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*In the first 90 minutes after news of President Obama�s support of gay marriage Wednesday, his campaign banked $1 million in spontaneous contributions, according to BuzzFeed. �This is beyond unifying � it�s electrifying,� said Eugene Sepulveda, a former fundraiser for Obama who withdrew to take a non-political job early this year. �This man stands for right, despite the political consequences.� Jeff Soref, a longtime Democratic activist in the gay community, told BuzzFeed: �I think the people who were disappointed by the president�s failure to support marriage quality will now have that barrier removed for them.� Indeed, top gay donors have been using their expensive access to bend Obama�s ear on the issue for years. Some now feel that their specific pleas have been answered. �There have been a lot of us urging him to do this for a very long time. I imagine he and Michele felt some pain for us after North Carolina yesterday,� said another longtime gay Obama bundler. �There are more LGBT co-chairs across the country are raising more money than we�ve ever raised. And you�ll see a lot more of that now,� the bundler said. Soref said that aside from energizing supporters, Obama�s decision sharpens the choice for the general election. �There is a contrast between the President and Mitt Romney, and this clarified the contrast, and that will help with fundraising,� he said. The Obama campaign sees the announcement and the contrast with Romney�s position, as playing into the campaign�s narrative of Obama as the forward-looking candidate and Romney as the one of the past.