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campaign released its fourth-quarter funding figures, and as everyone expected, Romney significantly self-funded. He raised $9 million, which stacks up well against the other Republicans, but added twice as much into the kitty from his own pocket. The Politico wonders how much he's self-funding in January: Mitt Romney contributed $18 million of his own money to his campaign in the fourth quarter, more than he had put in the first three quarters combined.

Mitt put in $18 mil of his own, raised $9 mil in 4th Q

the fact that while he raised $9 million dollars, another $18 million came straight out of his own pockets

Jonathan Martin reports

’t defend itself if someone (like Russia) were to attack the homeland. WHAT WOULD REAGAN SAY ABOUT THAT? [USA Today]Mittens wrote himself an $18 million check, because that’s how democracy works! [Politico]He used the money to buy himself a whole bunch of TV ads for his big day on Tuesday. [LA Times]Oh, look. Guess who has no problem issuing subpeonas for reporters all of a sudden. [New York Times]The Democrats are finding that they don

campaign released its fourth-quarter funding figures, and as everyone expected, Romney significantly self-funded. He raised $9 million, which stacks up well against the other Republicans, but added twice as much into the kitty from his own pocket. The Politico

Democrats remain at par following debate Obama beats Hillary over head with Iraq Mitt put in $18 mil of his own, raised $9 mil Arnold bestows blessing on McCain Bush wants $200 billion in Medicare cuts

Mitt Romney: En el último trimestre del 2007, recaudó $9 millones de dólares, a los que añadió $18 millones más de sus cuentas personales, terminando el año con $2,43 millones en mano. En total, el exgobernador se ha desembolsado unos $40 millones. John McCain: mejoró su recaudación en el último período del año

at...Mitt Romney. Asked whether a potential president ought to have had experience running a business, Obama said: "Mitt Romney hasn't gotten a very good return on his investment during this presidential campaign." Snap. Completely gratuitous, but awfully true. Could have done without all the incredibly annoying cutaways to random celebrities (Topher Grace, really?) and pretty L.A. people who are not famous but look like they think they should be. Thanks CNN, it really lends

e-mail: bsmith@politico. com aim: benobserver WSJ gets it re: the appeal of McCain Huck took contribution from third-party group he's disavowed Mitt put in $18 mil of his own, raised $9 mil in 4th Q