It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Politics/Legislation/Elections => Topic started by: LadyVirginia on September 26, 2011, 05:42:39 PM
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President Barack Obama's Chicago-based re-election campaign has a hometown problem: the donors and volunteers who have lost interest after launching his run for the White House four years ago.
The glow of the epochal election of the nation's first African-American president has faded amid a dramatic fall in the president's popularity, a persistently lousy economy and an administration that has been less transformative than promised.
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...Mr. Obama's home-state tallies so far are below where they were at this point in the last election cycle, when, unlike now, he faced a slugfest in the primary. As of June 30, Mr. Obama had raised $1.5 million from individual donors in Illinois, compared with $7.5 million by June 30, 2007.
More at:
LINK (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110924/ISSUE01/309249981/cracks-appear-in-obamas-chicago-base#ixzz1Z6K7BydE)
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I hope that reporter isn't looking for us to make donations.
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Ohhh, too bad...