September 08, 2008
Palin's Speech Creates One-Day Fundraising Record For Obama
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Since Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her acceptance speech last week, a surge of online donations to Barack Obama's presidential campaign has brought in $10 million dollars over the Internet in less than 24 hours from more than 130,000 supporters.
``Sarah Palin's attacks have rallied our supporters in ways we never expected...and we fully expect John McCain's attacks tonight to help us make our grassroots organization even stronger.'' said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
The influx of online donations came after an e-mail sent out by Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, right after Palin's speech.
``You know that despite what John McCain and his attack squad say, every day people have the power to build something extraordinary when we come together,'' he wrote.
The $10 million keeps Obama in pace with McCain, who also raised $10 million after adding Palin to his ticket. The RNC received a cool $1 million from Palin's rousing speech as well.
Posted by Buzz Webster at September 8, 2008 05:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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