Some Clinton Fund-Raisers Are Still Simmering

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. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 27, 2008 - 8:04 AM PDT
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Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 1, 2008

This article is full of ambiguous sourcing and reporter opinion. It is not very informative, and it looks largely that some reporters were trying to find facts to back up a public perception of "simmering tensions" and "perceived snubs" between the Obama and Clinton supporters. However, the facts are not there. The timing of this article is interesting: is it attempting to deliver a scoop or hint at a prediction just prior to Hillary Clinton's speech, in case there were a huge Clinton revolt against Obama during the DNC roll call? To make this piece work, the reporters should have stuck to straight-on analysis of campaign finance records first. Then they should have taken these stats to sources knowledgeable about what these ... More »

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Kaizar Campwala
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