Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama
It seems more and more that Barack Obama will truly be able to put up a fight: not just regarding support of voters, but also regarding the big bucks.
As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks to reassemble the Democratic money machine her husband built, some of its major fund-raisers have already signed on with Senator Barack Obama.
Among the biggest fund-raisers for Mr. Obama’s campaign are as many as a half-dozen former guests of the Clinton White House. At least two are close enough to the Clintons to have slept in the Lincoln bedroom.
At minimum, a dozen were major fund-raisers for President Bill Clinton. At least four worked in the administration and one, James Rubin, is a son of a former Clinton Treasury Secretary, Robert E. Rubin. About two dozen of the top Obama fund-raisers have contributed to Mrs. Clinton’s Senate campaigns or political action committee, some as recently as a few months ago.
A list of Mr. Obama’s top fund-raisers released Sunday showed the extent to which the Democratic Party establishment, once presumed to back Mrs. Clinton, has become more fragmented and drifted into her rival’s camp, lending the early stages of the Democratic primary campaign the feeling of a family feud. Some of the movement would have been inevitable given Mr. Clinton’s former dominance of the party.
This is a very significant development. To have the support for the ‘grassroots’ is one thing, to also have the support of a significant part of ‘the establishment’ quite another.
Yes, it is turning into a fascinating race.
4 Responses to “Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama”
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Well, if the Democrats go with obama, they will ensure a GOP victory in the general election. This guy isn’t qualified for dog catcher, the far leftist, muslim-loving troll.
Laura calling someone else a troll is laughable!
Look closely in a mirror Laura. You are a caricature of the 28 percenter.
That more contributors are switching to Obama is remarkable, as was the earlier revelation that Obama had come nearly even with Hillary Clinton’s fund size already.
Amazing — a typical Dim Party machine with simply a more attractive than average face and demeanor is seen as the solution to a current president that is inarticulate and very much loathed by hard-core Dim voters. Typical style over substance by those kids. I bet they can’t wait to see and hear Obama debate the GOP candidate on the teevee.