Tim Pawlenty on Mitt Romney 'gifts': They didn’t elect Obama

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1. It was the people who gave "gifts" to Obama, and that's what elected him

Whatever "gift" I got, in the form of a stimulus rebate or whatever, I gave right back to the Obama campaign over the past year. More than I should have. As did millions of other people ... to the tune of apparently $1 billion dollars, mostly from small donors (the 47%, doncha know).

As I explained in another comment, these donations are not just money to spend on advertising or offices. They represent millions of people who have put skin in the game. And once you've got skin in the game, an investment, so to speak, you're going to protect that investment by making sure to get to the polls. You're going to make phone calls and knock on doors.

These "invested" voters are what got Obama elected. Romney may have gotten a ton of money from a handful of billionaires, but they only have a handful of votes, and do not represent the massive army that ended up giving their time and efforts to making sure this president got elected.