To top it off, when Kucinich came to WV in 2004 to campaign, he talked to everyone at every stop whether they were donors or not. (Obama's $75 was a steep increase over the $50 that attendees paid for the 2005 JJ Dinner w/Warner as keynote and teh $25 in previous years.) Compared to his rhetoric, Obama is empowering big money donors, not ending the corrupting influence of money.