President Obama's reelection team has launched an invigorated effort to draw money from wealthy donors, buttressing the campaign against a potential decline in contributions from the everyday supporters who helped fuel his massive take in 2008.The One is an expert about thinking about himself.
A new program called Presidential Partners asks supporters to commit $75,800 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint project of the campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
That would put Democratic contributors at the maximum they are allowed to give national party committees for the entire 2012 cycle — leaving then unable to donate to the party's congressional fundraising entities.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Obama Throws Congressional Democrats Under the Fundraising Bus: Campaign to Lock Up Early Money Shuts Out Congressional Democrats
The Chicago Tribune reports:
