If Clinton donors don't donate to Obama, who's to stop 'em?

Remember all that unity-Unity stuff last month about the once-warring Democratic camps of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and how they were gonna come together for the good of the party. And Clinton got a lot of her top 100 fundraisers together in Washington's Mayflower Hotel to introduce them to the party's nominee-to-be, which wasn't her?

The Ticket had to double-check the numbers, but our campaign finance expert Dan Morain confirms them:

Last month out of that whopping $52 million that Obama reported raking in, here's how much Clinton's 311 Hillraisers donated to Obama's campaign: $19,250.

$19,250.

For the first month of newfound unity, Seth Colter Wells over at HuffingtonPost reports finding only about eight of the well-heeled, well-organized Hillraisers donating money to the Illinois senator, though others may have tried to round up other donors. A separate, broader Washington Post survey of overall Obama donors found only around 2,200 Clinton donors contributed to Obama in June for a total of $1.8 million.

Maybe more will come over to the victor's side as summer passes and hurt feelings heal. But counted in dollars for the first post-primary month, that's an underwhelming amount of unity. No wonder Carly Fiorina of the McCain camp is reported making some phone calls.

-- Andrew Malcolm

Comments

[aaron]

thankfully bho has been able to shrug hrc's stubbor hanging on and is garnering headlines for himself and not sharing the spotlight with that sore looser. How can anyone trust her sincerity when she is preparing to run again in 4 years. there is no possible way her timing on that decision could be anygood but the purchase of that website in tandem with bill clinton's promise to help campaign is just too much. yet again here she is enforcing the double standard that the black people in america must work harder. and while were on the subject - sure hilary, continue polarizing the democratic electorate in order to further erode the roe v. wade decision you've been blasting bush for lately. not that your gandstanding will cost you or your constituents anything ... and yet again ... what was your stance on iran and the use of diplomacy.

[greg]

None of this matters...will someone report on the fact that there is a provision in the new housing bailout bill passed through the house today, that every credit card transaction you make will be reported to the IRS. ALL Transactions. The tyranny imposed upon Americans since 9/11 in the name of security is criminal and major media sits by and writes fluff pieces about puppet candidates and what they wear or what celebrity gives them money. Why don't you report on who pulls their strings so the casual reader can learn that its the same CFR bosses for Republicans and Democrats - and report on how and why we are all being sold down the river every day by our elected officials at an accelerating pace?

[Laura]

well are they at least paying off her debt since they are so dedicated to her?

[Joan]

I thought this was a housing blog?

[pacificGatePost]

HILLARY MAY BE ANTICIPATING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME AT THE CONVENTION

The Democratic convention is not over and done with.

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-clintons-presidential-campaign.html
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[S.A.]

I do not have hurt feeling over Hillary Clinton losing. I was never for Barack Obama. He was forced on the core demo party by the media and others. Time will not change my plans to NOT vote for him. Understand, many of us hillary supporters will always see Obama as unfit to be president, therefore, we must leave the demos and vote for John McCain.

[Bill Riley]

OBAMA WILL WIN!

Obama supports unions

Workers in telecommunications, broadcasting, journalism, newspapers and broadcast stations are all union employees. The media is bias, and the media will win.

ABC network

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CBS network

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NBC network

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Communications Workers of America
Communications Workers of America represents 740,000 workers in telecommunications, broadcasting, journalism and other fields. The union’s members work for companies such as AT&T, General Electric and many of the nation’s top newspapers and broadcast stations. The union lobbies on a number of workplace issues, including health benefits, social security and prescription drug coverage. The union has also been a strong supporter of proposals to lift federal regulations and allow regional telephone companies to enter the long-distance market and offer high-speed Internet access.

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[Mark Jepson]

"we must leave the demos and vote for John McCain."

sure great wonderful... good luck getting your revenge. McCain won't listen to you just like Bush doesn't listen to you. Remember the Keeting 5? The reality is if you value Democratic values, you should stay in the party and not throw your vote away. I say throw away because McCain can't win. Be aware that you will feel bitter for 4 MORE years at least. Think about that, in four years Hillary will try again. But this time the country will be well on it's way to being better and all some of us will remember is how bitter and sore a lot of Hillary's supporters we're in 2008. good luck.

[Mitchell in NY]

It's a real shame that some of Hillary's supporters are not enthusiastic about Obama. But in the end, as the polls are beginning to show, most will vote for him, and they will do so because it is the right thing to do. He is the change candidate, and we need change asap.

As he is demonstrating in his trip abroad, Obama knows something that most of us should, namely, that we are citizens of the world. Nation states will not disappear any time in the foreseeable future, but neither will they have the latitude to "go it on their own" that they once did. The times really are a'changin and Obama knows it.

Obama is going to win. On a list of a (baker's) dozen reasons why, #1:

1. The Change Factor: Yes, you have heard it before, but it is for real. People are hungry for it, especially after the worst presidency in living memory. A key point here is that Obama has been on message about change from DAY ONE. He is the Change candidate.

"A Dozen Reasons Why Obama will be the Next President: Money-Back Guarantee”
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[S.A.]

Also, I want qualifications and leadership in a president. John McCain has this, Barack Obama doesn't have it. Obama is a rock star who only has a written speech that he delivers well. He's still this shallow person thinking of himself only, and reaching for power. He does not care about america and it's people. He's spellbound many people to think he's the greatest man on earth, and can solve the world's problems. What a shame so many are falling for this.

[N.E. BodybutHillary]

The Clinton administration was rife with corruption. Obama is better off not being associated with that scandalous group. Who needs em or their blood money.

[nan]

I think Hillary was cheated badly by the media! Now the Dems. have Obama and I bet they wish they had Hillary. She had votes from both sides and spoke well and could actually talk. She was quick on her feet and knew her history. this dufus Obama can barely walk and chew gum. I wish Hillary could take over that convention and dump this idiot. He is an egotist, she would have visited the troops in Germany, she has class he has only self-love. he better get over himself, because the public is catching on to his idolization of himself...and it's ugly

[Is Paris burning ?]

Well there you go ! While Obama campaigns in Germany
France, Israel and Palestine ,folks in the good old USA are waking up to the imposter,flip-flopper jr senator from
Illinois who is on his way to cling defeat from the jaws of
victory.....in the hallowed tradition of post Clinton dems.
Could not happen to a nicer guy.

[DiamondTiger]

"Revenge"? Who said anything about revenge. The Borg Collective is just assuming we want revenge. This is about voting for whoever will defeat obama because we HAVE NO IDEA what he is actually going to do if he becomes president and if the last 7 months hasn't been enough proof of the ever changing positions, I don't know what is. FISA - let's keep spying on Americans. That's such an American thing to do. I know what McCain will do with a Dem Congress to keep him in check, but what will The Borg Prince do with complete and total free reign. You want to find out?

[Suitable for framing or linig bird cages]

That's what the Jerusalem's Post star commentator Carolyn Glick writes about barack's pamphlets on standing up to the Iranian threat. The flyer is beeing
distributed only in Israel and Obama has given strict orders that it be printed only in hebrew and that no copy be brought back in the US. Wife Michelle is
constantly reminding her hubby to beware of wooden shekels. President perez promissed Barack he would campaign agressively among Jewish liberals
for him. President of Israel is strickly a honorary title with zero political clout.Looks like Barack's flyers are beeing used widely as fish wrappers.

[Girl with the bushy armpits]

Unless the imposter dumps gov. judas as his running mate and picks Hillary he will be remembered as the biggest political flopsycle in recent history and Bill Clinton
has vowed to campaign for McCain if Barack picks the
shifty New Mexico bad excuse for a governor.

[Alessandro Machi]

I try and donate to Barack Obama all the time, I gladly fill up the DNC envelopes with my protest postcards and mail them postage free.

http://www.PROTEST-POSTCARDS.com
http://www.POSTCARD-BRIGADE.com

[Vegas]

Obama is an excellent man. There is no better democrat. We know it, the world knows it. I'm tired of all this Clinton dreaming. She's through. And we will stand by Obama like nothing you've seen. He will be fine, he will not lose. We will defeat McCain. Clinton's out.

[TJ WILLIAMS, LA, CA]

Question to all the HILLARY SORE LOSERS...
Hypothetically...if you did manage to steal the nomination in November or ruin the actual election...How do you plan to put HRC in the Whitehouse without 1 Black vote???? Because I personally guarantee you...if Barack Obama loses this election because of any S**t from the HILLARY crazies....it will be another 100 years before any Democrat gets into the Whitehouse. Especially Hillary Clinton. Trust & believe Black America will not forget or forgive.

[obama ignores soliders]

OBAMA SELECTING A REPUBLICAN AS VP RUNNING MATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is just another example of how Obama is destroying the democratic party! SENATOR CLINTON'S 18 MILLION SUPPORTERS SHOULD VOTE FOR MCCAIN SINCE OBAMA WANTS A REPUBLICAN TOO OR NOT VOTE AT ALL!!!
Its also time to clear out the DNC next elections....What are the LAME ducks NANCY PELOSI AND HOWARD DEAN doing!!!! Asking dems to give money to DNC and Obama when the nominee is considering a republican running mate!!!!
WE ARE URGING ALL PUMAS! TO WRITE SENATOR CLINTON'S NAME ON BALLOT AND NOT TO SUPPORT THE LAZY OBAMA....
The democratic party is a thing of the past, My family and friends has enough of DNC and Obama... We are changing our party affiliation to " Independent"
Barack Obama's vice presidential search team names member of President Bush's Cabinet, Ann Veneman, as Obama's VP running mate.

The mention of Veneman's name surprised Democratic lawmakers. The low-profile Republican was close to food and agriculture industries but clashed with farm-state Democrats and environmentalists.

Veneman, biography A Republican raised on a California peach farm, she rose to become the nation’s first female agriculture secretary.

The selection of a Republican could bolster Obama's unifying message, a Capitol Hill Democrat familiar with the discussion said.

Other Republicans mentioned as potential Obama running mates include Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, who accompanied him to Iraq, and retired Marine Gen. James Jones.

UNICEF spokeswoman Kate Donovan declined to comment on the news that Veneman's name had been mentioned as running mate to Obama. She said Veneman is traveling in Africa and could not be reached.

Though Veneman's biography and Republican affiliation make her a plausible, if surprising, candidate to be Obama's running mate.

"Are you serious?" one lawmaker asked vetters when Veneman's name came up, a second source familiar with the conversations said.

The surprise stems from the fact that, while Veneman was seen as an experienced leader for her department, she often clashed with Democrats on a central battle front of the Bush years: regulation. Venemen was criticized by some Democrats and environmentalists, and praised by agriculture and food interests, for lightly regulating the industries and for encouraging trade and biotechnology during her tenure.

She also clashed with Democrats — including then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, who is now an Obama confidant — over subsidies for small farmers, which they sought to expand.

In the best-known incident of her tenure, she led the administration's response to cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, known as mad cow disease. The epidemic was contained, but the relatively light U.S. testing regime has led to continuing barriers for American beef exports.

http://www.dontvoteobama.net