Comedian Stephen Colbert — who flirted with a run for the presidency last fall — is not going to be happy.
Colbert challenged supporters of Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton to hold their primary by donating to Pennsylvania schools through nonprofit DonorsChoose.org. When he "ran" in South Carolina, Colbert's fans gave $66,000 to Palmetto State schools and he ended his short-lived bid.
Obama's supporters, who urged the readers of the senator's campaign blog to give to Pennsylvania schools, have raised more than $91,000 as of this writing — far trumping Colbert and Clinton, whose supporters have given about $15,000.
One Obama fan wrote:
Stephen Colbert has set up a straw poll/donation page on DonorsChoose.org for Pennsylvania schools. You donate to schools in honor of either Obama or Clinton. So far, Obama supporters are out-donating Clinton supporters! Let's show Pennsylvania voters Obama's superior coattails. And get some good publicity from Stephen Colbert.
Another weighed in:
Give as much as you can to this issue as soon as you can ! This will show how we as Obama people really go HARD for our guy! Also, we need to give more MONEY now than ever! Be blessed ! Fight the POWER!
The results so far don't necessarily suggest who will win Pennsylvania's April 22 primary. But it does give a hint of whose supporters are bigger Colbert fans.
Clinton will appear Thursday night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (2)
Clinton Is Behind Because Her Donors Are Poor But Very Loyal, Obama Supporters Want To Show Off, We Should Be Proud Both Have Much Support For A Good Cause
Posted by azul carabello | April 1, 2008 1:50 AM
It is not that we are bigger Colbert fans, it's that we are more organize and supportive of school kids. Maybe, Hillary supporters had been unable to donate to DonorsChoose.org because they were trying to come up with the $3 million she was asking for before the 31st.
Posted by Jem | April 1, 2008 7:38 AM