What if George W. Bush had done that?

By JOSH GERSTEIN,Politico

The media ignores Obama’s actions where they blasted Bush

A four-hour stop in New Orleans,on his way to a $3 million fundraiser.

Snubbing the Dalai Lama.

Signing off on a secret deal with drug makers.

Freezing out a TV [...]

Obama trying to boost party money,morale

By BEN FELLER and LIZ SIDOTI,AP

Obama is back on the campaign trail

The leader who prods his critics to put politics aside is doing anything but these days:President Barack Obama is campaigning for his party’s future.

Barreling Tuesday into several days of frenetic political activity,Obama [...]

Obama to Donate Arrested Fundraiser’s Money

By Dan Eggen,Washington Post

We are supposed to forget about the connection because Obama donates Hassan Nemazee’s crooked money to charity.

President Obama and the Democratic National Committee will donate to charity more than $60,000 that came from a prominent financier arrested this week on bank fraud charges,officials [...]

Obama Friend Rezko’s Wilmette mansion going on the auction block

BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA,Chicago Suntimes Once the site of fund-raisers for politicians including soon-to-be president Barack Obama and then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich,the Wilmette mansion of convicted businessman Tony Rezko is on the auction block. Bank of America,the mortgage holder that won a foreclosure judgment on Rezko’s defaulted $5.9 million note in May,will auction [...]

Obama to Test Fundraising Skills Amid ‘Donor Fatigue,’ Crisis

 

By Hans Nichols and Jonathan D. Salant,Bloomberg

Obama at fundraiser in NYC last year

President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month,appealing to donors large and small even as the economy struggles through the worst recession in generations.

Obama’s appearance at the [...]