Disclose your bundlers, Mitt
Current law requires that candidates only reveal the names of registered lobbyists who are bundlers. That means a lot of players–government contractors, “government strategists” who can act like lobbyists but are not registered lobbyists, and others—avoid detection.
President Obama has chosen again this year to disclose who his bundlers are. Mitt Romney needs to follow suit.
Why does this matter? Because knowing who bundles for a candidate is likely to help voters determine who is going to help any president govern. And personnel is policy. As the Washington Post points out, many Obama bundlers from 2008 ended up with “plum jobs” in his administration. According to the Post report, over half his biggest fundraisers ($500,000+ bundled) wound up with jobs in the Obama administration. Nine others were given slots on presidential boards or committees. At least 24 were given ambassadorial appointments…
I believe people have a constitutional right to work for a candidate they believe in, whether that means making phone calls or raising money. But the key is transparency. We need to know who these people are.
Blowback
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Tell Obozo to re-enable the AVS on his donation web page… knob polisher.
CPT. Charles on April 17, 2012 at 7:46 PM
Excellent. But getting any info from Mittens would be like pulling tooth. Good luck with that.
promachus on April 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Why? You don’t need to know who votes for whom.
OldEnglish on April 17, 2012 at 7:49 PM
Riiiiiiight, which is precisely why he’s releasing decades of tax information when Obama won’t even release a transcript.
WeekendAtBernankes on April 17, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Oh, but they do. Unionthink.
WeekendAtBernankes on April 17, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Yeah, there is that. (:
OldEnglish on April 17, 2012 at 7:54 PM
I bet many of you don’t even know who Peter Schweizer is….
idesign on April 17, 2012 at 7:55 PM
I’m sorry, but this line of attack is lame. Americans just don’t care that someone is rich if they worked hard for that money.
txhsmom on April 17, 2012 at 8:02 PM
don’t play by their rules.
rob verdi on April 17, 2012 at 8:03 PM
I’d rather he disclose his BLUNDERS… like Romneycare.
Warner Todd Huston on April 17, 2012 at 8:07 PM
Our side is always chided by our side to play by the rules. Only to have Democrats get away with murder, literally. I hope Mitt throws Obama’s shady donations right back in his face. Until the DOJ investigates Obama’s shady donations I really could care less who Mitt’s bundlers are. If one of the Clinton’s bundlers can be convicted, I have no doubt that if one of Mitt’s did something wrong, they would definitely be going to jail.
txhsmom on April 17, 2012 at 8:09 PM
Well, I sure didn’t. But they were nice enough to put a little bio on the bottom of his article…in The Daily Beast, unfortunately.
Knott Buyinit on April 17, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Hey…wait a minute!! Maybe I missed it here, but if I doubt it.
Where is the article about Romney filing for a tax extension for 2011 taxes??? Talk about having a low hanging fruit for the next months!
Can.I.be.in.the.middle on April 17, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Peter Schweizer works for Sarah Palin’s Pac SarahPac. He is a policy Adviser. Sarah Palin should be running. Mittens and Obama are both so corrupt it is disgusting.
CoolChange80 on April 17, 2012 at 8:13 PM
Amen.
BocaJuniors on April 17, 2012 at 8:24 PM
How will mitt handle his 2009-2010 returns showing addresses outside Mass., when he was so careful to have the cameras present when voting for Brown? All while claiming to live in his son’s unfinished basement.
freshface on April 17, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Disclose your fluffers Odumbo.
waterytart on April 17, 2012 at 8:33 PM
disclose your bundlers mitt.
the paw of the Mama Grizzly looms.
renalin on April 17, 2012 at 8:54 PM
idesign on April 17, 2012 at 8:58 PM
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Dire Straits on April 17, 2012 at 9:31 PM
re-read the article. Or google “bundler.” Has nothing to do with Romney’s wealth. It has everything to do with who’s Paying to Play. Up for another TARP?
james23 on April 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Mitt has released one year’s tax returns. that’s it. Obama has released 12 years. What’s Mitt hiding?
james23 on April 17, 2012 at 9:44 PM
We wouldn’t need bundlers if there weren’t federal limits on campaign contributions.
Client Number Nine on April 17, 2012 at 9:52 PM
Obama, disclose all the people who you allow to hide from the House committees…disclose all of the documents relating to Fast and Furious…and finally, as many have asked, let’s see your academic records…than we can talk about someone else.
right2bright on April 17, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Disclose your bundlers, Obama and what government job and pay back in free government money did they get for company than then just close shop once the money is nicely laundered.
tjexcite on April 17, 2012 at 10:11 PM