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Posted on Apr 15, 2008
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If you’re looking for an indicator of just how close the Democratic primary race is (delegate math notwithstanding), you need look no further than those all-important Hollywood donations. With nearly $6 million in entertainment industry contributions between them, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are separated by a mere $291.


Los Angeles Times:

According to nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, less than $300 separates the two Democratic candidates in the entertainment industry. Obama leads with $2,956,858 in contributions, compared with Clinton’s $2,956,567.

E-mails were dispatched in the Clinton camp in recent days noting the difference. For some of the Clinton loyalists here, the number was maddening. You can barely get a steak dinner at Cut for less than $300. One member of Obama’s finance committee said, “This is wild!” (By the way, Republican Sen. John McCain has raised $530,625 from the entertainment industry in his bid for the White House, but then he doesn’t have fundraisers at Oprah Winfrey’s house.)

At the very least, the statistical dead heat between Obama and Clinton shows how deeply divided Democratic Hollywood remains in its loyalties and suggests that, whatever the outcome of the primary, the industry will be there to support the Democratic nominee after the convention.

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By jaya, April 17, 2008 at 10:33 pm Link to this comment
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http://www.stickiewicket.com/shine/shine13

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By DennisD, April 16, 2008 at 7:07 am Link to this comment
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I can’t wait to hear which of our cartoon character’s campaigns “Toon Town” is backing.

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By weather, April 16, 2008 at 2:52 am Link to this comment
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hollywood buys more political influence and promises to continue to make ‘magic’ as it rolls out cheap, shallow misshapen and maladvised distractions - but look who runs the studios and the properties? Very lovely crowd that demands they only be perceived in the best of condition, because they are so fearful to ever confront just how Ugly they really are.

Improve America, pull the plug on all MSM and flourish.

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By Outraged, April 15, 2008 at 9:57 pm Link to this comment

That is just too funny.  Good Job.

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By TDoff, April 15, 2008 at 8:29 pm Link to this comment

That’s damned good casting on the part of Hollywood.
For ‘The American Empire in Free-Fall Redux’, they have cast Clinton as the PMS-ridden Shrew/Villianette, and she’s worth every penny in that part.
Obama, of course, they’ve cast as the White Knight.

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