Obama Fundraising for Possible Primary Challenge from Hillary

The Obama Campaign is in full fundraising mode and according to their donation page the main goal is to raise capital to defeat a possible primary challenge. According to Barackobama.com the first $2500 of all donations goes to the primary election. From the website:

By submitting your contribution, you agree that the first $2,500 of a contribution will be designated for the 2012 primary election, and any additional amount, up to $2,500 will be designated for the 2012 general election.

But who could the contender be? None other than Hillary of course! Well... that's the speculation in the wires today. According to usnews.com:

In an E-mail, the Hillary Clinton for President campaign revived speculation that she is still interested in the Oval Office despite new denials that President Obama is considering replacing Vice President Joe Biden with his secretary of state.

That particular article deals with a possible third party candidacy for Hillary but that seems unlikely considering the dynamics of vote-splitting; a political nightmare for parties which need a majority to be effective. And then there's Bill. He was also stirring it up today with this from Real Clear Politics (.com):

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"You have to take her at her word, she didn't want to run the first time, then she

did," former President Bill Clinton said about his wife Secretary of State Hillary

Clinton on "The View" today. "She's tired, she needs some time off," he said.

"I don't know what the future holds," Clinton said about Hillary Clinton's political

aspirations. "She doesn't think she will ever run for office again," he added

So the political plot thickens. According to Obama's own website the main focus is the primary. Now we see why - a fear is present in the minds of the POTUS and his team... or not. It could simply be that Obama is trying to double-dip into people's pockets by using the primary as one election fund and the general as a second which enables him to get double the legal limit from each donor. By separating the elections (primary and general) he is able to double the amount a single person is able to give. He would have to find a legal way of rolling that initial $2500 into the general fund OR simply use the primary money to combat any front-runner in the GOP lineup under the pretense of a primary election use AND this might be what this is all about in the end - the Clintons stirring things up so that Obama looks like he NEEDS the primary money.

And did we mention he's selling meetings with himself in the form of a lottery? Oh yes... for a mere $3 you get a chance to meet him in person! He and Michelle are sending out emails to the email list asking for $3 in exchange for a chance at a dinner and a meeting with the first couple. This on the very day Bagojevich was sentenced to 14 years for attempting to sell Obama's senate seat. Illinois politics - don't you just love it?