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    Small donors don't cut it for many Democratic candidates. Back to the rich

    by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Sep 05, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - After all the promises that fundraising-as-usual was behind them and that charming the wealthy over canapes would take a backseat to chatting with regular human beings, Democratic presidential candidates spent a lot of time this summer in the Hamptons.

    Martha's Vineyard, Brentwood and the well-manicured estates of Silicon Valley, too.

    Paying the bills without paying regular visits to the seaside homes and penthouse apartments of rainmakers turns out to be a lot harder than many candidates hoped.

    Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has twice funded robust presidential campaigns almost exclusively with small online contributions. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has largely succeeded as well. The others, not so much.

    "A lot of them had a big burst of online fundraising at the beginning and thought they

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