Countess Jodhaa Bai
2008-07-06 11:22:05 UTC
Campaign-finance records suggest McCain's "bundlers," the well-connected fundraisers who spearhead cash support for him, have failed to keep pace with Barack Obama's and are well short of the pace set by President Bush four years ago. McCain's fundraising, while good, isn't stellar in a record-breaking race in which donations to all candidates have topped $1 billion.
As of May, the latest reporting period, McCain had attracted relatively few of the bundlers who worked for Bush and only a handful of those who raised money for other GOP candidates this year, according to an Arizona Republic analysis of top fundraisers compiled by Public Citizen, a non-profit consumer watchdog.