Link: www.ibtimes.com/…
Immediately after last week’s Democratic debate, the DNC curiously lifted President Obama’s ban on campaigns accepting money from PACs and lobbyists that he instituted in 2008. Bernie Sanders is calling on Hillary Clinton to join him in pushing the DNC to respect Obama’s decision and reverse their lifting of the ban.
It appears that the lifting of the ban will help Hillary’s campaign:
When the Washington Post broke the news on Friday that the DNC was reversing Obama’s policy, the newspaper noted that “some suggested it could provide an advantage to Hillary Clinton’s fundraising efforts.” In recent weeks, various reports have documented how Clinton’s current campaign is benefiting from the multimillion-dollar fundraising efforts of lobbyists who represent various industries that expect to have business before the next president.
That follows her previous prolific fundraising from those linked to the lobbying sector: From 2000 to 2008 she raised more than $30 million from those classified as lawyers and lobbyists, data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show. That group’s data show in that same time period, Sanders accepted more than $310,000 from those classified as lawyers and lobbyists.
Clinton’s campaign has raised roughly $725,000 from lobbyists for this year’s contests. Sanders has received $4,228 worth of contributions from lobbyists during his presidential bid, the center's data show.
Hmmm. Seems the DNC and Hillary have 30 MILLION reasons for lifting the ban, eh?
Let’s see how much Hillary Clinton wants to preserve President Obama’s presidential legacy, as she has clung to his record in the past several weeks? Surely she won’t want to start overturning Obama’s legacy already, right?!
Van Jones agrees:
xI hope @HillaryClinton agrees with @BernieSanders on it. So important 2 respect Obama's policies/preferences. Right? https://t.co/nJx6fWhWcA
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) February 14, 2016 Do the right thing, Hillary: join with Bernie to tell the DNC to reinstate the ban on taking shady donations.