Specter: less $$ from Obama than expected

Timothy McNulty | October 21, 2009

Nice catch here from Josh Drobnyk at the Morning Call -- Obama's big fundraiser in Philly for Specter last month didn't raise as much as advertised:

Last month's presidential fundraiser for Sen. Arlen Specter in Philadelphia was billed as a $2.5 million event, or thereabouts. But with the filing of campaign finance reports last week comes evidence that it was more like a $1.9 million fundraiser. And even then, only $784,000 went to Specter, the reports show.

The event's proceeds went directly into a campaign committee set up for the event -- Pennsylvania Senate Victory 2010 -- which reported receipts of less than $1.9 million through Sept. 30. The committee then transferred cash to Specter and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Through September, $784,000 had made its way into Specter's account.