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"Is the White House going against a campaign promise and selling access to the president?" MSNBC's Tamron Hall asked on Monday's broadcast of her daily afternoon show.

"The New York Times is reporting that this weekend, 'Obama's backers seek big donors to press agenda.'
Those who contribute half a million dollars for the group Organizing For Action will get extra contact with the president," Hall 




http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/02/25/msnbc_reports_obama_organization_selling_access_to_president.html



The Wall Street Journal written by James Taranto is prominently quoting a New York Times article: This is UNBELIEVABLE are they (the mainstream media) waking up?
The New York Times reported Saturday that Barack Obama has converted his campaign--originally known as Obama for America, then (in its incarnation as the 2012 campaign) as Organizing for America--into "a tax-exempt 'social welfare group,' " now styled Organizing for Action. The new OFA is a corporation whose operations (though not its contributions) are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Here's the Times's most eyebrow-raising revelation:
Giving or raising $500,000 or more puts donors on a national advisory board for Mr. Obama's group and the privilege of attending quarterly meetings with the president, along with other meetings at the White House. Moreover, the new cash demands on Mr. Obama's top donors and bundlers come as many of them are angling for appointments to administration jobs or ambassadorships.

White House defends donor access to Obama

NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
The White House today pushed back on accusations that donors to a pro-Obama organization can “buy” access to the president if they're able to cough up a check for a cool half-million. “Administration officials routinely interact with outside advocacy ...

Obama Donors Aren't Getting Special Access For Checks To Organizing For ...

Huffington Post - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that the newly formed Organizing For Action, a so-called social welfare group, would set up four meetings a year with Obama for individuals who gave more than $500,000. The funding setup was designed to ...

Obama group selling White House access to wealthy donors, says watchdog

The Hill (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2013‎
A nonpartisan watchdog group on Tuesday demanded President Obama shut down the nonprofit group built from his campaign organization, the latest voice in a growing chorus accusing the newly founded Organizing for Action (OFA) of selling access to the ...

White House: No Price Tag for Presidential Access

ABC News (blog) - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
The White House today pushed back against reports that President Obama's nonprofit advocacy group, Organizing for Action, is offering wealthy donors access to the president. “No,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters when asked if ...

MSNBC Reports: Obama Organization Selling Access To President

RealClearPolitics - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
MSNBC Reports: Obama Organization Selling Access To President. "Is the White House going against a campaign promise and selling access to the president?" MSNBC's Tamron Hall asked on Monday's broadcast of her daily afternoon show. "The New York ...

Watchdog calls on Obama to shut down nonprofit, saying it sells access to ...

Washington Post (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2013‎
“If President Obama is serious about his often-expressed desire to rein in big money in politics, he should shut down Organizing for Action and disavow any plan to schedule regular meetings with its major donors,” said Bob Edgar, president of Common ...

Carney: Access to Obama is not for sale

Politico (blog) - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
Obama's new nonprofit group — Organizing for Action — would be no different, according to Carney. But Carney said that access to Obama would not be sold. The LA Times reported this month that officials for Organizing For Action were courting high dollar ...

Chuck Todd Declares 'This Just Looks Bad' for Obama, But NBC News Skips ...

NewsBusters (blog) - ‎Feb 26, 2013‎
Picking up on a Saturday front page New York Times story on how the Obama campaign is selling access to the White House through its newly formed Organizing for Action group, a revelation ignored all weekend by ABC, CBS and NBC, on Monday's Daily ...

White House: No price tag for Obama access

The Associated Press - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
"No one has been promised access to the president," said the group's spokeswoman, Katie Hogan, who served in a parallel role in Obama's campaign. Organizers of the nonprofit group have outlined plans to raise tens of millions of dollars for the organization ...

Carney defends Obama's record on limiting role of money in politics

Los Angeles Times - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
... fundraisers special access to the president. During a briefing with reporters, Carney disputed the notion that access to Obama was being sold through Organizing for Action, a 501(c)4 social welfare organization set up by the president's top political advisors.

White House won't confirm access arrangement

Washington Post (blog) - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
White House press secretary Jay Carney was vague in his daily briefing when questioned on whether major donors to Organizing for Action, the non-profit organization that sprang from the formerObama campaign, would be given special access to the ...

Carney: White House not raising money for Obama outside group

The Hill (blog) - ‎Feb 25, 2013‎
The newspaper reported this week that the president's former campaign organization was offering donors access to quarterly meetings with Obama if they donated half a million dollars. "The fact is, there are a variety of rules governing interaction between ...

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