With Obama crushing McCain in fundraising, with the DCCC and DSCC absolutely destroying their GOP counterparts, the lone fundraising bright spot for Republicans has been the RNC. Well, now that Obama is helping direct contributions to the national party, that advantage is gone.

From an email press release on the July numbers:

This morning the DNC announced July fundraising numbers. For the first time since October 2004, the DNC has outraised the RNC. The strong fundraising numbers are a testament to Barack Obama's message of change and hope and his vision for America's future.

July 2008 Fundraising Raised: $27.7 M

COH: $28.5 M NOTE: Totals include: DNC, Obama Victory Fund (DNC/Obama joint fund), and Democratic White House Victory Fund (Joint DNC, Obama and Hillary Fund)

The RNC reported $26 million in June, and still leads in cash in the bank, with $75 million. But if the DNC raised this much, expect monster numbers from Obama. McCain, for his part, raised just $27 million with $21 million in the bank. While that haul was a record for McCain, it was barely half what Obama raised in June -- $52 million. His July numbers should be released any day now.

The RNC also announced it had passed 1 million individual donors, while the McCain campaign claims 600,000. The Obama campaign has already blown by the 2 million mark.

Update: Obama's numbers for July are in--$51 million. (mcjoan)