by Mark Silva
The election is hardly finished, and the fundraising has begun anew.
The Obama campaign, which raised more than $600 million for the election of the junior senator from Illinois as the next president of the United States, is selling celebratory T-shirts.
Thirty bucks.
The proceeds are going to the Democratic National Committee, which appearently has put itself in some debt with the massive organization it helped finance for the Obama campaign. President-elect Barack Obama and his vice president, Joe Biden, have their work cut out for them, a campaign e-mail explains, "But before we take the next step, we need to get our house in order.
"The Democratic National Committee poured all of its resources into building our successful 50-state field program,'' the e-mail notes. "And they played a crucial role in helping Barack win in unlikely states like North Carolina and Indiana. We even picked up an electoral vote in Nebraska. The DNC took on considerable debt to make this happen.
For $30 or more to help the DNC pay off its debt, donors get "a commemorative 2008 Victory T-shirt.'' It pictures what would appear to be Obama and Biden heads with wings.
Posted by Mark Silva on November 10, 2008 6:00 PM