The next presidential race will be driven by more money than ever before-and the Gop is already besting the Dems' fundraising. Peter H. Stone of the Center for Public Integrity reports on the tactics behind the furious money grab.
At a Washington hotel and a building blocks from the White House, the smell of money-big money-was in the air.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
In a speech Wednesday to some 500 top Democratic fundraisers, President Obama focused on what's he's accomplished so far and the serious challenges ahead such as energy, the red-ink budget and the Middle East.
Across town, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers were toasted at a fundraiser hosted by the lobbying shop Bgr Group, founded by potential Gop presidential candidate Haley Barbour. Bgr was picketed by liberal groups furious over the state's gutting of collective bargaining for public employee unions.
It was a curious juxtaposition...
At a Washington hotel and a building blocks from the White House, the smell of money-big money-was in the air.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
In a speech Wednesday to some 500 top Democratic fundraisers, President Obama focused on what's he's accomplished so far and the serious challenges ahead such as energy, the red-ink budget and the Middle East.
Across town, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers were toasted at a fundraiser hosted by the lobbying shop Bgr Group, founded by potential Gop presidential candidate Haley Barbour. Bgr was picketed by liberal groups furious over the state's gutting of collective bargaining for public employee unions.
It was a curious juxtaposition...
- 3/17/2011
- by Peter H. Stone
- The Daily Beast
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