The Audacity of Hoping for Deeper Pockets
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007What can you do with $75 million dollars? One might fund cutting edge research in obesity and diabtetes, or NGOs working to battle an AIDs epidemic in Africa. It could go to there innumerable Iraqis without food or roofs over their heads. Ask Bill Clinton; he might have some ideas for Giving that money to the right grassroot and NGO causes. Or forget all that how about purchasing 350,000 raffle tickets to run for leader of the ‘free world’?
Monday morning, the Obama campaign announced its third-quarter fund raising figures, bringing their grand total to a whopping $75 million from 350,000 donors. (more…)

