Obama’s High-dollar Donations Lagging

T.W. Farnam, Washington Post
Sun, 03/18/2012 - 10:51am

President Obama is struggling to draw in big-dollar donations, with half as many people writing large checks to his campaign than at this point four years ago. Obama is outpacing his Republican rivals in fundraising overall, and his advisers have concentrated on amassing small-dollar backers, part of a strategy to get more people invested in the reelection effort.

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