Obama Meets Party Donors in New York

[oberliner]

Senator Barack Obama treaded onto Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s home turf last night to meet with prominent Democratic donors and feel out those who might prefer the sound of President Obama to President Clinton (as in Hillary, not Bill).

Amid intensifying presidential musings by Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama met with George Soros, the liberal billionaire philanthropist, and then some other donors last night at Mr. Soros’s offices.

One of the donors who met with Mr. Obama, and who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to offend Mrs. Clinton, said that he and several others had supported Mrs. Clinton’s Senate campaigns but were not committed to her as a presidential candidate.

“I like Hillary a lot, but I’m also impressed with Obama — his message, the way he connects to people,” said the donor, a prominent New York business person. “It’s a little too early for Democrats to be certain that Hillary is the strongest bet for 2008. There are a lot of good people interested in running.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/us/politics/05obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[IndianaGreen]

1. Well, we know that Rupert Murdoch is one of Hillary's contributors

so I rather have people like Soros going for Obama than for prowar Hillary.

Hillary is the past, Obama is the future!

[gorbal]

2. He just has to get buy the "experience" issue

If he can think of a snappy one-liner to diffuse it he's home free.

[LeftHander]

3. When will this backroom crap stop?

I am sick of private funding of campaigns.

Big money...buys government.

The people lose year after year....

Think is campaigns were publically funded....on even footing.

Maybe we would actually hear real issues debated and we would stop being subjected to negative smear campaigning.

[shortcake]

4. Campaign finance reform

is the reform on which all other reforms are possible.

[ryanmuegge]

5. Yep, probably Lockheed-Martin, Exxon, Pfizer, and all the usual suspects

This guy's just like all the rest of them.