NYT: Obama Sees Steep Dropoff in Cash From Major Donors

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. What a ridiculous article. I know Obama's leftist critics like to glom onto shit like this, but...

at this point, 4 years ago, we were still in the thick of a very contentious primary battle, Hillary didn't even suspend her campaign until early June. How is this, in any way, comparable to Obama's 2008 run, and why should it matter this early? In fact, I would have thought his critics, on the left, would be happy that so much of Obama's money is coming from small donors. There have been those who have tried to construct narratives of the "enthusiasm gap", and this is just another in a string of those.

"The falloff has left his fund-raising totals running behind where they were at the same point in 2008 — though well ahead of Mr. Romney’s"

If, as stated above, the president's rich donors think he's been too "bipartisan", then I ask that they look up the video of his 2004 convention speech. Those of us who actually supported him, and actually paid attention, knew he would reach across the aisle, and will probably continue to do so. That's just who he is, the eternal optimist.