Straining to Reach Money Goal, Obama Presses Donors

Jacob Silberberg for The New York Times

A worker for the Democratic National Committee canvassed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Monday, trying to raise money on behalf of the Obama campaign.

After months of record-breaking fund-raising, a new sense of urgency in Senator Barack Obama’s fund-raising team is palpable as the full weight of the campaign’s decision to bypass public financing for the general election is suddenly upon it.

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