Obama, DNC Raised $53M in March, But...

Between them, President Obama's 2012 campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $53 million last month, Obama's team announced today. That's up from February's $45 million and January's $29.1 million, Politico reports; the last time around, in March 2008, Obama's campaign raised $42.8 million on its own.

The average March donation was $50.78, and the group included 190,000 who had never donated before. Politico notes that now that Mitt Romney basically has the GOP nomination in the bag, the urgency factor may increase, meaning April could emerge as the "more interesting test of Obama's fundraising potential," writes Alexander Burns. (More President Obama stories.)