{"id":692,"date":"2007-10-04T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/100-million-less.html"},"modified":"2007-10-04T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T18:03:10","slug":"100-million-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/100-million-less.html","title":{"rendered":"$100 million less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republicans have <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/the-trail\/2007\/10\/04\/11_million_for_giuliani.html\">reported<\/a> their fundraising numbers for the last quarter. Rudy Giuliani is in with $11 million, Mitt Romney raised $10 million, Fred Thompson a little more than $9 million and down the line John McCain raised $6 million and Ron Paul $5 million.<br \/>\nA lot of people will focus on the $100 million edge Democrats have over the Republican field &#8211; Sen. Clinton has raised $90 million, which is almost as much Giuliani and Romney have raised&#8230; combined.<br \/>\nIn some ways that figure means nothing, however, because the money-rich Dems will be slugging it out against each other in the primaries and not against the Republicans. In fact, it can be argued that they just have an extra $100 million to make themselves look bad with negative ads.<br \/>\nThe bigger story, however, is this &#8211; the continued political fast by Christians. They are simply not giving this go round&#8230; to anyone. They aren&#8217;t even giving to Mike Huckabee or Sam Brownback, the most clearly Christian of all the candidates.<br \/>\nI am increasingly curious whether this fast, this abstinence from the 2008 race, will change &#8211; even if Sen. Clinton wins the Democratic nomination and evangelical political leaders try and whip up a &#8220;the sky is falling&#8221; campaign against her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republicans have reported their fundraising numbers for the last quarter. Rudy Giuliani is in with $11 million, Mitt Romney raised $10 million, Fred Thompson a little more than $9 million and down the line John McCain raised $6 million and Ron Paul $5 million. 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