{"id":12560,"date":"2008-03-25T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/03\/25\/my-dinner-with-obama.html"},"modified":"2008-03-25T10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:26:34","slug":"my_dinner_with_obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/25\/my_dinner_with_obama.html","title":{"rendered":"My Dinner with Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, no, not really. Or, not yet<\/em>. But the Obama campaign is offering anyone who donates any amount<\/a> by the end of March a chance to have dinner (with four other people) with the candidate. Which, I have to say, would be pretty keen.<\/p>\n

An interesting statistic: in February, 94% of the donors to the Obama campaign gave $200 or less. The same was true for only 26% of Clinton donors, and 13% of McCain donors. Clinton has raised 60% of her funds from $1000+ donors; McCain 70%.<\/p>\n

I’m not all that much of a populist, but I think that says something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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