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Obama Raises Millions for Democrats in California Cash Swing
President Barack Obama is expected to raise millions of dollars for Democrats at a string of fundraisers in California on Thursday as he turns his efforts to ensuring that he is succeeded by someone from his own party.
“The incredible success we have had together is not a reason for complacency,” Obama said at a fundraising brunch for the Democratic National Committee at the home of venture capitalist Steve Westly, in Atherton, California, south of San Francisco. “It’s actually a spur to further action. We know that our job isn’t finished.”
Obama’s efforts come on a day when Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the last two candidates standing in the 2016 Democratic primary field, square off in a debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to be nationally televised on PBS. The Democrat primary has taken on an air of uncertainty after Sanders’s unexpectedly strong victory over Clinton in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
Hundreds of donors contributed as much as $33,400 each to attend one of Obama’s four events in Silicon Valley and Southern California. About 450 people attended the brunch, according to a DNC aide who asked not to be identified because the events are private.
“The incredible success we have had together is not a reason for complacency,” Obama said at a fundraising brunch for the Democratic National Committee at the home of venture capitalist Steve Westly, in Atherton, California, south of San Francisco. “It’s actually a spur to further action. We know that our job isn’t finished.”
Obama’s efforts come on a day when Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the last two candidates standing in the 2016 Democratic primary field, square off in a debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to be nationally televised on PBS. The Democrat primary has taken on an air of uncertainty after Sanders’s unexpectedly strong victory over Clinton in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
Hundreds of donors contributed as much as $33,400 each to attend one of Obama’s four events in Silicon Valley and Southern California. About 450 people attended the brunch, according to a DNC aide who asked not to be identified because the events are private.
More at http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-02-11/obama-raises-millions-for-democrats-in-california-cash-swing
Looks like Obama is raising money at a home of a venture capitalist. According to Bernie, President Obama isn't a progressive. President Obama must be beholden to special interest like Hillary Clinton.
