Politics | Obama 2008 Dems in Dead Heat for Hollywood Dough $300 in contributions separates Clinton, Obama By Laurel Jorgensen Posted Apr 16, 2008 11:24 AM CDT Copied Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama participate in the Austin Democratic Debate at the Recreational Sports Center on the University of Texas campus in Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Deborah Cannon, Pool) The Democratic presidential candidates are in a neck-and-neck race for donations from Hollywood. Less than $300 in contributions from the entertainment industry separates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, reports the Los Angeles Times. Both boast just short of $3 million in Tinseltown cash. But John McCain has only shaken loose some $500,000 from the Hollywood money tree. Read These Next Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Naomi Osaki is fully on Taylor Townsend's side in this spat. Report an error