Spinning Fundraising

What is spin? Give me a lemon and I'll make lemonade. The Democrat candidates are doing a good just that. Each is making the case that they did well in fundraising. Here's a quote from the WaPost:

Almost all of the leading candidates found a statistic or two on which to claim success: Clinton had the most cash on hand of any candidate, thanks to a $10 million transfer of funds from her Senate campaign. Obama pointed to more than 100,000 donors as a sign of grass-roots energy. Former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) noted that he raised almost twice as much this quarter as he did four years ago, although he finished well behind Clinton and Obama.