Democrats fundraised with scorned super-pacs, lobbyists
So, Obama isn't taking corporate money? From bloomberg.com 9/9/2012.:
Democrats Fundraise With Scorned Super-PACS, Lobbyists
Lobbyists, corporate donors and super-political action committees are routinely the subject of scorn by Democrats. All three featured prominently this week during the party’s national convention.
“The Democrats are walking a tight rope at the convention and, more broadly, in their campaigns,” said Sheila Krumholz, director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group. “They’ve had to eat their words.”
Democrats Dine With Scorned Super-PACS as Lobbyists Host Parties
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Companies including Duke Energy Corp. and Bank of America Corp., based in Charlotte, have contributed $20 million toward the cost of the convention, likely through a separate host committee called New American City Inc.
Companies including Duke Energy Corp. and Bank of America Corp., based in Charlotte, have contributed $20 million toward the cost of the convention, likely through a separate host committee called New American City Inc. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg
Tony and Heather Podesta
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Heather Podesta, left, and Tony Podesta in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 2011. Democratic conclave beginning Sept. 4 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The husband-and-wife lobbying team of Heather and Tony Podesta held two brunches within walking distance of the convention’s main venues.
Heather Podesta, left, and Tony Podesta in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 2011. Democratic conclave beginning Sept. 4 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The husband-and-wife lobbying team of Heather and Tony Podesta held two brunches within walking distance of the convention’s main venues. Photographer: Rebecca D'Angelo/The Washington Post
Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, gestures after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sept. 4, 2012. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
The center’s researchers visited Tampa, Florida last week for the Republican National Convention and are in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Democrats this week. Krumholz’s conclusion: “The money is absolutely on display.”
Companies including Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) and Bank of AmericaCorp., based in Charlotte, have contributed $20 million toward the cost of the convention, likely through a separate host committee called New American City Inc. That’s after Democratic leaders said last year they wouldn’t allow companies to help the party pay for the estimated $52 million event.
Apart from underwriting the three-day convention that will culminate tonight in President Barack Obama’s re-election nomination, there were plenty of ways for companies to participate.
Corporate Events
Real Clear Politics, a political news and polling aggregator, and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry co-sponsored a party on Sept. 4. A charity baseball event the same day for delegates and other convention-goers, held at the ballpark of the minor-league Charlotte Knights, displayed prominently its corporate and union sponsors. They included Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM), which is based in Illinois; the National Air Traffic Controllers Association; and the National Association of Broadcasters.
Even as the Democratic plank calls for curbs on “the influence of lobbyists and special interests on our political institutions,” corporate and issue advocates mingled with elected officials at some of Charlotte’s finer establishments.
The husband-and-wife lobbying team of Heather and Tony Podesta held two brunches within walking distance of the convention’s main venues. Heather Podesta said the brunches are“a great way to host friends, colleagues and make new acquaintances.”
Unlimited Donations
Meanwhile, Democrats who have been squeamish about super-PACs because they can take unlimited donations from corporations, unions and individuals, cast aside those reservations when they had opportunities to rub elbows with the groups’ mega-donors.
Priorities USA Action, which backs Obama, joined with super-PACs involved in U.S. House and Senate races to fete their donors. Those groups held a welcome cocktail reception Sept. 4 that included a money pitch from former Bill Clinton adviserPaul Begala and a brunch yesterday at which Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s former chief of staff, appeared.
The donors will go out with a bang tonight after Obama’s speech. They’ll mingle with the rock band Scissor Sisters and actress Jessica Alba during a private party scheduled for the North Carolina Music Factory.
To contact the reporters on this story: Julie Bykowicz in Charlotte, North Carolina at Or jbykowicz@bloomberg.net; Jonathan D. Salant in Charlotte, North Carolina at jsalant@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jeanne Cummings at jcummings21@bloomberg.net
grandma B
Quoting candlegal:How is this possible. I thought only the Republicans did this. Oh that is right, the Dems are just better at lying about it.
Quoting candlegal:okey dokey
Quoting LoveMyBoyK:
Nah, it is just "DIFFERENT" when Dems do the same things Repubs do.
Quoting candlegal:How is this possible. I thought only the Republicans did this. Oh that is right, the Dems are just better at lying about it.
Oh sorry, a lot on my mind today, getting ready to walk out the door.
Quoting LoveMyBoyK:
It was sarcasm. What is with you lately? Forget it, I am not interested.
Quoting candlegal:okey dokey
Quoting LoveMyBoyK:
Nah, it is just "DIFFERENT" when Dems do the same things Repubs do.
Quoting candlegal:How is this possible. I thought only the Republicans did this. Oh that is right, the Dems are just better at lying about it.
The dems are so far behind in raising money for odumba they have to take whatever $ they can beg, borrow, or steal.
Look at the $15 million they still owe after the DNC! obama is literally running scared. Just watch, he's already trying to get money from newly weds and the whining and crying will only get worse. He'll just sign more executive orders to "raise" the money.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/mitt-romney-database-donors-election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/mitt-romney-database-donors-election
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-super-pac-taps-familiar-face-big-july-044125109.html
Quoting lga1965:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/mitt-romney-database-donors-election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/mitt-romney-database-donors-election
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-super-pac-taps-familiar-face-big-july-044125109.html
Honestly, Iga, that's all you can come up with? No one is denying that the Republicans take corporate donations.....it's allowed by law, via SC decision.
Why don't you actually try and defend why Obama is now doing the same thing, when he said he wouldn't? Could it be, because you can't?
Also, in case you haven't noticed, so far none of your buddies here, are defending him either.....
grandma B
No, she can't but what else is new?
Quoting grandmab125:
Quoting lga1965:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/mitt-romney-database-donors-election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/24/mitt-romney-database-donors-election
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-super-pac-taps-familiar-face-big-july-044125109.html
Honestly, Iga, that's all you can come up with? No one is denying that the Republicans take corporate donations.....it's allowed by law, via SC decision.
Why don't you actually try and defend why Obama is now doing the same thing, when he said he wouldn't? Could it be, because you can't?
Also, in case you haven't noticed, so far none of your buddies here, are defending him either.....
The Koch Brothers....
Billionaire supporters of Romney, notorious for being against any regulations or prevention against air and water pollution, needing to keep us dependent on Oil ( their oil) and against research to find alternative energy sources. These uys are thowing their money at Romney and endangering our environment and trying to make sure we need oil ( their business....Koch Refineries, for example...) Do you see a dark secret here? I do.Here is part pf an article...the rest is at the LINK:
The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation. These views dovetail with the brothers’ corporate interests. In a study released this spring, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute named Koch Industries one of the top ten air polluters in the United States. And Greenpeace issued a report identifying the company as a “kingpin of climate science denial.” The report showed that, from 2005 to 2008, the Kochs vastly outdid ExxonMobil in giving money to organizations fighting legislation related to climate change, underwriting a huge network of foundations, think tanks, and political front groups. Indeed, the brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies—from health-care reform to the economic-stimulus program—that, in political circles, their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer#ixzz261m8Vnoc
Is Yoga a religion?
- grandmab125
on Sep. 9, 2012 at 2:43 AM