No one wins an election solely because they had the most money, but there is no doubt that proper funding is a great advantage. The Obama campaign is known as a cash king, but that reputation could be a problem in itself if too many people think Obama doesn’t need the money. Candidates always need the money.

Democrat Obama spent more than $105 million during the first two weeks of October, according to new campaign finance reports, and reported raising only $36 million during that period, about half his pace in September when he brought in a record $150 million.

Obama had nearly $66 million in the bank as of Oct. 15, and the Democratic National Committee and a joint Obama-party victory fund had another $31 million combined.

McCain and the Republican National Committee reported having a combined $84 million as of Oct. 15 to spend before Election Day. McCain, who has accepted $84.1 million in public money, had spent all but $25 million as of mid-month…

In seven key swing states – Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia – Obama ran more than double the number of ads between Oct. 6 and Oct. 22 than McCain, 53,049 to 21,106, Nielsen Media Research reported yesterday…

McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, meanwhile, tried to douse a furor over how their side spent theirs.

The RNC came under scrutiny after reporting this week that it had spent about $150,000 in September on wardrobe and cosmetics after Palin joined the GOP ticket.

This is crunch time, guys. We’ve come this far, but to go all the way the Obama campaign needs money. Don’t worry, they’ll spend it wisely. Think of it as an investment. We are all investing in the kind of future we want, not the kind McCain/Palin would give us.

It’s the difference between creating clean-energy jobs and shooting wolves from helicopters, the difference between a sane approach to health care and more tax cuts for the rich, the difference between frank truths and whispered lies.

Donate now. In ten days, it will be too late.