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Barack Obama Fundraising

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

Bloomberg | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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

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Obama Raises $36 Million During First Two Weeks Of October

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — An acclaimed celebrity makeup artist for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin collected more money from John McCain's...

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The Difference in Donors

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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Susan Kelley-Stamerra

Allegheny County's own Republican Chairman, Jim Roddey, announced that the tickets have officially gone on sale for this event at $1,000/person, $10,000 for a photo with Palin, and $25,000 for what they are calling a "roundtable" with the Alaska governor.

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Obama Camp Chides Slacking Fundraisers

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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

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Obama Raises $66 Million In August

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised $66 million in August, a record for a presidential candidate that illustrated h...

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Raising Money Where Your Belief Is

Grande Lum | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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Grande Lum

There are many people like me who do are not experienced at raising campaign funds, but who are doing so for the first time, because of a newfound belief in politics, Obama and the urgency of the situation.

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Obama Outraised McCain In Arizona

Washington Independent | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama quietly raised more money in Arizona last month for his presidential campaign than John McCain did, and the Illinois Democrat dominates t...

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June Campaign Finance Numbers: Obama Raises $52 Million

Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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The AP reports that Barack Obama reversed a two-month downward trend by raising more and spending less. He took in $52 million in June, more than twic...

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Spare Change for Hillary?

Keith Berner | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

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Keith Berner

Every minute spent trying to fill Hillary Clinton's tin cup is a minute not spent raising that same money for Obama or myriad other candidates. She has sucked bank-fulls of cash out of the DNC donor rolls.

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Sam Stein

Obama Aides Ecstatic Over $52 Million Haul

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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There is a sense of elation in the Obama campaign as it was announced that their candidate raised $52 million in June. It's a massive haul for the pre...

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Obama supports pay HRC's debt? Surely you jest!

Horace McMillon | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

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Horace McMillon

When you run out of money you either fly coach (see John McCain), or drop out (see Joe Biden). You don't rack up a big debt expecting someone to bail you out after the fact.

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WSJ: Obama's June Fundraising Numbers "Underwhelming"

WSJ | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said Thursday that Republicans anticipate raising a combined $400 million war chest for the general election ...

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Obama Forgets To Ask Donors To Help With Clinton's Debt

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — It was all part of a careful arrangement: Democrat Barack Obama would get fundraising help from his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham C...

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Obama And Clinton Hold Major NYC Fundraiser

WSJ | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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A pile of cash is flowing the Democrats' way Wednesday night in New York City. Roughly 100 deep-pocketed donors are expected to attend a $33,100-a-pla...

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Wall Street Contributing Nearly Twice As Much To Obama As McCain

NY Daily News | DAVID SALTONSTALL | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Wall Street is investing heavily in Barack Obama. Although the Democratic presidential hopeful has vowed to raise capital gains and corporate taxes, ...

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Obama Courting Clinton Donors

MOMocrats | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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Obama's wooing big Clinton donors is disturbing to those who rejoiced in the fact that his campaign was immune to the influence of big money donors. You can be sure the GOP will exploit this to the fullest extent.

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Obama Brand: Truth or Consequences

Matthew Dowd | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Dowd

Obama's brand involves a new kind of politics, something that doesn't involve political expediency -- which is why it was a blunder to flip flop on public campaign finance for the general election.

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Obama Raises $22 Million In May

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama raised $22 million in May for his presidential campaign, his weakest fundraising month this year, and ended t...

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Obama Donor Lists Too Large For FEC To Process

Politico | Kenneth Vogel | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

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A milestone of sorts was reached earlier this year, when Barack Obama filed an electronic fundraising report so large it could not be processed by pop...

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Will Thomas

General Election Fundraising: GOP More Competitive Than Expected, FEC Records Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has been hailed this election season for, among other things, his impressive fundraising apparatus. But while the Democratic frontrunner'...

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Obama Camp Working To Prevent Donors From Funding Independent Groups

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

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Senator Barack Obama's campaign is steering the candidate's wealthy supporters away from independent Democratic groups, calling into question what had...

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Obama's Consolidation of the Party

Matt Stoller | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

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Matt Stoller

Obama has created a number of significant infrastructure pieces through his campaign, displacing traditional groups the way he promised he would by signaling the end of the old politics of division and partisanship.

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An Idea for Obama's Public Financing Quandry

Trey Ellis | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

If Obama limits himself to not accepting more than $100 from any individual for the general election he could credibly claim a parallel public financing system.

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Obama Supporters Seek To Raise $1 Million In One Minute

Business Week | Matt Vella | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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As the Democratic Presidential hopefuls approach Pennsylvania's Apr. 22 vote, Senator Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) campaign, trailing in statewide polls, i...

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Obama Raises Twice As Much As Clinton

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama raked in $40 million in March, leaving Hillary Rodham Clinton and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing...

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