Hillary Donors Not Backing Obama
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:53 PM
Of the 311 fundraisers who bundled more than $100,000 in donations
for
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, only eight are on the list of
contributors to Barack Obama's campaign in June.
Their total for the month: just $19,250.
"The fact that fewer than 3 percent of Clinton's donors have donated
any money directly to Obama in his first month as presumptive nominee is
likely to raise the eyebrows of some leaders in the Democratic Party who
are
hoping to see signs of unity," the Huffington Post observed.
The Wa****ngton Post re****ted that a total of 2,200 individual
Clinton
donors - as distinct from the big-money fundraisers tracked by the
Huffington Post - became first-time donors to Obama's campaign in June.
They
contributed $1.8 million, or just 4 percent, of the $52 million the
campaign
raised last month.
Obama donors are evidently returning the "favor." They gave just
$105,000 in June to help Clinton repay her $25 million campaign debt,
according to the Lost Angeles Times.
For the Obama campaign, the easiest way to drum up sup****t from
Clinton's contributors is to put her on the ticket, Hillary fundraiser
Susie
Tompkins Buell told the Huffington Post: "The magic solution in general is
the vice presidency. It heals all the wounds immediately."
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