"Big HRC Fundraiser Defects to Obama" - What's that I hear? The Fat Lady clearing her throat?...

[AZBlue]

NBC News has learned that a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, former Amb. to Chile Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon is leaving the campaign to join up Barack Obama's campaign. Officially dubbed a "Hillraiser," Guerra-Mondragon raised nearly $500,000 for Clinton's campaign, according to some estimates. He has been informing people inside Clintonworld this week in what's been described as some tough conversations. A formal announcement of a role for Guerra-Mondragon on Obama's national finance committee will be made next week. Guerra-Mondragon was appointed Amb. to Chile by Pres. Clinton in '94 and served until '98.

Among the reasons for Guerra-Mondragon to defect, according to one informed source, was he was uneasy with the tone of the Clinton campaign and was beginning to worry about what this would mean for the general election.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/25/946650.aspx

That's ok, she doesn't really need any more money anyway, right?
Oh, wait.....

[olkaz]

1. Wow. This is big news, and huge pickup for the Obama campaign.

Bar-raiser? What's the name now?

[PoliticalAmazon]

13. Hillary raised $10million in 3 seconds. She doesn't need him. [sarcasm] n/t

[mod mom]

2. Can he ask for his money back from Hillary like other Hillary donors did w Howard Dean?

[KittyWampus]

3. it's not really his money. He just either bundled it or organized it.

oops, you were probably going for a bit of snark.

Sorry

[John Q. Citizen]

4. The writing is on the wall.

[tokenlib]

5. If he wasn't psychologically abused working for her....

..he will be now when Carville and Bill are done with him.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

6. I guess he was tired of raising money to pay Penn's hair removal and deodorant bills

[DesertFlower]

7. great news. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. she's not fat. She is hip enhanced.

let's not be cruel.

[DesertFlower]

9. she looks like many women her age.

as a 66 year old woman, i can say that it was difficult keeping that middle-age spread off. age is not kind to us.

[AZBlue]

11. It's ok - she's still thinner than me...

;)

[mmonk]

10. I'm waiting for donors to follow suit.

Then the good ship Hillary will run aground. A bad sign for them.

[MindMatter]

12. Uhhhhhh, they already did

That's why she's $10,000,000 in debt plus having to loan $5,000,000 personal funds to the campaign.

[AtomicKitten]

14. I'll hold the door open for the Clinton defectors, AZBlue, and you offer them a cocktail.

It's :party: time!

[AZBlue]

16. Welcome to The Good Side!

A.K.A., The Fun Side or The Winning Side

[City Lights]

15. That's gotta hurt.

Hill will catch on eventually.