November 27, 2007
Hillary's Texas Money Bundler
Has the Clinton Campaign cloned another Ms. Chung Seto of NYC Chinatown bundling fame, or a Boss Parr from a long-past Texas Senatorial race?
Hillary has a Texas border town bundler, Alonzo Cantu, who, according to the Washington Post,
"...persuaded more than 300 people in Hidalgo County, where the median household income in 2006 was $28,660, to write checks ranging from $500 to $2,300 to the senator from New York."
According to the Post, Clinton has raised $640,000 from donors in and around McAllen, the principal city in Hidalgo County, while Obama is running at $2,086. One donor, Cantu's brother-in-law, is quoted as saying, with a smile, "The last thing you want to do is get on Alonzo's bad side."
Cantu's bundling role among a less affluent population is reminiscent of Ms. Seto's fundraising success among waiters and dishwashers in NYC's Chinatown. Perhaps in the days ahead we'll know if all of...(Read Full Article)