Top Kerry Fundraisers Join Obama Campaign

Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 05:20 PM by Alhena

The biggest of these is Solomont- he's not a household name, but he's one of the top Democratic fundraisers in the country. A huge pick-up for Obama.

From Kerry to Obama
By Jeff Zeleny

Less than 24 hours after Senator John Kerry announced that he would not enter the 2008 presidential race, some of his prominent contributors are joining the camp of Senator Barack Obama.

So far, at least, the list includes: Bob Farmer, who was Mr. Kerry’s chief fundraiser; Mark Gorenberg, Mr. Kerry’s top money man in California; and Alan Solomont, a major fundraiser in New England for Mr. Kerry and a former national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Orin Kramer, a prominent New York Democratic fundraiser, has also signed on with Mr. Obama.

Mr. Kramer, one of the top Democratic fundraisers in New York, has been a solid supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate campaigns, but he said in an interview that he was attracted by Mr. Obama’s strengths (and not put off by any perceived weaknesses of Mrs. Clinton). He declined to get into details, but, in general, he sounded awfully excited about Mr. Obama’s potential and the freshness of his candidacy.

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