Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
7/29/2010
President Obama’s message to voters this election year is simple and full of populist zeal: Democrats are on the side of the little guy, not the Wall Street brokers, celebrities and chief executives.
And yet as his poll numbers slide, the president’s greatest utility to Democratic candidates may not be his presence at campaign events — some would prefer that he keep his distance — but his still impressive skill at vacuuming up millions of dollars from some of the country’s richest and most generous donors.
In town after town, the president is holding events that highlight his party’s work on behalf of the average Joe — but that are carefully scheduled to leave plenty of time for unpublicized fundraisers with people who are anything but.
…In the next several weeks, the president will fly around the country — Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida — explaining how his policies help struggling workers by day and wooing the rich and famous by night…
The entire article is at the Washington Post.
