President Obama has spread some more campaign wealth around the Democratic Party — using $4.5 million that was left over from his mega-successful 2008 campaign operation to infuse the party’s national campaign arms.
Politico reports that the money has come from funds that had been set aside for legal expenses to shut down the campaign: “As soon as it was determined that these funds were no longer needed for the shutdown of the campaign, the president directed that $1.5 million be transferred to each of the following committees: DCCC, DSCC and DNC. Obama for America earlier in the cycle had transferred $8 million, which was split between the DCCC and the DSCC.”
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