Presidential Election 2008

PHILADELPHIA - In an effort to “run the most open and transparent transition in history,” the Obama-Biden transition team will be releasing the names of its donors on a monthly basis. In an email to reporters, the team announced that as of November 15th, nearly $1,171,000 has been raised from 1,776 donors.

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The transition team says it only accepts contributions up to $5,000 from personal funds, refusing donations from corporations, unions, federal registered lobbyists, foreign agents, and PACs.

The information release comes on the heels of a new study out by the Campaign Finance Institute, which shows that Mr. Obama's base of small donors during the campaign was actually essentially the same percentage as President George Bush's small donor base in 2004.

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