Obama using web to close funding gap
3:18pmBarack Obama has always been ahead of the other presidential contendors when it comes to using the web. In the last week his social networking site - my.barackobama.com - has swung into action, trying to narrow the funding gap between his campaign and Hillary Clinton's. On Monday, Clinton had a $2.1m lead over the Obama campaign. In response he has sent messages to all members of the site, asking for a donation, making a big point of the fact that he has not taken money from lobbyists. Here's the one I received:
David,I'm leaving the Tonight Show studio and I wanted to share something.
Jay Leno just asked if it bothers me that some of the Washington pundits are declaring Hillary Clinton the winner of this election before a single vote has been cast.
I'll tell you what I told him: Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare "Mission Accomplished" a little too soon.
We started this week $2.1 million behind the Clinton campaign -- a lead they built in large part with contributions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs.
We don't accept money from federal lobbyists or PACs.
Let's close the rest of that gap now. Please make a donation of $25:
Thank you,
Barack
According to his campaign team, the digital round robin has been a major success; they have now halved Clinton's $2.1m lead.
Bethany
October 18th, 2007 7:06pm Report this commentObama is the man who can unite this country! The people have spoken, and Hillary is not inevitable Obama in '08
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