Saturday, May 31, 2008

Obama has too many contributors for old computer programs to handle

Politico reports: The record-shattering fundraising by Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has reshaped the financing of presidential elections and generated breathless coverage and analysis of the otherwise arcane area of campaign finance. Yet itÂ's had another consequence that has gone all but unnoticed. The campaign finance reports filed by Obama and Clinton have grown so massive that theyÂ've strained the capacity of the Federal Election Commission, good gove