2012 Presidential Election, Campaign Funds | featured news

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised nearly $12.6 million in March, the best fundraising month of campaign.

In a talk with Florida donors, he singles out the Housing and Education departments but says he isn't ready to share specifics with voters. When President Obama told a Russian leader that he could be "more flexible" after the election — during what he thought was a private conversation — Mitt Romney came down like a hammer.

President Barack Obama raised a combined $53 million for his campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign-related funds in March. He's preparing to face Mitt Romney and a rejuvenated GOP in the general election.

Amid a growing perception that Mitt Romney will be the party’s nominee, the biggest of the Republican “super PACs” is set to begin its first major anti-Obama advertising campaign.

Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee will start raising money together, as President Obama already does with Democrats.

The costly Republican primary has been draining Mitt Romney's wallet and giving President Barack Obama time to build an expansive campaign architecture with offices in 45 states and hundreds of employees....

The amount still lags behind what he collected at this point four years ago as he made his first bid for the White House.

President Obama is struggling to draw in big-dollar donations, with half as many people writing large checks to his campaign than at this point four years ago.

President Obama's re-election team is using bad polls to try to raise campaign cash. In a fundraising e-mail sent out last night, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina writes: "If the general election were held today, President Obama would lose to Mitt Romney -- according to the latest poll from Washington Post-ABC News."

With hours remaining until the polls open in this crucial state, Rick Santorum said Monday no one expected him to last this long into the Republican presidential contest, but that a combination of hard work and a consistent conservative message has allowed him to compete despite being massively outspent by rival Mitt Romney.