Thursday, March 12, 2009

No pay to play at Obama Business Roundtable speech today

By GottaLaff

You can find the entire hour-long video of President Obama's appearance at the Business Roundtable right here at TPC. Something unusual occurred-- or rather, didn't occur-- regarding that very event:

Heard in the CQ newsroom:

Apparently campaign contributions didn't get you a ticket to today's Business Roundtable meeting with President Obama. Of those executives attending who gave to a presidential campaign last year, $141,790 went to Sen. John McCain while just $59,300 went to Obama.

blog comments powered by Disqus

Recent Posts