http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/10/obama-raises-m-in-september-137688.html?hp=l1 Obama raises $181M in September The president's reelection campaign and the DNC raised a combined $181 million last month, the Obama team announced on Twitter Saturday. It's a record-breaking sum that far exceeds anything Obama or Mitt Romney has previously raised in a given month, and is a sign of Obama's expansive liberal donor base reengaging in a big way for the final month of the race.