Obama Raises $10 Million in Inauguration Cash

by Jarrett Martineau | December 14, 2008 at 03:59 pm

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Obama's campaign, whether presidential or inaugural, is the fund that just keeps on growing.

Many Americans have already donated their hard-earned cash to help bring President-elect Obama to the White House and Obama's inauguration in January is expected to be the largest and most hotly-anticipated in American history.

And now, in the past four weeks, Obama's inauguration committee has raised a whopping $10 million to fund the celebrations.

In keeping with his theme of media transparency, Obama has also released a full list of the donors, which include celebrity contributions from the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Sharon Stone.

And what is the average donation, you might ask?

$50,000, folks.

That's right. Nobody rallies both public support and public dollars like Barack.

Now let's hope he's able to make good on his many promises to the American people.

See additional NowPublic coverage of this story: Mr. Obama's List of Inauguration Donors Is Disclosed

After nearly four weeks of fundraising, President-elect Obama's inauguration committee has raised almost $10 million, in part through donations from Hollywood stars like Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson.
In an unprecedented move this week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) unveiled an online searchable database of donors who have given more than $200. Jackson and Stone each gave $50,000, the maximum amount for individuals and the most common donation amount.