America’s favorite flip-flopper, Republican Mitt Romney, campaigning for the nomination as presidential candidate for his political party, has led all the other declared candidates in raising campaign funds during the Second Quarter of 2011.

Romney’s campaign has reported that he raised $15 million to $20 million through June 30, an amount which is athree times as much as other Republican candidates said they have collected.

What is very interesting about this, is the fact that Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is sitting in second place in popularity, and she has not even declared…yet.

Among the other candidates, perennial also-ran, U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas, has reported on his website that he had hauled in more than $4.5 million from the faithful.

The spokesman for Mr. Excitement, Tim Pawlenty, Alex Conant, said the former Minnesota governor raised around $4.2 million.

And the Main Stream Media and Obama Campaign’s favorite Republican (?), former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman’s campaign has reported a haul of $4.1 million, including money from the candidate. The campaign would not disclose the amount, but did say that it was less than half of the total.

Huntsman served as U.S. ambassador to China under President Barack Obama until he quit that post earlier this year.

Candidates who did not provide donation totals after the second-quarter fundraising period, which ended June 30, include Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.

Bachmann reported $2.9 million in her congressional campaign account as of March 31st, available to be used for a presidential run.

Gingrich’s two top fundraising aides got the heck out of Dodge on June 21 amid reports that the campaign was in debt. They joined more than a dozen campaign staff members who had resigned earlier last month.

Detailed disclosures from the campaigns have to be in to the Federal Election Commission by July 15.

Per opensecrets.org:

Fund-raising by presidential primary campaigns through the second quarter is expected to be far below totals from the same time last election cycle, the Washington Post reported.

[As I reported earlier] People close to Republican candidate Mitt Romney say the campaign won’t likely be reporting more than $20 million in contributions this quarter, despite a reported $10 million haul in a single day. In comparison, Romney, who also ran for president last election, had already raised about $23 million by the end of the first quarter in 2007, then reported more than $44 million by the end of the second quarter. The 2008 primary campaign, however, hit its stride much earlier.

Earlier this year, the Romney campaign cited $50 million as a potential fund-raising goal through the end of the second quarter.

A lag in fund-raising could be the cause of multiple factors, chief among them being an unsettled Republican field that now includes 10 candidates and counting.

Many of the candidates do not have fund-raising data filed for the first quarter, as they entered the race after the first quarter filing deadline. The second quarter fund-raising period ended Thursday, and candidates must file a new round of reports with the Federal Election Commission by July 15. The data will be available on OpenSecrets.org then, too.

For now, OpenSecrets Blog takes a look at where the major presidential candidates were at following the second quarter of 2007:

Then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) raised $60 million through the second quarter of 2007. He has set the same goal for this election cycle;

Then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) topped Obama at $63 million;

Ex-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) lagged behind his Democratic competitors at $23 million;

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sat behind Romney at $35.6 million;

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had raised more than $25 million

Why are the Republican candidates’ fund-raising totals down from candidates in years past?  Like me, you can probably think of  a couple of reasons right off the bat.

First, most Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck.  Those Americans who could give to political campaigns in the past, are unable to right now, thanks to President Barack Hussein Obama’s economy.

Secondly, American’s are scared that the Republicans, in all of their Elitist glory, are going to rig the nomination, so that we’re stuck with another Bob Dole or Juan (McAmnesty) McLame.

Americans want the Republican nominee to be a Reagan Conservative. 

Americans want somebody who does not question whether the Constitution is relevant or not.

Americans want a candidate who cares more about America’s safety than about negotiating with those who want to murder us, or about placating the United Nations.

They want a candidate who actually gives a hoot ‘n holler that 20% of Americans are unemployed or have just given up…someone who cares that one-sixth of our nation has to rely on the Federal Government to feed their families.

Americans want a candidate who is not ashamed to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance…incluing the words One Nation UNDER GOD…Indivisible.

They want a candidate who loves and honors, as much as we do, our fighting men and women, who make our freedom possible.

Americans want a candidate who will fight for the rights of every American…including the unborn.

And, finally, Americans want a candidate who loves this country, and will not apologize for it to every two-bit, tinhorn despot on God’s green planet.

Perhaps, that’s why the Arctic Fox is sitting in second place, and she has not even declared her candidacy.

Time will tell.

Note from KJ:  As was correctly pointed out to me, there have been no numbers given out on Gov. Palin’s campaign, yet.  Mainly, because she has not declared…yet.