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07 Feb 08
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So Dean said that he'll call the two candidates, Hillary and Obama in and bully them into an agreement before the convention. Let's see how this conversation would go:
Look Sen, you have the best campaign staff, you raise about $30m a month, you have more committed delegates. In addition, you are attracting more new voters than ever, you're attracting young voters who would be apt to stay with the Democratic party and you're filling stadiums as never before, not Reagan, not George Bush nor Bill Clinton ever attracted crowds like you have.
Having said that Barack, I want you to run as Hillary's VP so that you could raise money and wipe out Hillary's debt. I'm doing you a big favor here Barack, I'm making Hillary put you on the ticket. What do you say to that, Barack? -
An analysis by the Campaign Finance Institute, which tracks trends in political money, found that Obama raised about a third of his money in 2007 from donors who gave $200 or less. Only one-third of his money came from donors who have given the legal maximum of $2,300, compared to Clinton who raised about half of her money from "maxed out" donors and only 14 percent from donors of $200 or less.
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Sen. Clinton's "share of their joint resources."
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The Clinton's financial disclosures, which reveal only broad ranges of assets, place their wealth between $10 million to $50 million.
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Wisconsin, which has virtually sealed the nomination for other Democrats in years past.
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Wisconsin's Democratic electorate is largely liberal and college educated, and its open primary allows independents to vote _ all factors that favor Obama.
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Hawaii, where Obama grew up,
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the so-called Potomac primary Feb. 9,
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Penn conceded the campaign would rely on surrogates to campaign for her in most of states holding contests Saturday, including President Clinton and daughter Chelsea. It was a tacit admission that the former first lady was unlikely to win any of those states outright.
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who has generated unprecedented activism and fundraising through the Internet.
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The Clinton camp was eager to take the luster off of Obama's status as a "movement candidate"
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Clinton advisers were stunned by Obama's January fundraising and have marveled at his ability to raise small-dollar amounts from a vast field of donors.
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Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said last week the Clinton campaign raised only $13.5 million for the month. The $5 million loan was in addition to that amount, Wolfson said.
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Obama, riding a wave of fundraising both from large donors and small Internet contributors, raised a stunning $32 million in January.
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"I loaned it because I believe very strongly in this campaign," Clinton told reporters Wednesday. "We had a great month fundraising in January, broke all records, but my opponent was able to raise more money and we intended to be competitive and we were."
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On Wednesday, she sent out an e-mail appeal to donors Wednesday seeking $3 million in three days _ an effort, that if successful, would match the fundraising rate Obama averaged for the entire month of January.
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In a sign of Obama's growing financial advantage, Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests.
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