Clinton loses top fund raiser due to negative campaign

[Dr Ron]

From Liberal Values:

http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3183

Top Clinton Fund Raiser Defects to Obama

April 25th, 2008 by Ron Chusid

Now that it is mathematically very unlikely for Clinton to win the nomination we can expect to see some Clinton supporters defect to Obama. Today Clinton lost a major fund raiser. First Read reports:

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.

It is notable that this is yet more person who stopped supporting Clinton due to the type of campaign she has run. This defection might also help Obama receive the support of more Hispanics.

Update: Protesting Dirty Politics

[Dr Ron]

1. Follow Up Post on Protesting Dirty Politics

http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3184

Protesting Dirty Politics

April 25th, 2008 by Ron Chusid

Noting in the previous post that another Clinton supporter has stopped backing Clinton due to the negative tone of the campaign raises another point. When Republicans used these tactics they were condemned as being part of a “vast right wing conspiracy” by Clinton supporters. However, not only do they have no qualms about using the same type of tactics but when Obama supporters criticize the tactics this is spun as a sign of weakness.

Of course this is all Clinton spin. Protesting such tactics is not a matter of strength. It is a matter of principle. The question is not whether you can handle this type of tactics but whether you are ethical enough to oppose it and want to see an end to the dirty style of politics practiced by the Clintons.

Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, who I mentioned in the previous post, was only one example of a protest against the tone of the Clinton campaign. James E. Clyburn also spoke out against Clinton, saying that blacks are “incensed” over some of his statements. he also told The New York Times that, “there appeared to be an almost unanimous view among African-Americans that Mr. and Mrs. Clinton were committed to doing everything they possibly could to damage Mr. Obama to a point that he could never win in the general election.”

[liberaldem4ever]

2. It's good to know some people really do have integrity

And won't be a party to that kind of dirty "destroy your opponent at any cost" politics.

[tammywammy]

3. Agreed