They're done with her
Yesterday came the shocking news that a major fund raiser for Clinton -- who had raised about $500,000 for her -- was now supporting and working for Obama. This fund raiser had longstanding ties to the Clintons, as he was appointed to an ambassadorship by Bill Clinton.
Now it turns out that he was far from alone.
The Washington Post reports today that
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Campaign finance records released this week show that a growing number of Clinton's early supporters migrated to Obama in March, after he achieved 11 straight victories. Of those who had previously made maximum contributions to Clinton, 73 wrote their first checks to Obama in March. The reverse was not true: Of those who had made large contributions to Obama last year, none wrote checks to Clinton in March.
Why have these donors moved to Obama? Two main reasons:
1. Delegate math is clear. Clinton can't win and the on-going fight is hurting the party.
2. Clinton has gotten way too negative for them. Her campaign hasn't focused on the future, but on tearing down Obama.
"I think she is destroying the Democratic Party," said New York lawyer Daniel Berger, who had backed Clinton with the maximum allowable donation of $2,300. "That there's no way for her to win this election except by destroying [Obama], I just don't like it. So in my own little way, I'm trying to send her a message."
The message came in the form of a $2,300 contribution to Obama."
Another donor found Clinton's approach very troublesome.
The Obama converts include William Louis-Dreyfus. The billionaire New York financier said he had been impressed by Clinton's performance in the Senate and distressed by eight years of the Bush administration when he donated the maximum to her campaign last August. Then, he said, he began watching more closely.
"However much one might have supported the Clintons, or one might support the usual suspects in the Democratic Party, I began to believe Obama represents a new approach. He gives off such a sense of relevance that he's sort of irresistible," Louis-Dreyfus said.
He also expressed, as did other big givers who crossed to Obama, exasperation about the tone of the Clinton campaign and frustration with the candidate herself.
"At the end of the day, all she had to do was open her mouth for me not to believe her," Louis-Dreyfus said.
So - as you see - more and more people have made the judgment that Clinton has been the more negative campaigner and her chances are not only done, but her campaign is hurting the party.
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