Knowing his crowd, what do you think his “back door” cut was going to be?
He already got his cut. He's in the White House.
Every bid, every dollar, every job. Someone who 0bama knows was going to get a taste of everything. Just the ability to “steer” some of that gives one lots of power and influence. One need not try to shake them down for 10% off the top, when he and his campaign will get at least that much in ‘services in kind’ or donations, or speaker fee's, or a ‘job’ for a cousin, etc.