Obama Makes Everything for Sale:$20K for Coat Check Naming Rights at Chicago Inaugural Ball

Division Street reports on "change you can believe in":

“Barack Obama tried to keep corporate lobbyists out of his campaign, but when it comes to his home state’s Inaugural Gala, everything is for sale, and the corporate sponsorship list reads like a Who’s Who of Chicago big business,” Politico reports.

“Stroke a $55,000 check, as utility giant Exelon Corp. has, and you’ve purchases sponsorship of the ‘City of Chicago Ballroom.’ American Airlines has dropped $40,000 for exclusive sponsorship of a cocktail reception that may include members of Congress. And $20,000 merely gets your company name over the coat check booth.”

That’s right - you can even sponsor the coat check. That’s almost worth it just to tell the story about how you, um, sponsored the coat check."

Coat Check naming rights!