Even after the Obama campaign finally decided they weren’t going to let the Republicans fight 2012 on a different set of rules from them, and set about embracing the Obama-friendly Super PAC, Priorities USA, its coffers weren’t exactly swelling. According to its FEC filings it raised a measly $58,815.83 in January; a drop in the ocean compared to the millions sloshing around groups supporting Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian and HBO celebrity Bill Maher has made a move to change this. During a live performance at San Jose he presented a million dollar check for Priorities USA. In a tweet afterwards, he wrote, “Most important advice I ever got in show business, as true today as then: always bring ur wallet onstage.”