Obama Keeping MF Global Money

Earlier today, Obama's campaign manager described as "bullshit" reports that Obama was planning another billion dollar campaign underwritten by big wigs.

In a video to supporters and donors, Obama for America campaign manager Jim Messina pushed back against the idea that President Barack Obama will raise huge sums of money from big donors to fund his reelection campaign.

"People have speculated that this is a billion-dollar campaign. That's bulls**t. We don't take PAC money, unlike our opponents. We fund this campaign in contributions of three dollars or five dollars or whatever you can do to help us expand the map, to put more people on the ground, to build a real grass-roots campaign that is going to be the difference between winning and losing."

 So, how many $3 - $5 donors did it take to meet those accumulate the $30,000 he received from MF Global that he has not returned?

An Obama campaign official said no MF Global donations besides Corzine’s have been refunded. “Contributions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and if the facts merit it, they will be returned,” the official told The Post. ...

I wonder how many $3 - $5 donors George Kaiser had to bundle to reach the six figure donations he made to Obama?

Corzine is not the only connection between MF and Obama. Three other MF honchos, including Corzine’s second-in-command, Brad Abelow, and his wife have given $5,000 to the president’s re-election campaign and another $30,800 to the DNC.

In addition to Abelow, the other MF donors are former board member David Schamis and Joseph Patt.