Obama Raises $3M Post Super Tuesday

CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has raised $3 million for his presidential campaign in the 24 hours since the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night.

Obama, riding a wave of fundraising both from large donors and small Internet contributors, also raised a stunning $32 million in January.

Meanwhile, rival Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests. Some senior staffers on her campaign also are voluntarily forgoing paychecks as the campaign heads into the next round of contests.

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