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Thursday, 15 February 2007
Hillary shows Darrell the money
Just wanted to make sure everybody had seen this. An excerpt:
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign reached a deal to pay a key South Carolina black leader's consulting firm more than $200,000 just days before he agreed to endorse her run for president, it was revealed yesterday.
The arrangement involves South Carolina state Sen. Darrell Jackson, a well-connected African-American leader and pastor whose support is coveted by national campaigns.
Here's what The Hotline had to say about it. Excerpt:
Yesterday, Jackson confirmed that he had decided to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton, less than six days after his public relations firm, Sunrise Enterprises, agreed to a contract with Clinton's campaign worth at least $10,000 a month through the 2008 elections - a total of $210,000. (The contract has not been signed.)
A few days before that, Jackson was deep in negotiations with Steve Hildebrand, a senior strategist for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign. On the table was a contract worth in excess of $5K a month, beginning on 3/15/07. Separately, Obama was personally soliciting Jackson's endorsement.
There's no question that the contract and the negotiations are legal. Sunrise is the oldest political consulting firm run by African Americans in the state and its services were in demand: at least five candidates, including Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Joe Biden, reached out to Jackson.
Personally, I suspect Sen. Jackson DID have his pick of contracts, as he says, and he preferred Mrs. Clinton. Whatever one thinks of the ethics of this, there's no question it's bad news for Obama, for former Jackson favorite John Edwards, and for poor old Joe Biden, who's been working his behind off in this state for a couple of years now.
Sen. Clinton hasn't even arrived here yet, and Sen. Jackson's favor is already hers. It's an unfair world.
Posted by Brad Warthen at 01:25 PM in Bill Richardson, Elections, Hillary Clinton
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The average South Carolinian has no idea how much money is floating around behind the scenes…and how it affects their government.
Lobbyist, political consultants, advertising companies, business consultants, etc…spread money around like there is no one watching…exactly because there is no on watching.
Chris
Posted by: chris | Feb 15, 2007 1:45:37 PM
It's all about the money... Donor A donates money to Candidate B so that when B wins, A gets access to the big pot of tax dollars.
A gets the power to then solicit more funds from C, D, and E.
The only way to control this blatant greed is to decrease the size of government. The smaller the pot, the less valuable access becomes. Campaign finance reform does nothing to resolve this issue. People will always find a way to work the system.
These same people will champion themselves as paragons of patriotism and morality...
Whether Republican (corrupt collectively) or Democrat (corrupt individually), it doesn't matter...
Posted by: Doug | Feb 15, 2007 1:55:24 PM
This is repulsive. Who knew that Politics was actually an industry where candidates take money from donors, and then turn around and legally payoff other "political leaders" "consulting" firms? "Pastor" Jackson should be ashamed of himself. Hillary just made mew hate her more than I thought was possible (and I am a Democrat).
Whose money would Jesus take, and then endorse Darrell?
To think I was naive enough to think that my vote counted. How dare I?
Posted by: Preston | Feb 15, 2007 5:03:20 PM
Also curious how a Baptist minister can support an abortion proponent.
Don't these guys realize just how bad these type of things look? If it gives the slightest appearance of impropriety, then don't do it.
I guess when you have an entire block of voters who support you solely because you look like them, perhaps your contempt for those people can be hidden a bit easier.
Posted by: Trajan | Feb 15, 2007 5:04:41 PM
I'm with Preston. There was no way I was voting for Billary, and now my contempt is magnified.
Edwards and his Catholic haters took a big publicity hit (and lost my vote).
Lucky for me, Obama decided to run. Now if only Joel Lourie would run for state wide office...
Posted by: Randy Ewart | Feb 15, 2007 8:46:08 PM
This is one more example of how big money has corrupted our electoral system. Again and again our elections are about who has cash to buy support, rather than what the ideas of the candidate are. If all was even, I believe Bill Richardson would dominate the Democratic Primary, but alas, Hillary et al are able to subvert the system by buying support with big corporations money.
Posted by: Preston | Feb 16, 2007 7:57:23 AM
Clinton Involved in Bribery
Dog Bites Man
Dead Fish Smells
....not news
Posted by: Lee | Feb 16, 2007 11:05:07 PM
She as much right as anyone to buy her way into office. It's worked for the GOP for years.
Posted by: Syd | Feb 17, 2007 1:00:56 AM
She has as much right as anyone to buy her way into office. It's worked for the GOP for years.
Posted by: Syd | Feb 17, 2007 1:03:47 AM
Hillary and Bill sold their souls to big business a long time ago.
That's why so many of Bill's and Hillary's campaign managers have ended up as convicted felons, or dead of Arkanicide.
Posted by: Lee | Feb 18, 2007 12:14:57 AM
Votes and political support have always gone to the highest bidder. That's democracy in action.
Running for office is a rich person's club. More so now than ever.
This presidential race is starting so early, it will probably be over even before the SC primary is held. And that means the big names who can raise lots of money early-- and dole it out as in this instance-- have an enormous advantage.
Posted by: mark g | Feb 18, 2007 12:06:40 PM
After all those years of taking bribes, Hillary now has to pay some.
Trickle Down Economics, Democrat Style.
Obama is going after the doper vote with his announcement that he used cocaine for years. Bill Clinton and Marion Barry will be endorsing him soon.
Posted by: Lee | Feb 19, 2007 12:34:24 PM
"Obama is going after the doper vote with his announcement that he used cocaine for years."
Watch much Fox News, Lee?
Posted by: Lily | Feb 19, 2007 2:20:05 PM
Are you denying that Obama used cocaine?
He has already "come clean", at least in step 1 of 12 - confessing his drug abuse on ABC, CBS, and NBC.
Since Clinton refused to release his medical records, we can assume he was still a user while in the White House.
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Regarding Obama, I'm not so sure if this is a net negative for him. My thinking is that most voters know by now that Obama represents something bold, new, and different. Sunrise might be influential, but I doubt they'd win over any new Clinton supporters because if people aren't for Clinton by now, they probably never will be.
Obama should be more concerned with maintaining his image as "a candidate who happens to be Black" and not being turned into "a Black candidate." The former is a formidable unity candidate that Clinton can't beat, while the latter is a marginalized and beatable interest group candidate that has limited electoral appeal.
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