Obama is a money raising machine!

Sen. Barack Obama outraised Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by $10 million in second-quarter contributions that can be spent on the Democratic presidential primary contest, aided by the contributions of 154,000 individual donors.

Obama's campaign on Sunday reported raising at least $31 million for the primary contest and an extra $1.5 million for the general election from April through June, a record for a Democratic candidate.

Clinton's campaign announced late Sunday that she had raised $21 million for the primary. With general election contributions added, aides said her total sum would be "in the range" of $27 million. Candidates can only use general election money if they win their party's nomination.

It is mind boggling to me how much money these campaigns are bringing in. I think that this is an indication of just how desperate people are to get the Republicans out of the White House.

And the fact that Obama is able to get more money then Hillary, who has Bill "Moneybags" Clinton on her side, is absolutely stunning.

But how is our John Edwards doing?

Meanwhile, Democrat John Edwards raised more than $9 million from April through June and relied on nearly 100,000 donors during the first half of the year.

Who would have thought a year ago that 9 million dollars would seem like a paltry sum for a campaign to raise in the second quarter of financing a run for President?

This thing is just completely out of control.