On Sunday, September 25, President Barrack Obama launched a fundraising trip throughout the typically liberal West and West Coast in order to accumulate monetary support for his new jobs bill and to acquire funds that will sponsor his upcoming 2012 re-election campaign. During the three-day trip Obama will be reaching out to supporters attending fundraisers in San Diego, Hollywood, and Seattle (Foxnews). Obama’s fundraising trip aims to re-vitalize his appeal among “strong liberals and his deep-pocketed” supporters (Foxnews). The fundraisers are intended to raise support for Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign and his $447 billion dollar jobs bill. Seats for the private events were capped at a maximum of $35,800 each (Foxnews).
President Obama’s liberal and African American Democratic supporters are vital assets in the accumulation of financial campaign resources and the ratification of Obama’s jobs bill. Liberal activists demonstrating outside of Obama’s fundraiser in Seattle demanded better careers opportunities be made available to citizens of the working class who are “struggling to make ends meet.” On Saturday evening Obama spoke to his African American supporters during the Congressional Black Caucus. Although his advocates expressed their disdain for his failed attempts to reduce national unemployment, Obama reassured his African American supporters by reminding them of a time characterized by civil persecution and struggle. He addresses his supporters, “Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do” (Foxnews).
President Obama and opposing Republican presidential candidates are racing to accumulate financial support for their campaigns ahead of the September 30, 2011 reporting deadline (Foxnews). Obama’s West Coast trip included two fundraisers in Seattle and two in San Francisco, as well as one in San Diego and two more in Los Angeles. Obama also spoke at an event in Silicon Valley California hosted by social networking company Linkedin and will deliver a final speech to supporters in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. FoxNews reporters estimate the total of amassed funds will be in the range of $4 million or more.
Obama’s Democratic supporters, disheartened by the president’s failure to correct the national unemployment dilemma, are optimistic on Obama’s new job’s plan, which stresses Congress’ need to raise taxes in order to finance it. Rick Jacobs, head of the Courage Campaign, a progressive online organizing network in California explains, "We wish that his fighting spirit had been there a few months ago, but it's here now” (Foxnews).
David Plouffe, Obama’s 2008 Campaign Director, predicts Obama will win the election by a narrow margin by pushing health care reform and a renewed emphasis on combatting unemployment. He also stated that the common goal among Republicans, which is to “reduce restrictions on Wall Street bankers and provide wealthy Americans with tax cuts” would also help secure Obama’s seat in the 2012 election.
Links: Foxnews - Associated Press. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/25/obama-heads-west-to-energize-democrats-collect-campaign-cash/
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