At the end of March, her congressional reelection campaign reported $2.8 million in cash (all of which could be funneled into a presidential run), while her leadership PAC had another $300,000 in cash at the end of April.
Significantly, roughly three-quarters of Bachmann’s donations have been from contributors who gave $200 or less – and as Barack Obama demonstrated in 2008, lots of small donors can lead to lots of money. On the other hand, Bachmann doesn’t have a network of big-ticket donors – such as Mitt Romney has – to rely on when the going gets tough.
