09 Jul
Obama Donors Not Stepping Up for Clinton
Though Sen. Barack Obama asked his top donors to help raise money to retire Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign debt, the says that "so far they have come up with less than $100,000."
"Several Obama donors said in interviews that they were balking at Mr. Obama's call for help because they believed Mrs. Clinton accumulated most of her debts after she had lost any mathematical chance of winning the nomination and was hanging on only in hopes of an Obama collapse. The idea of helping her now -- and lining the pockets of Mr. Penn, a reviled figure in the Obama camp -- is galling to them, they said, especially at a time when they say any available money should go to defeating Sen. John McCain and the Republicans in November."
"Several Obama donors said in interviews that they were balking at Mr. Obama's call for help because they believed Mrs. Clinton accumulated most of her debts after she had lost any mathematical chance of winning the nomination and was hanging on only in hopes of an Obama collapse. The idea of helping her now -- and lining the pockets of Mr. Penn, a reviled figure in the Obama camp -- is galling to them, they said, especially at a time when they say any available money should go to defeating Sen. John McCain and the Republicans in November."
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