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In reply to the discussion: Obama Sees Steep Dropoff in Cash From Major Donors [View all]alp227
(32,015 posts)30. ??? Washington Post on Sunday: "Big money in a big way for Obama’s reelection campaign"
The Post's "Influence Industry" writer T.W. Farnham writes for the Sunday Post:
President Obamas reelection campaign has been rapidly increasing the number of big money bundlers collecting checks for his reelection, doubling the number of financiers who have brought in at least $500,000.
The influx during the first quarter of the year shows the president is getting an especially warm embrace from Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry, partly making up for a drop in support from Wall Street after Democrats passed broad new regulations for the financial sector, according to a list of fundraisers released by the campaign on Friday.
The influx during the first quarter of the year shows the president is getting an especially warm embrace from Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry, partly making up for a drop in support from Wall Street after Democrats passed broad new regulations for the financial sector, according to a list of fundraisers released by the campaign on Friday.
The Obama campaign has 533 people who have each raised at least $50,000 for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee, including 90 who joined the campaign in the last quarter. The total nearly matches the 558 people who were listed as volunteer fundraisers for the 2008 campaign.
Of this years bundlers, 117 are in the top echelon, raising at least $500,000 each, nearly double the number the campaign reported at the end of the 2011 and more than double the 47 who reached that level in 2008.
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We donated and plan to send more. Living on SS, it won't be much but all we have.
appleannie1
Apr 2012
#5
LOL! Yeah, RIGHT you are... Big money corporate interests are all *so* liberal - NOT!
peacebird
Apr 2012
#15
See this article in Sunday's Washington Post? Say's Obama is getting the big donors.
JoePhilly
Apr 2012
#38
Romney is going to snooze people to death with his boring commercials filled with lies.
truthisfreedom
Apr 2012
#23
??? Washington Post on Sunday: "Big money in a big way for Obama’s reelection campaign"
alp227
Apr 2012
#30
Somewhat early yet. No contested primary. Should pick up some as get closer to the fall.
RBInMaine
Apr 2012
#40