Fund-Raising Is Lagging, So Far, for Inaugural Plans

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Source: NYT

President Obama’s inaugural committee is at least $10 million short of its $50 million fund-raising goal, officials have told top donors, with just over a week before Mr. Obama is sworn in for his second term.

The shortfall was revealed in a conference call on Thursday afternoon with members of the inaugural finance committee, and it may be even larger.

Some donors and lobbyists involved in the effort said that the committee has raised just $30 million for the Jan. 21 celebration, though inaugural officials said that figure was outdated.

The committee is particularly struggling to bring in corporate money after Mr. Obama’s announcement last month that he would accept contributions from businesses, a change from his position in 2009. A list of donors posted by the Presidential Inaugural Committee on Jan. 4 includes just a handful of business donors.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/us/politics/fund-raising-lags-for-inaugural-events.html

[sadbear]

1. Ain't nothing wrong with scaling back a little.

It would definitely send the right message.

[Tempest]

2. Isn't that typical for second terms?

I seem to recall this happening to Clinton and Bush.

[Lex]

4. Romney lost. Hahahaha!

I know it still hurts.

[Agschmid]

5. The stoooopid burns! Get it off! n/t

[Agschmid]

6. Did you alert? If so thanks, and good juror comments? n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

7. you do know that EVERYONE - all the people of the world were greatly relieved when our President won

reelection .. and you do know that ever single nonpartisan statistician and every prediction market and every bookie were betting on Obama? You did know that didn't you? IT was so funny when the right-wing nuts were so shocked when Romney lost. Because EVERYONE - all the educated peoples' of the world were expecting that - everyone except the right-wing nuts..

[Tempest]

8. The useful idiots on the right believed the alternate reality the billionaires paid to create. n/t

[Lex]

9. Well, they had their own special math

you know, the kind that doesn't add up . . . to "unskew" the polling and whatnot. Idiots.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

10. I had extra money over the holidays.

It went towards better presents for my family and to the warming station/soup kitchen I volunteer at. If rich people want a party they can pay for it themselves. I'm sure Clooney has a few hundred thousand sitting around.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

11. Time to hit up more "big money donors" and sell out our party even more

Is this shit really necessary? And yes I didn't like the Bush, Clinton, Bush and Reagan galas either.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Each day they ask me for money, each day I responded by asking if they were hireing another

hate mongering con man they call a minister to provide anti gay energies as they did last time with Rick Warren. Many, many emails asking them this. Not one response. Then they hired Giglio. Then they wonder where the donations are.

Not sure why they think they can insult people over and over again and still get hand outs for their big bigot bash. Are they really that slow on the uptake?

[tom_kelly]

13. Good!

I respond to those emails with "I was ready and willing to donate $120.00 for two tickets to the Gala until Ticketmaster stole all of the tickets set asside for the "public."