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markomalley
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From the Washington Examiner
uring his fundraising trip to Los Angeles this weekend, President Obama began by privately meeting a dozen liberal donors at the home of DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffery Katzenberg. Obama’s “defender-in-chief,” former President Bill Clinton also attended.
When asked by reporters about the nature of the event, White House Traveling Press Secretary Jen Psaki would only say that it was a “thank-you event”
“We have actually done meetings or events with high-dollar donors who have maxed out or contributed a high amount to the campaign around other events before, Psaki explained. “So this is one of those events; it’s a thank-you event for a small group of donors.”
I, personally, don’t have a problem with a candidate meeting with donors. It makes perfect sense from a election finance point of view to give more substantial donors better access.
What makes it interesting is that, as I recall, Obama made a big deal about not accepting PAC contributions…to avoid big money evil influence on his administration (chortle).
But he seems to have no problems with Super PACs that are aligned to him. Such as “Priorities USA” (who sponsored this little shindig). Again, I have no problem with fundraising with Super PACs or large contributors or whatever. I do have a major problem with denouncing large contributors with one side of a candidate’s mouth and than gratefully accepting donations with the other side of the same candidate’s mouth.
Let’s take a look at the top contributors to “Priorities USA”…a rather interesting mix of people:
If you look up some of the names, it is interesting to see the similarities in industries and affiliations.
uring his fundraising trip to Los Angeles this weekend, President Obama began by privately meeting a dozen liberal donors at the home of DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffery Katzenberg. Obama’s “defender-in-chief,” former President Bill Clinton also attended.When asked by reporters about the nature of the event, White House Traveling Press Secretary Jen Psaki would only say that it was a “thank-you event”
“We have actually done meetings or events with high-dollar donors who have maxed out or contributed a high amount to the campaign around other events before, Psaki explained. “So this is one of those events; it’s a thank-you event for a small group of donors.”
I, personally, don’t have a problem with a candidate meeting with donors. It makes perfect sense from a election finance point of view to give more substantial donors better access.
What makes it interesting is that, as I recall, Obama made a big deal about not accepting PAC contributions…to avoid big money evil influence on his administration (chortle).
But he seems to have no problems with Super PACs that are aligned to him. Such as “Priorities USA” (who sponsored this little shindig). Again, I have no problem with fundraising with Super PACs or large contributors or whatever. I do have a major problem with denouncing large contributors with one side of a candidate’s mouth and than gratefully accepting donations with the other side of the same candidate’s mouth.
Let’s take a look at the top contributors to “Priorities USA”…a rather interesting mix of people:
If you look up some of the names, it is interesting to see the similarities in industries and affiliations.
