Obama Fundraisers

Clinton To Appear With Obama At June Fundraiser

The Huffington Post | Ethan Klapper | Posted 05.21.2012

Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama at a June 4 fundraiser in New York City, according to an email the Obama campaign sent ...

Obama Having Big Day

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.16.2012

CHICAGO — Tweaking Republicans four days before the Illinois primary, President Barack Obama said Friday that the hopefuls campaigning to take h...

Jennifer Bendery

Rufus Gifford: The Man Behind Obama's Historic Fundraising Machine

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.10.2012

WASHINGTON -- Imagine that your boss is disliked by about half the people who know him, doesn't get along particularly well with the business communit...

Sour Economy Complicates Obama Fundraising

Posted 11.26.2011

By KEN THOMAS and ERICA WERNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- This is no 2008, when money seemed to fall from the sky for a young senat...

More Details On Obama's West Coast Visit

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.31.2011

UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter has more details on President Obama's visit to Los Angeles in September. The first of his two Hollywood events will tak...

Obama's Birthday Plans In Chicago: Fundraising, Factories And Friends

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is heading home to Chicago to celebrate his 49th birthday on Wednesday. White House press secretary Robert ...

Obama Fundraising Efforts Take-Off Ahead Of 2010 Midterm Elections

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

EDISON, N.J. — President Barack Obama on Wednesday cast his latest economic pitch as a matter of patriotism, urging the Senate to ditch its part...

Obama Ramps Up Fundraising Efforts Ahead Of Midterm Elections

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama is raising campaign cash at a "ferocious" pace, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. While the president's ...

Obama Gives Donors Special Access: Washington Times

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has rewarded top Democratic donors with perks ranging from holiday visits to the White House to policy brief...

Obama To Headline First Fundraiser As President, Faces "Donor Fatigue"

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month, appealing to donors large and small even as the economy strugg...

Obama Thanks Illinois Finance Team

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama thanked his Illinois finance committee on Thursday night for helping him win the election, telling them i...

Obama Camp Chides Slacking Fundraisers

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama campaign finance chair Penny Pritzker and Democratic National Committee finance chair Phil Murphy have a message for some 45 high end sla...

Obama's Chicago Fundraising Stops

Posted 05.25.2011

After a weekend discussing the economy while campaigning in North Carolina, Barack Obama is returning to Chicago to aid his own coffers. Obama is exp...

Back Home For Obama: Hillary Clinton At Fundraiser Sunday In Wilmette

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

Hillary Rodham Clinton hits Wilmette on Sunday for a fund-raiser to benefit Barack Obama--with the hosts a blend of of the Chicago area's prominent Ob...

Obama Taps Celebs To Woo High-End Donors

Chicago Sun Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), heavily reliant on major donors and celebrities despite his public emphasis on small contri...

Gore In Talks To Host Big Fundraiser For Obama In Tennessee

Nashville Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Those Obama supporters out there feeling left behind by Barack Obama's lack attention to Tennessee may be in for some excitement relatively soon. Post...

Obama Goes On Pricey Fundraiser Spree

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

In the wake of Senator Barack Obama's decision last month to bypass public financing for the general election, his campaign is embarking on a spree of...

Sam Stein

Obama Walking Political, Personal Tightrope On Olympics Boycott

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Barack Obama has been attempting to walk a political tightrope over how he believes President Bush should approach the upcoming Olympic Games in ...

Under Media Pressure, Obama To Disclose Some Fundraising Events

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who is making transparency a centerpiece of his presidential bid, will now put on his schedule fund-ra...