Today came news that the Obama campaign had raised $71 million in June, far below Romney's $106 million for the same period. Daniel Klaidman has more on the Democrats' cashflow problem, pointing to liberal discomfort with the idea of Super PACs as well as a lack of enthusiasm from "big-ego Democrats" accustomed to more hands-on treatment:
One of the party’s most prominent donors underscored how the Clintons were far more attentive to him than Obama, whom he is backing. After holding a 2008 fundraiser for Hillary, he noted, he received a gift tea set and note from her, then a personal phone call. It was "maybe an inexpensive, maybe $40 tea set," he says, but along with the call reflected a level of attention he now finds lacking. This donor does not fault the president himself for not being more personally involved. What’s galling, he says, is poor staff; a lack of follow-up and insufficient stroking of egos, such as invitations to social and other events at the White House.
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