Could This Be the End?

As I mentioned in my earlier blog today marks an end to the Democratic primary and caucus process. After 6 months and 61 contests, 31 delegates are up for grabs today in South Dakota and Montana and many believe and can prove that Sen. Barack Obama will now have the margin he needs with the support of the super delegates to win the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. It has been a long, hard fought battle between two excellent competitors. One of the best campaigns in U.S. history!

This morning we took a look at the dollars involved and why this campaign has produced record contributions for both Democratic candidates. Through April Obama has raised $265 million and Clinton has raised $215 million, historic, ground breaking figures. The dollars spent on media buys another record breaking figure with Obama spending $75 million on TV advertisements and Clinton spending $46 million.

So where will campaign fundraising go from here? Alex Johnson a former McCain and Romney fundraiser and Evan Tracey from TNS Media Intelligence who released and tracked many of these figures joined me on Money for Breakfast this morning.

 Before you watch the video just a couple brief facts that I didn’t know ahead of today’s primaries in South Dakota and Montana courtesy of our Fox Business Economist Mark Lieberman.

South Dakota

Unemployment rate is 2.6% vs. 5.0% in the U.S.
1 per 10,377 households are in foreclosure vs. 1 per 519 in the U.S.
7th in the nation in senior population
6th in the nation in Iraq troops death
10th in the nation in presidential approval rating

Montana

Unemployment rate is 3.8% vs. 5.0% in the U.S.
1 per 3,927 households are in foreclosure vs. 1 per 519 in the U.S.
8th in the nation in senior population
2nd in the nation in Iraq troops death
4th in the nation in presidential approval ratings

 Take a look: