Obama Campaign Cultivates Clinton Donors
By NICHOLAS CONFESSOREPresident Obama?s campaign manager, Jim Messina, met privately on Monday night with donors close to his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as the campaign seeks to knit together and mobilize the Democratic fund-raising elite in advance of the 2012 election.
Mr. Messina has traveled around the country in recent weeks to meet with groups of major Democratic donors, the top tier of which are being asked to raise $350,000 this year for the president?s re-election campaign.
Monday night?s meeting was organized by Marc Lasry, a billionaire hedge fund manager and prominent Democratic donor who is close to the Clinton family, and was held at his home in Manhattan, according to an e-mail invitation. Mr. Lasry is also among those organizing a major New York City fund-raiser for Mr. Obama, scheduled for June 23.
?Jim wants to sit down with those of us who were very supportive of Secretary Clinton?s 2008 campaign,? Mr. Lasry wrote in the e-mail. ?We believe that meetings like this are a strong first step in having a continued conversation as the campaign moves forward.?
About 30 people came to the meeting, according to one person who attended, many of them part of the tight-knit circle of female professionals who were among Mrs. Clinton?s most loyal backers when she ran for president in 2008.
Mrs. Clinton?s campaign was known for its ardent cultivation of important donors, while Mr. Obama?s political operation has taken a more hands-off approach since he was elected, to the annoyance of some donors. And while the wounds of the bitter 2008 primary between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, now his secretary of state, have largely healed, Mr. Messina?s visit suggests that the Obama camp believes it has more work to do to fully harness the Clinton donor network to its own formidable fund-raising machine.
Obama Campaign Cultivates Clinton Donors
The president?s campaign manager meets with Democratic donors who aligned with Hilary Rodham Clinton in 2008, a step toward merging two formidable fund-raising machines.
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Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/obama-campaign-cultivates-clinton-donors/
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