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Published 10/21/2008 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN) – Republicans are looking to turn Sen. Barack Obama’s jaw-dropping $150 million September fundraising haul into a liability, pointing to a lack of transparency over the thousands of small donations that have padded the Democrat’s campaign coffers. In its latest effort to cast a bright light of scrutiny on Obama’s fundraising, the Republican National Committee [...] (link)

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