"President Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, met privately on Monday night with donors close to his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as the campaign sought to knit together and mobilize the Democratic fund-raising elite in advance of the 2012 election.
Mr. Messina has traveled around the country in recent weeks to meet with groups of major Democratic donors, the top tier of which are being asked to raise $350,000 this year for the president’s re-election campaign."
Obama Campaign Cultivates Clinton Donors
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