Capital Eye has a list of 2008 hopefuls and their fund raising prowess in prior federal races.

Leaving John Kerry and his $253,859,245 aside and based on available data up to November 29, 2006, two 2004 primary candidates are listed:

• John Edwards raised $26,973,278 for the 2004 primary over a period of 14 months.
• Wesley Clark raised $21,971,302 for the 2004 primary over a period of five months.

Edwards officially announced his campaign on January 2, 2003 and finished it on March 3, 2004; 14 months.

Clark officially announced his campaign on September 17, 2003 and finished on February 11, 2004; five months.

• Wesley Clark raised $4,394 260.40 a month for the 2004 primary.
• John Edwards raised $1,926 662.71 a month for the 2004 primary.

Given Edwards's reputation as a heavy in this area, I suppose many will be surprised to learn Clark raised so much more money while they ran against each other in 2004.

As noted in the New York Observer, "Edwards Donors Begging Kerry: Hire John-Boy," on April 5, 2004: "In the end, the Edwards campaign didn’t achieve the fund-raising heights of either the Howard Dean or Kerry campaigns, but it still came in a close and respectable third. It brought in a solid chunk of this money—approximately $4 million—during the final six-week face-off against Mr. Kerry."

Once Wes Clark had dropped out.