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Obama Has Big-Money Donors, Too

Billionaires and so-called bundlers account for half

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 11, 2008 1:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama has made much of his grass-roots fundraising, but he’s no stranger to big-money donors, the Washington Post reports. Seventy-nine bundlers—deep-pocketed backers who use their contacts to drum up even more cash—have wrangled up more than $200,000 each for the... Read full story »

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