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Clinton, McCain Lead Parties In Washington Area Cash Race
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Local supporters echoed their candidates' national messages. Wayne Rogers, a former Maryland Democratic Party chairman who is raising money for Clinton, said the country has "challenges at home, we have challenges abroad" and "what we really need is a strong president that can step right in."
In the past year, Obama appeared at two fundraisers at the Chevy Chase home of former state senator Stewart Bainum Jr. and another at the Potomac home of businessman and philanthropist Josh Rales, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate last year.
"We are drawn to him because we believe he possesses the character and self-awareness that is pretty rare for political leaders," said Bainum, chairman of Silver Spring-based Choice Hotels. "He brings people together."
The Democratic fundraising advantage in the area, said public policy professor Donald F. Norris of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, reflects the region's political demographics.
"You always want to go fishing and hunting where the game is, and the game is definitely plentiful for the Democratic Party and less plentiful for the Republicans," he said.
Staff writer Matthew Mosk contributed to this report.
