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• Source: New York Times
• Date: August 27, 2008
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• Bylines: Michael Luo , Griff Palmer
• Topics: Campaign Finance
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: A significant number of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s top fund-raisers remain on the sidelines and unwilling to work for Senator Barack Obama, a nettlesome problem that appears to be contributing to the campaign’s failure to keep pace with ambitious fund-raising goals it set for the general election. Indeed, a New York Times analysis of Federal Election Committee records found that Clinton donors contributed roughly $2.8 million to the Obama campaign in July. The amount is not insubstantial, but it appears to fall short of targets originally envisioned by Obama fund-raisers. In June, when Mrs. Clinton suspended her campaign, Clinton and Obama officials estimated they might be able to collect $50 million to $75 million or more from Clinton donors. They appear to be nowhere near that.