April 25, 2008
Major Clinton fundraiser switches to Obama
Posted: 05:00 PM ET

Clinton lost a big fundraiser to Obama.

(CNN) Ñ A ÒHillraiserÓ Ð a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton Ð said Friday he had defected to Barack ObamaÕs campaign. The official announcement will be made next week.

Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon Ð who served as ambassador to Chile during the Clinton administration Ð had raised close to half a million dollars for ClintonÕs campaign, reports Chuck Todd, who broke the story.

"We're just bleeding each other out," Guerra-Mondragon told the Washington Post. "Looking at it as coldly as I can, I just don't see how Senator Clinton can overcome Senator Obama with delegates and popular votes. I want this fight to be over, the quicker the better."

He added that leaving the Clinton campaign for Obama's "was a very, very difficult decision for me to make. I am an old and longtime friend of Senator Clinton. And I continue to think she is a fantastic and formidable person. But I am first of all a Democrat." (CNN)