Obama raises record $150 million in SeptemberDUNN, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $150 million for his campaign in September, breaking the record he set the previous month, his campaign said on Sunday.
Obama's prodigious fundraising has been a key in the race against Republican John McCain, allowing Obama to blanket the air waves with advertisements in the run-up to the November 4 election.
The Obama campaign said it had 632,000 new donors in September to bring its total to 3.1 million. It said the average donation for the month was less than $100.
With over $150 million in September, Obama more than doubled the $66 million he brought in for August, which had been a record
McCain, because he accepted public financing, is limited to spending $84 million in his campaign. The Arizona senator again chided Obama for not living up to his pledge to accept public funds and warned of the damages of unlimited spending.
"I'm saying that history shows us where unlimited amounts of money are in political campaigns, it leads to scandal," he said on "Fox News Sunday."