Meanwhile:
Obama is a a real man of the people a fundraiser for him only costs $40,000. Imagine a system where they spent their time listening to normal people instead of going to fundraisers to give access to people who can afford to pay for it. Fundraising is the main job of American politicians not consultation and policy development to fix problems and enhance the public good. I love it, a lottery to determine who can speak to politicians seeking votes. It at least highlights that the odds of any regular citizen getting the politicos ear are the same as the odds of winning enough in the lottery to retire on.
The 150-person event, held Thursday night, brought in $15 million, from both ticket prices -- $40,000 per person -- and donations of $3 or more that entered donors into a raffle to win tickets to the event, according to the Los Angeles Times. Tens of thousands of donors contributed an average of $23 in hopes of winning a ticket, the LA Times reported, raising almost $10 million for the campaign.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/george-clooney-obama_n_1508850....