Rove Tops Obama as Drawing Card in Democrat Burton’s Fundraising

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One name is often missing from Bill Burton’s pitch for money to help Democrats keep the presidency in 2012: Barack Obama.

Burton, a former White House spokesman, says the specter of political victories orchestrated by Republican strategist Karl Rove and billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch fires up contributors more than Obama’s accomplishments do.