Opinion: Does Barack Obama really want all of Hillary Clinton’s donors?
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Our blogging cousins over at the Swamp have an item up raising an interesting question about the rapprochement between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: Does he really want all her financial supporters?
Obama, of course, has made a splash by raising a boatload of money from individual donors while professing to eschew cash from the ‘politics as usual’ crowd. Clinton was less discriminating in her cash sources. But how does Obama heal the party and move forward if he winds up telling big Clinton supporters such as Sant Chatwal that he might not want his money? As the Swamp put it:
‘Obama’s in an awkward spot. At the moment anyway, he doesn’t need Clinton’s money -- though campaign money is like good pitching in baseball: You can never, ever have enough. But Obama does need the goodwill of the Clinton faction of the Democratic Party and that means ego massages for Chatwal and company. How Obama handles this kind of, what some would regard as, compromising outreach could help voters decide if indeed he represents ‘change we can believe in.’ ‘
The delicate dance continues.
-- Scott Martelle
