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Taking advantage of his financial edge, Senator Barack Obama is buying large amounts of advertising and building extensive get-out-the-vote operations in an effort to end Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's candidacy with twin defeats Tuesday in Ohio and Texas.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Klarissa
    Klarissa
    March 2, 2008, 1:25 p.m.

    His campaign flew 200 paid organizers from across the country to 10 campaign offices in Texas right after the Feb. 5 primaries, aides said, when some of Mrs. Clinton's staff members were volunteering to work without pay. Another 150 were sent to build get-out-the-vote networks in Ohio, working for Paul Tewes, who was the Obama campaign's director in Iowa, where Mr. Obama's eight-point victory gave his campaign a boost.

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Klarissa
      Klarissa
      March 2, 2008, 1:27 p.m.

      http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.asp?i...

      The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

      Goldman Sachs $474,428

      Ubs Ag $298,180

      JP Morgan Chase & Co $282,387

      Lehman Brothers $274,147

      National Amusements Inc $265,750

      Sidley Austin LLP $251,657

      Citigroup Inc $247,436

      University of California $239,944

      Skadden, Arps et al $228,520

      Exelon Corp $226,661

      Harvard University $225,891

      Jones Day $213,825

      Google Inc $192,808

      Time Warner $190,091

      Morgan Stanley $190,026

      Citadel Investment Group $173,950

      Kirkland & Ellis $163,126

      Latham & Watkins $160,842

      WilmerHale LLP $155,788

      Jenner & Block $151,447

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)kade9
        kade9
        March 2, 2008, 8:58 p.m.

        Here's what happens when it turns into the BIG GIVE;

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Kboa7kSjU

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