Obama Campaign is Sitting on $30,000,000 Surplus

6 Dec 2008

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iG0Jun8bPA6gp2Y2Oe-XONMBaNZQD94SSSPO0

Instead of soliciting even more money from its record breaking support base, the Obama campaign should spend its reserves.

Why have I been getting two e-mails every fucking day asking for campaign donations when the Obama campaign has a thirty million dollar surplus?

For example, this e-mail from David Plouffe on November 20th:

I have a special request for you…. like in the campaign, we’ve decided to do things differently.

For the first time, transition efforts won’t be financed with donations from Washington lobbyists and PACs — which means we’ll need to keep asking for your help. Your generosity during the campaign helped get us here, but building a more transparent and open government means continuing to rely on a broader group of people to do this the right way.

…Will you help support the urgent mission of our transition team with a donation of $25 or more?

I think I’ll pass.