September 14, 2008 8:25 AM

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised more than $66 million in August, marking a record fundraising month for his campaign.

The campaign also added 500,000 new donors during the month.

Previously, the campaign's best fundraising month was February of this year, in the midst of the heated primary with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., when they tallied $55 million in donations.

This is amazing! Not the $66 mill particularly, but the 500,000 new donors! I know the media prefers a close race because it makes better news, but I think there are factors that aren't getting much traction that would show that this race is not as tight as they saying it is...new voters/young voters/black voters, and enthusiasm....

Via ABC