$2K gifts number less than half of what they did at this point in 2008
(NEWSER) - The Obama re-election campaign is out-earning the Republicans, and has collected donations from more than 1.4 million people. But one area where President Obama is badly lagging is with big-money donations—an issue that political observers say could presage problems to come, reports the Washington Post . At this point in Obama's first campaign for president, he had received more than 23,000 large donations of $2,000 or more. This time, though, he has received just 11,000 such donations—not even one-quarter the number George W. Bush received at the same point in his re-election. More»
