Clinton Fundraiser Defects to Obama Campaign

[H2O Man]

Clinton Fundraiser Defects to Obama Campaign
Los Angeles Times

One of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's major fundraisers, who was ambassador to Chile under President Clinton, is defecting from the campaign and joining Sen. Barack Obama's national finance committee, campaign aides said Friday.

Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, who was the U.S. envoy to Chile from 1994 to 1998, had been credited with raising $300,000 for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

But lately, he became "concerned about the tone of the race," said an Obama aide, who requested anonymity because he has not been directly involved with the development.

Guerra-Mondragon is expected to raise money for Obama as part of his work on the Illinois Democrat's national finance committee. A Clinton campaign official, who also declined to be identified, downplayed the significance, saying that Guerra-Mondragon's decision did not portend more defections.

Donnie Fowler, a Bay Area-based Democratic strategist who is not working for either Clinton or Obama, agreed that the switch from one camp to the other doesn't mean that more are on the way. "I would have to see if there were more jumping," Fowler said. "You need a pattern in politics." ….

More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-fundraising26apr26,1,7241558.story

[H2O Man]

1. A piece

of the May puzzle.

[merh]

2. Did you see this article in the post

73 Top Clinton Donors Switched to Obama

Discussion and link here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5693361

"At the end of the day, all she had to do was open her mouth for me not to believe her," Louis-Dreyfus said.

[H2O Man]

3. Yes, I did.

One of the things that we look for in primaries is when aides and contributors leave one campaign and go to another. It is usually a good measure of both campaigns.

[Me.]

5. I Should Have Read The Thread First, LOL

I'll just say that the number 73 bears repeating as it is significant

[mmonk]

6. Yes significant.

The fund raising is shifting to one candidate. They are betting on Obama.

[Me.]

4. I Disagree With Fowler

Since March, 73 big donors have switched to Obama. That is a trend.