Clinton Fundraising Doesn't Even Live Up To Bush/Cheney's Standards. She Won't Disclose Bundlers.

[KittyWampus]

The Clintons won't release their 2006 Tax Returns, either.

From non-partisan Public Citizen.

Now, with Hillary Clinton emulating Rove’s fundraising machine, some campaign reformers wonder if similar favors are in store for her biggest bundlers. Some point out that her level of disclosure of bundlers does not even meet the low standard set by George W. Bush in 2004.

In a letter (PDF) to Clinton, Public Citizen said her campaign “fails to disclose bundlers’ cities and states of residence, how much money they raised other than to note that they have raised at least $100,000, or who they raised their money from.”

Her disclosure “not only fails to set an exemplary standard,” it doesn’t even “live up to the standard of George Bush and Dick Cheney,” the watchdog group said.
http://www.citizen.org/documents/clintonletter.pdf

[TexasObserver]

1. That's because she's a filthy, money grubbing, sellout to nefarious interests

She knows that if she discloses her bundlers and her tax returns, she'll never win another state. She may not, anyway, but she has no chance of winning if all her loyal followers find out what a whore she's been for special interests and lobbyists.

[neutron]

3. Obama took a Bribe to screw his district

They get Radioactive Cocktails in their drinking water
thanks to his fine job

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4. Please tell Obama to stop TAKING BRIBES

2 weeks ago this was on the front page of the NYT

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2. z-z-z-z-z-z-z

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5. but PC said, Jan. 17, that Hillary and Obama surpassed all of the other candidates

in disclosing the names of 'bundlers'.

from Public Citizen: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2590

Public Citizen today sent letters to the seven major candidates who have yet to provide any insight into how much their top fundraisers have raised. The letters ask the candidates to promptly disclose the names of bundlers who have brought in at least $100,000. The letters also note that this minimal standard for disclosure was set by then-Gov. George W. Bush in his 2000 presidential campaign.

. . . only Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have provided any insight into how much their bundlers have raised. Obama names bundlers who have raised at least $50,000, $100,000 and $200,000; Clinton names bundlers who have raised at least $100,000.

None of the other remaining candidates - John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson - has provided any data about how much money bundlers have funneled into their campaigns.


Public Citizen from Aug. 8: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2495

"Only two candidates (Obama and Clinton) provide any information about the amounts of money their bundlers have raised. A majority of the candidates have yet to list bundlers on their Web sites, and all the candidates are failing to disclose who their bundlers raised money from."

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6. Public Citizen from July: "Even Obama comes up short . . ."

"Only one candidate, Barack Obama, has provided any insight into how much his bundlers have raised, and only one candidate – also Obama – currently publishes bundlers’ names on a readily accessible part of the campaign Web site. But even Obama comes up short because he does not identify bundlers’ employers or states of residence – information needed, for example, to cross-check the data with lobbying records or connect records to previous bundling activity."


http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2483

[KittyWampus]

7. Obama sponsors ethics bill on full disclosure for bundlers- Clinton doesn't sign one

Unlike the new ethics rules controlling Congress, there is no requirement for full disclosure of the fortunes being amassed for candidates by bundlers. A strong bill to mandate disclosure sits waiting in Congress. So far, such a well-bundled front-runner as Senator Hillary Clinton has yet to sign on as a co-sponsor.

The measure, championed by Senator Russ Feingold and co-sponsored by Senator Barack Obama, a presidential aspirant, offers the added boon of trying to revive publicly assisted campaigning by updating the funding schedule to keep pace with hustings inflation. Without a requirement for full disclosure of who is giving how much to whom — and a cleaner, alternative flow of cash — the bundlers will always win.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/opinion/19fri3.html?_r=1

[bigtree]

10. this is crap. does ANYTHING say she won't vote for it?

How many worthwhile bills did Obama neglect to co-sponsor? (or, show up to vote for?)

[jakem]

8. ouch.

[KittyWampus]

9. Obama Promises New Disclosure On Donation Bundlers, Nov 2007

Presidential candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill., said Monday evening he would release new details on the levels of campaign contributions raised by "bundlers" for his presidential campaign, "something that no other candidate has done," according to campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Burton said the campaign "is putting together the information now" and "very shortly" intends to publish a list of bundlers and the levels of money they've raised for the campaign.

[surfermaw]

11. I would be more concerned with the Obama Bribe

If you think republicans will let that alone, then you don't understand poultices very well, maybe a refresher course in Poultices might be of some help.