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"President Barack Obama’s got a whole new take on corporate cash.
The inaugural committee says its decision to accept
unlimited corporate money is only a reflection of how drained donors are following the pricey reelection campaign.
Continue ReadingBut coming right in the midst of negotiations over the fiscal cliff, the decision means Obama will start his second term with a significant symbolic reversal — four years ago, the corporate money ban was supposed to signal what his committee called a “commitment to change business as usual in Washington.” It opens him to charges that he’s changed — and not for the better.
“Shocked” wrote one Democratic lobbyist in an email about the flip-flop on corporate donations.
“Here is this guy that came to Washington, and said, ‘I’m going to come and change the way Washington works. I’m going to bring a new, basically, working class to Washington,’” said a GOP fundraiser who has worked on inaugurations. “’But now that I’m reelected and I have nothing to worry about in the future, besides possibly my library, that quote-unquote moral compass doesn’t exist.’”
Read more: Obama's corporate cash reversal - Anna Palmer and Donovan Slack - POLITICO.com
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