The Obama campaign has reported to the Federal Election Commission that they have raised $68 million from 583,000 donors in the 4th quarter of 2011.
What's new is the list of approximately 400 big bundlers they published on the Obama campaign website - along with the amounts each raised. Bundlers: big fundraisers who "bundle" large amounts of donations together. Some examples include: longtime Democrat and Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg raised half a million dollars as did Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Ari Emanuel - the Hollywood superagent and brother of the one-time chief-of staff - raised one hundred to two hundred thousand dollars.
The Obama campaign is trying to use the announcement of their bundlers to draw a contrast with the Republicans in the race. Obama's campaign points out they "voluntarily disclose" their bundlers "unlike the Republican candidates running in 2012." What are they hiding? Democratic strategists tell CNN polling has shown that demonstrating that the President has "high ethical standards" scores well among independent voters.
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