Putting a dollar amount behind a face

The National Journal blog has some predictions on how much money each of the major candidates will raise this quarter:

Sen. Hillary Clinton will raise between $23M and $30M.

Sen. John McCain will raise between $18M and $22M.

Sen. Barack Obama will raise between $18M and $24M.

Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney will raise between $19M and $21M. ** Romney is not raising general election money yet.

Ex-Sen. John Edwards will raise between $13M and $17M.

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani will raise between $12M and $15M.

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These estimates include transfers from other accounts, which would mean if correct that Obama would have outraised Clinton this quarter despite being in full swing only since Feb. 10.

This is because Hillary will have transferred about $11 million from her senatorial account to here presidential campaign. In contrast, Obama had only about a half million left in his old senatorial account.