12. Democrats Raise $181 Million in September

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/obama-and-democrats-raise-181-million-in-september/?hp

            In his article "Obama and Democrats Raise $181 Million in September," Nicholas Confessore directs a rather astonishing fact: Obama and the Democrats have broken the record for fund-raising for the campaign in September: $181+ six zeros. The amount is a mix of the campaign fund raising and money taken by the Democratic National Committee. He then presents another side of the race: Mitt Romney has not presented the money for the Republicans' fund raising but a spokesman had said that they had raised 12 million dollars only online for 2 days with 60% of that total being donations.  The author then explains how September is the best month for presidential campaign fund raising.
           Nicholas Confessore uses several different methods for his purpose of informing the reader of how Obama and the Democrats had raised great amounts of money for their campaign. The author uses a mix of statistical facts such as the total amount of money raised by both political parties and then a few facts about the history of fund raising of both parties. The author's tone is a little bit inclined towards the support of Obama and the Democrats making it seem as if they had raised more money. The author also uses some quotes such as "the people and the stories behind are what make this grass roots organization so powerful."