton.

With ninety percent of his overall total coming from donations ranging in the $25 to $100 category, it is hard not to take notice of the young presidential candidate from Illinois that has so far proven that he can and will do Americans no wrong.

"I'm proud to tell you that, after the first quarter of the campaign, we've exceeded all of our hopes and expectations," Obama said in an e-mail sent to supporters on the morning of April 7th. "It's been a truly historic response -- a measure of just how hungry people are to turn the page on this era of small and destructive politics and repair our American community."