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1、ObamaRaisedHalfaBillionOnlineByJoseAntonioVargas BarackObamaraisedhalfabilliondollarsonlineinhis21-monthcampaignfortheWhiteHouse,dramaticallyusheringinanewdigitalerainpresidentialfundraising.InanexclusiveinterviewwithThePost,membersofthevauntedTripleO,Obama's
2、onlineoperation,brokedownthenumbers:3milliondonorsmadeatotalof6.5milliondonationsonlineaddinguptomorethan$500million.Ofthose6.5milliondonations,6millionwereinincrementsof$100orless.Theaverageonlinedonationwas$80,andtheaverageObamadonorgavemorethanonce."Youloo
3、kedatthemoneybeingraisedonlineinthesamewaythatyoulookedatthecrowdswhocametotherallies,"JoeRospars,the27-year-olddirectorofObama'snew-mediadepartment,toldThePost."Youwereconstantlysurprisedatthenumberofpeoplewhowerecomingouttoseehim,"and,whenitcametoonlinedona
4、tions,"peopleexceededourexpectationsastowhattheywerewillingtodo."Obamaalsoraisedmillionsfromtraditionalcampaignbundlers--rich,well-connectedfundraisers--butthebulkofthemorethan$600millionthatObamaraisedthroughoutthecampaignwasthroughtheInternet,aidessaid.(Som
5、eofthosebundlers,ofcourse,alsoarrangedfordonationstobemadeonline,sothereissomeoverlap.)InSeptember,hissinglebiggestmonthoffundraising,Obamaamassedmorethan65percentofhisrecord-shatteringhaul--$100millionofthe$150million--fromonlinedonations,aidessaid.AfterAlas
6、kaGov.SarahPalindismissedthevalueofcommunityorganizinginheracceptancespeechattheRepublicanNationalConventiononSept.3--"Iguessasmall-townmayorissortoflikeacommunityorganizer,exceptthatyouhaveactualresponsibilities,"shesaidtoapplause--Obamaraised$10millionwithi
7、n24hours.LinnieFrankBailey,a52-year-oldmotheroftwoinRiverside,Calif.,issuchadonor.Inthepasttwoyears,shegaveatotalof$120.40,mostlyin$10increments.Shemadeherlast$10onlinedonationtwodaysbeforetheelection.Thecampaign'suseofe-mail,textmessagesandsocialnetworkingsi
8、tes,alsocalled"socnets,"hasbeencloselywatchedbytechnocrats,strategistsandOPOs--theonlinepoliticaloperativeswhostandtobenefitfromObama'sunprecedentedonlinesuccess.Herearesomemorespecificfi