Campaign Fund-raising, Charlotte | featured news

Just minutes after the end of the Republican convention, President Obama appealed to his supporters for campaign cash. "Tonight was their night," Obama wrote in an e-mail. "But our focus must be on tomorrow." And presumably next week, when Obama and the Democrats hold their own convention in Charlotte.

The Democratic National Convention is reportedly having trouble with its fundraising about two months before the party faithful gather in Charlotte to renominate President Obama. The Washington Post reports the host committee has raised about $20 million and is about $16 million shy of its goal. The story cites unnamed sources, describing them as "several people familiar with the internal discussions."