How campaign finance rules are easily circumvented
By Gillian Tett
Published in the Financial Times: October 16, 2010
A few days ago, an American financier friend who is a former Obama fan, received a chatty mass e-mail from “President Barack Obama”. “We can’t quit, David,” the e-mail said. (The Obama campaign likes to use first names.) “Earlier this week, Michelle asked you to help us keep going by donating to Organizing for America … will you answer this call by making a $500 donation today?”
As it happens, the answer from this particular David is a firm “no”; like many, he feels disillusioned. But similar appeals are currently flying all over American cyberspace that are generating cash – albeit not usually for Obama.
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