Obama’s May fundraising numbers were released on Friday night and they’re not as good as they’ve been in the past:

Democrat Barack Obama raised $22 million in May for his presidential campaign, his weakest fundraising month this year, and ended the month with $43 million cash on hand, the campaign reported Friday.

Compare that to McCain in May:

McCain had his best fundraising month in May, collecting $21 million and socking more than $31 million in the bank.

The RNC will more than make up for the difference between Obama and McCain at this point. I wonder if opting out of public financing was maybe not the best idea for Senator Obama? Just think, if he had taken the public cash, he could have spent the next few months directing his contributors to help finance House and Senate races as well as the barely solvent DNC. Rather than do that, he’s taking as much money for himself as possible.