Matching key campaign backers with first-class embassies is nothing new, and the practice has continued under the Obama administration. After overseeing the process of matching donors with embassies, David Jacobson—a Chicago lawyer (Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal) and Obama fundraiser (deputy to the national finance chair, Penny Pritzker)—matched himself with his own prize: U.S. ambassador to Canada. Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit that tracks money in U.S. politics, calls the American political tradition of giving diplomatic posts to big contributors “a donor rewards program.”Check out the list. Hope and change?
Monday, February 01, 2010
Key Obama campaign backers who were appointed ambassadors
Chicago Magazine reports:
