Speaking on a conference call with reporters and fundraisers today, Hillary Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe crowed that the campaign had raised more than $24 million in primary money in the final quarter of 2007. McAuliffe said it is the second quarter in a row they had outraised rival Barack Obama in funds available for the primary season.

Bolstered by last night's surprising win in the New Hampshire primary, McAuliffe said the campaign had raised $3 million in the first nine days of January alone, along with $5 million in additional commitments in the past two days. In Clinton's victory speech, the candidate mentioned her website, and despite the lack of a direct ask, the campaign has brought in $1.12 million over the internet alone. Since midnight last night, the campaign said it had been signing up 500 new supporters every minute on the call through the website.

"That victory last night was just something spectacular," McAuliffe said. "We are going to beat Senator Obama's campaign in January in fundraising." McAuliffe said the campaign was finalizing Clinton's schedule for the nearly four weeks leading up to February 5. He himself is set to head to Nevada to lay groundwork for that state's January 19 caucuses.

Clinton national finance director Jonathan Mantz said the campaign was planning a late January fundraising blitz throughout the country. While campaigns are reluctant to send candidates to fundraise in crucial and waning days before a primary, February 5 states include New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Arizona, Massachusetts and a few other states that serve as campaign cash cows in the race. Holding a fundraiser, followed by a rally, in Phoenix or Los Angeles or New York City or Boston would be politically as well as financially beneficial.

McAuliffe, assessing the race, took a shot at John Edwards who, after Clinton finished third in Iowa, suggested she was out of the contest. "It is a two-person race. I think you have John Edwards coming in a distant third," McAuliffe said. Saying the race will likely be over by February 5, McAuliffe hopes for more nights like Tuesday. "It's a lot more fun winning," he said.