Obama Gives Firebaggers 86 Million Reasons Why They Don’t Matter ~ politicususa.com

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Remember those far left progressives who threatened to withhold donations to President Obama’s reelection campaign? After raising $86 million, the President and his supporters have proven their irrelevance.

The far left was outraged that President Obama would fathom reforming entitlements. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) sent out an email to their supporters in April asking their supporters to tell the White House, “President Obama: If you cut Medicare and Medicaid benefits for me, my parents, my grandparents, or families like mine, don’t ask for a penny of my money or an hour of my time in 2012. I’m going to focus on electing bold progressive candidates — not Democrats who help Republicans make harmful cuts.”

That sure sounds spooky. I’ll bet it had Obama For America quaking in their boots.

Well, maybe not.

The Obama campaign had 552,462 donors who made more than 680,000 donations. 98% of the donations were for $250 or less, and the average donation was $69.

The point is that groups like the PCCC and others who shall remain nameless get lots of media attention, but they really don’t represent Obama’s base. ... They make for good TV, but are they relevant to the President and to the rest of us on the left?

The short answer is no.

Too many in the media have been fooled into believing that the firebaggers speak for the left. They don’t. The media’s behavior also feeds the illusion that the firebaggers are relevant to Obama and 2012. They aren’t.

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