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usatoday.com - 11/25/2008
Report says Obama's small-donor base claim is off
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The analysis undercuts Obama's claim that his supporters "changed the way campaigns are funded" by reducing the influence of special-interest givers. "The myth is that money from small donors dominated Barack Obama's finances," said Michael Malbin, the institute's executive director. "The ...

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fivethirtyeight.com - 11/19/2008
An Interview with John Ziegler on the Zogby "Push Poll"
— fivethirtyeight.com — I had the chance this afternoon to speak with John Ziegler , a documentary filmmaker and former radio talk show host who built the website HowObamaGotElected.com and is promoting a forthcoming documentary of the same name. Ziegler was responsible for ... (more) An Interview with John Ziegler on the Zogby "Push Poll"

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Obama's small donor base image is a myth, new study reveals
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/29/2008
Obama's small donor base image is a myth, new study reveals
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Everybody knows how president-elect Barack Obama's amazing campaign money machine was based mainly on several million regular folks sending in hard-earned amounts under $200, a real sign of his broadbased grassroots support. Except, it ... (more) Obama's small donor base image is a myth, new study reveals

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blogs.abcnews.com - 11/25/2008
Report: Obama Didn't Have as Many Small Donors as Was Hyped
— blogs.abcnews.com — The Campaign Finance Institute issued a "Reality Check" report that demolishes the myth that President-elect Obama was largely funded by small donors. In reality, says the non-partisan group, the percentage of small donors who gave to the Obama ... (more) Report: Obama Didn't Have as Many Small Donors as Was Hyped

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Report: Obama's small-donor base claim is off
Hyscience — In other words, he lied about most of the money coming from small donors just like he lied about all that change he talked about; you know, that change that turned out to be nothing more than just a ...

Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... A new study from the non-partisan Campaign Finance Institute finds that Barack Obama's percentage of money from donors giving $200 or less was actually the same as George W. Bush's in 2004. The key differences are that he brought in even more money than Bush did, and thus more money from small donors, and that many people who initially gave very small amounts kept coming back to give more over time, thus putting them over $200 in total. ...

More Saint Obama Mythology Debunked: About Those Campaign Contributions
Debbie Schlussel — ... Aren't you glad they "clarifying" their fake reporting after the election and that they spun the tales before the election? There's a a fitting male sexual dysfunction term that describes this well: ...

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