WHO WAIVES THE WAIVERER?:

Obama raised cash after leaving Senate: Bailout beneficiary gave maximum (Jim McElhatton, March 27, 2009, Washington Times)

President Obama continued collecting money for his 2010 Senate re-election campaign even after he resigned his seat from Illinois, including a maximum $2,300 donation the day after Christmas from a top executive of a Wall Street firm that had received a government bailout.

Four contributions - $4,800 in all - were donated to the Obama 2010 fund on Dec. 26, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

The money came from some of Mr. Obama's top presidential fundraisers: Bruce A. Heyman, managing director at Goldman Sachs, which received a $10 billion bailout last year; Steven Koch, vice chairman at Credit Suisse First Boston; and John Levi, a lawyer at the law and lobbying firm of Sidley Austin LLP.

And now that folks have seen him in action he can hardly claim to be uniquely suited to the job....

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 27, 2009 3:34 PM