In a private email to donors, forwarded to HuffPost, the group vigorously defended its new strategy and rejected the suggestion that it was focusing only on electoral politics.
The email asks donors to "contribute $100, $50, $25, or whatever you can afford today to help us win in New Jersey and take back the majority in 2014".
A Democratic super PAC also included the number in a recent fundraising email, encouraging donors to call the former governor with questions about his previous spending on "luxury travel".
In a post-mortem email to donors and supporters, NOM President Brian Brown wrote that "each of the state marriage campaigns was significantly outspent by their opponents.... [W]e were outspent by over three-to-one... and by nearly five-to-one in Washington".
The DNC has even named a finance director specifically for PAC donations who has recently emailed prospective donors to let them know that they can now contribute again, according to an email that was reviewed by The Washington Post.
Mr. Clinton's announcement, which he relayed to foundation employees in a meeting on Thursday, followed the recent release of State Department emails mentioning donors to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation who had contact with aides to Mrs. Clinton while she was the secretary of state.
I furiously started emailing possible donors.
Evidence clearly demonstrated that NOM had sent emails soliciting donors to contribute to its Maine efforts but had failed to establish a PAC and disclose its donors as required by Maine law.
For instance, a reporter could call or email a donor they saw and get more information, either on a not-for attribution basis or by requesting a formal interview.
One of the most important functions of a national party, for example, is the very mundane task of keeping email lists (of donors, of voters, etc) up to date.
