Obama claims he is just being "one of us" and suggests he is "refusing" help from the rich. This stands in stark contrast to what he has done in the past. It is also disingenuous, because he is not refusing help. Fact is, he has lost support among the rich. And that whining about how Romney got a cool million from just ONE donor? Obama got a million from Bill Maher and also from certain other fat cats. Check it out (and then look at the sleazy campaign rhetoric below):
 
Obama got MORE than a million from some individual rich donors:
 
 
University of California $1,648,685
Goldman Sachs $1,013,091
Harvard University $878,164
Microsoft Corp $852,167
Google Inc $814,540
JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799
Citigroup Inc $736,771
Time Warner $624,618
Sidley Austin LLP $600,298
Stanford University $595,716
National Amusements Inc $563,798
WilmerHale LLP $550,668
Columbia University $547,852
Skadden, Arps et al $543,539
UBS AG $532,674
IBM Corp $532,372
General Electric $529,855
US Government $513,308
Morgan Stanley $512,232
Latham & Watkins
 
Filthy rich pay to talk to Obama:
 
Obama courts wealthy donors:
 
Obama got plenty from the rich:
 
Is this why Obama now wants the poor to fund him?