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Obama ’06: Because I’m a celebrity, I raise money

By Charlie Spiering
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The RNC releases this interesting clip of then-Senator Obama in 2006 speaking about raising money as a “celebrity” politician.

“One of the virtues of celebrity is, my fundraising capacity is higher just because I get a lot of attention,” Obama says frankly, in an interview with New York Times Op-ed columnist Bob Herbert.

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