Politics & Government

Maryland: ATM for Obama's Re-election Campaign?

President Obama made a quick trip from Pennsylvania Avenue to the environs of Baltimore this week. He picked up a few campaign bucks in the process.

President Obama appeared at fundraisers at the home of a developer in Owings Mills and at an Inner Harbor hotel this week, netting what was predicted to be $1.5 million in re-election campaign funds.

National Democratic candidates count on Maryland donations to feed their political machines.

"Maryland is a state that understands the importance of a national strategy, and we know that we are a donor state — that there will be much more money coming out of Maryland than coming in," Sen. Ben Cardin, who attended the fundraisers, told the Baltimore Sun.

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Republicans also made their presence known, with Republican candidate Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, making an appearance in Linthicum for a private fundraiser.

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