President Obama behind Romney in Fundraising

Romney has announced his new running mate, Paul Ryan, a popular congressman from Wisconsin. Since then, there has been another spike in donations to the Romney/Ryan Campaign. Ryan was brought to tears as thousands applauded him in Wisconsin this weekend.

President Obama is still behind Mitt Romney in fundraising. For the past three months donors have been endorsing Romney, and a vast majority of the donations are under $100 meaning they are probably from middle class working families. Romney has raised a shocking $101 Million to Obama’s $75 Million.
To put this into perspective Romney has raised enough money to buy 100 Submarines, 100 Airplanes, 404,000 PS3, 505 new Lamborghinis, or 50 new yachts. Romney has raised more money in the past month than 63 people earning an average income will make in their lifetimes.

In response, Obama went back to Chicago for big fundraising events this weekend. The event everyone is talking about was at Obama’s mansion in Chicago, where he charged $40,000 a ticket. At this event he told donors, “Chicago is an example of what makes this country great” then said, “Witness this room" then said, "we’ve got everything we need to make things work here in America.”

What was not addressed by either candidate was the repulsively high homicide rate in Chicago. There been 228 murders so far this year. That is more killings this year than Afghanistan, New York or Los Angeles. Obama had said, about the South Side of Chicago which is where a majority of the shootings have occurred, "I think it's fair to say I'm an adopted son of the South Side." Chicago’s mayor, and Obama’s former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has unfortunately not been able to decrease the homicide rate yet.

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