The GOP nominee, John McCain, raised $18 million in April

April FEC numbers are in. John McCain can't raise money.

Two months after John McCain secured the GOP nomination, with the entire hierarchy of the GOP helping him, he only raised $18 million in April. He's spent more than $58 million so far and has $21 million on hand. Let's not forget, McCain already scammed the public finance system in this campaign. McCain is going to use the public finance system in the general election, too.

As reported earlier, Obama topped both McCain and Hillary by raising over $31 million. While fundraising was always the GOP's strength, it's not this year. There's no way Obama should enter into any agreement on campaign spending with McCain. The GOP nominee can't be trusted. No matter how much whining McCain does or how much his friends in the traditional media invoke McCain's talking points on campaign spending, no deal.

McCain and the lobbyists who run his campaign will just try some new scam. And, don't forget, the McCain's campaign top fundraiser is going to be the man campaigning for his third term, George Bush.