Obama may bypass public financing ( Something smells fishy) http://news.yahoo.com ^ | Wed Apr 9, 2:15 PM ET | JIM KUHNHENN
…his base of nearly 1.3 million donors could easily deliver in excess of the amount available from the federal treasury.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A base of 1.3 million !?
That is what smells. Who are they, are there really 1.3 million, who`s donating multiple times, where`s is the cash REALLY coming from, how many 'chinese dishwashers/empty storefronts are donating ?
Still waiting for some deep research to be done on these so called 1.3 million donors.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999204/posts
The bundlers don’t just sit silently on the sidelines, either. Obama holds weekly conference calls to discuss campaign strategy and policy with them. They got a preview of the speech that Obama gave to do damage control over the Wright Stuff, and they pushed him to link the US economy and its problems with the Iraq war. Anthony Lake meets with them so often that the Obama campaign credits him with a portion of the funds raised by the calls with his national-security adviser.
That picture differs substantially from the image offered by Obama of a campaign directed by grassroots activists. Their money clearly doesn’t do the talking. Bundlers direct the campaign, quite literally, and those bundlers represent moneyed interests — a much different reality than what Obama and his advocates admit.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/11/the-myth-of-grassroots-in-the-obama-campaign/
Don’t forget Code Pink co-founder Jodi Evans is a contributor and a bundler for Obama.
Seems like Obama has tapped his base already. It’s not like they can donate another $2300. McCain’s problem is he has little base to tap.