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Obama Wins Top Kerry Donor
Barack Obama has just landed one of John Kerry's most important fundraisers: Mark Gorenberg, a California-based venture capitalist who's a top fundraiser for the Democratic Party, a source has confirmed to Election Central.
Gorenberg is a heavyweight in fundraising circles who's helped turn San Francisco into a major fundraising source for Democrats. He was a leading fundraiser for Kerry in 2004 as his California finance chair, and also raised more than $1 million for 27 Dem House candidates in 2006, according to the Connecticut Post.
Kerry left the Presidential race yesterday, and his top donors and operatives are being aggressively wooed by the other Dem candidates. More soon.
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If Gorenberg is Jewish, why is he supporting a Muslim like Obama?
January 25, 2007 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well OBVIOUSLY Gorenburg also attended madrassas while a child, and is only an "occasional" member of his synagogue.
Any real patriot could figure that out...
January 25, 2007 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
For every top donor that either Obama, Edwards, Richardson, Vilsack, Dodd, etc. nab, Hillary Clinton nabs like ten of them. I don't think her primary goal is to raise significantly more than the others - I think her main goal is to quickly starve her opponents moneywise before they even grow wings. It won't be pretty.
January 25, 2007 7:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm assuming you were being sarcastic so I rated you up. Sarcasm is sometimes good for the soul.
January 25, 2007 7:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're probably right about the strategy. But I don't think it'll work.
If you look at what happened in '04, Clark didn't jump in until late Sept '03 at which point he didn't have any top donors officially lined up. Despite that, he was able to raise more than any other candidate his last month or two. Apparently the money didn't dry up that time. Nor the talent since Clark was able to win OK and come in second in more states than anyone on the baby Super Tuesday.
January 25, 2007 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, but I wonder what happens when these folks start figuring out they can raise gobs of cash from the netroots.
January 25, 2007 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Any news about the rumors of Rahm sniffing around Obama... scratch scratch (behind the ears)...?
January 26, 2007 2:36 AM | Reply | Permalink