Obama Joins Forces With 18 State Parties (Party leaders think the program can help downballot Dems)

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Obama Joins Forces With 18 State Parties

The presumptive Democratic nominee established a joint fundraising agreement with 18 local parties Wednesday to funnel money into those states for Obama’s presidential bid.

Party leaders think the program can also help downballot Democratic candidates.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/16/obama-joins-forces-with-18-state-parties/

Article is on Rollcall - Does anyone subscribe? This is all I can get:

Obama, DNC Set Up Fundraising Entity for States

By Josh Kurtz
Roll Call Staff
July 16, 2008, 7:52 p.m.

Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday established a joint fundraising agreement with 18 state Democratic parties to funnel money into those states for Obama’s White House bid. Party leaders believe the program can also help Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/26789-1.html