Clinton fundraiser defects to Obama campaign

[davidinalameda]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-fundraising26apr26,0,2111231.story

yep, another Judas

One of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's major fundraisers, who was ambassador to Chile under President Clinton, is defecting from the campaign and joining Sen. Barack Obama's national finance committee, campaign aides said Friday.

Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, who was the U.S. envoy to Chile from 1994 to 1998, had been credited with raising $300,000 for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

But lately, he became "concerned about the tone of the race," said an Obama aide, who requested anonymity because he has not been directly involved with the development.

Guerra-Mondragon is expected to raise money for Obama as part of his work on the Illinois Democrat's national finance committee. A Clinton campaign official, who also declined to be identified, downplayed the significance, saying that Guerra-Mondragon's decision did not portend more defections.

[Raine]

1. TERRIFIC

and I'm sure there'll be plenty more to follow. :thumbsup: