.:The Scoville Clan:.

On the Republican side, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney laid claim to GOP bragging rights by declaring that his $23 million fundraising total so far this year is “the best indicator of future success,” and vowed to maintain his staggering pace. A larger-than-usual press corps trailed him in New Hampshire, including a crew from the CBS news show “60 Minutes.”

Aides to Democratic Sen. Barack Obama were still tallying receipts but said he would report at least $20million raised since Jan. 1. Fear swept the once-confident campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Obama could top her $26 million haul and strip her of the front-runner’s mantle.

A top Clinton fundraiser took a jab at the rival. Obama “doesn’t have the sustainability and doesn’t have the ability to raise what the Clintons are able to raise,” said John Catsimatidis. “Regardless of what he reports, at the end of the day, the Clintons get the nomination.”

But only one Clinton can get nominated _ and only ifshe stays atop a crowded Democratic field. Her husband, former President Clinton, threw his considerable might behind her desperate drive for cash before Saturday’s reporting deadline.

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