Zxereus
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Ahh music to my ears !
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...-off-event-amid-rumors-221537396.html#more-id
Fundraising shortfall or right on track? That's the question raised by a Bloomberg story reporting that the Democratic Party is $27 million behind its funding goal to underwrite September's National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Apparently, this budget deficit may have prompted Democrats to cancel a convention kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and relocate it to the main business district, the Bloomberg article implies.
Bloomberg cites "two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss internal party politics" as the sources claiming there's a funding shortfall. But Steve Kerrigan, chief executive officer of the convention committee, flatly denied any budgetary problems. "We are right on track with fundraising," he said in a phone call with the National Journal. "I don't know where they are getting their numbers from."
At Denver's 2008 convention, corporate sponsorships amounted to more than $33 million of that year's fundraising goal. But this year
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