There’s no need for Roy Cooper’s campaign to spin this one, and no use in Pat McCrory’s campaign trying to spin out of it.

Cooper is crushing McCrory in fundraising.

There are only two ways to keep score in politics before Election Day: polls and money.

The polls are close in the Governor’s race. The money isn’t.

In the second quarter, Cooper outraised McCrory – $5.1 million to $3.2 million. A statistician will tell you that’s nearly a 5-to-3 edge.

To date, Cooper has outraised McCrory $12.7 million to $8.7 million. That’s nearly half again as much.

Cooper leads in cash on-hand by $9.4 million to $6.3 million. That’s 3-to-2.

Now, this isn’t the whole story. Super PACs will spend a lot, maybe more than the campaigns.

But the numbers say a lot about which campaign has momentum.

The McCrory campaign’s response was lame: McCrory is on the job while Cooper is raising money. Well, we all know McCrory is raising money, too. And he would be bragging if the numbers were reversed.

McCrory’s campaign better be careful with that spin. If Cooper is better at raising money for his campaign, maybe he’d be better at recruiting jobs for North Carolina.