Obama nears the 300 million dollar mark in fund raising


President Obama continues to raise increasing amounts of money for his re-election campaign, which announced this morning that it took in $45 million in February.
That's more than the $29 million raised in January and still more than the $23 million per month during the last quarter of 2011.
A CBS News tally shows Mr. Obama did 15 fundraising events in February - averaging out to one every other day. He did 14 such events in January.

Add to this the $178 million reported through the end of January,  and you have Obama's fund raising approaching the 300 million dollar mark.