Obama Is Top Fund-Raiser In Texas

President Obama may not be able to get much done in Washington politically, but he is still the king of fund-raising politicians. Through June 30th, the president had already raised more than $45.4 million nationwide for his 2012 campaign. No one else is even close, and in fact, that is more money raised than all of the Republican candidates put together. And since he won't have to spend much in a primary because he is unopposed, it is unlikely that the eventual Republican nominee will be able to match him in funds (although unlimited corporate spending for the GOP will probably make up for it).

None of that is a real surprise at this point. What is surprising is that President Obama is out-raising all other candidates in the state of Texas. That's right. In this reddest of states, that went Republican in 2008 and is very likely to do so again in 2012, the president has raised more campaign dollars than any one of his possible Republican opponents. Here's how the campaign dollars stack up, both nationally and in Texas:

PRESIDENT OBAMA
Nation...............$45.4 million
Texas................$1.4 million

MITT ROMNEY
Nation...............$18.3 million
Texas...............$1.38 million

TIM PAWLENTY
Nation...............$4.5 million
Texas...............$422,620

RON PAUL
Nation...............$4.5 million
Texas...............$286,960

MICHELE BACHMANN
Nation...............$4.3 million
Texas...............$70,775

HERMAN CAIN
Nation...............$2.6 million
Texas...............$139,740

NEWT GINGRICH
Nation...............$2.1 million
Texas...............$96,900

RICK SANTORUM
Nation...............$582,098
Texas...............$40,925

GARY JOHNSON
Nation...............$180,237
Texas...............$15,250