The Influence Industry: Obama gives administration jobs to some big fundraisers - The Washington Post: The Influence Industry: Obama gives administration jobs to some big fundraisers
View Photo Gallery — President Obama is gearing up for what could be a bruising reelection campaign.
By T.W. Farnam,
Big donors considering whether to work the phones raising money for President Obama’s reelection campaign might consider the fate of his 2008 bundlers. Many of them, it turns out, won plum jobs in his administration.
Obama campaigned on what he called “the most sweeping ethics reform in history” and has frequently criticized the role of money in politics. That hasn’t stopped him from offering government jobs to some of his biggest bundlers, volunteer fundraisers who gather political contributions from other rich donors.
View Photo Gallery — President Obama is gearing up for what could be a bruising reelection campaign.
By T.W. Farnam,
Big donors considering whether to work the phones raising money for President Obama’s reelection campaign might consider the fate of his 2008 bundlers. Many of them, it turns out, won plum jobs in his administration.
Obama campaigned on what he called “the most sweeping ethics reform in history” and has frequently criticized the role of money in politics. That hasn’t stopped him from offering government jobs to some of his biggest bundlers, volunteer fundraisers who gather political contributions from other rich donors.
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