by Patrick Appel
Michael Crowley compares Romney's 2012 run to Clinton's 2008 campaign. But he sees no Obama equivalent in the GOP field:
Exactly one year ago today, Obama gobsmacked the political world by announcing a second-quarter fundraising haul of $32.5 million, outdoing the Clinton juggernaut by several million bucks. … But as Republicans’ second-quarter numbers begin leaking out this weekend, no GOP candidate looks anything like Obama. Romney’s haul may prove less than what he’d once advertised, and will probably come in below the $23 million-plus he raised over the same period in 2007. But it still appears as though his bottom line will blow away those of his rivals.
The Dish 