Is it illegal to bankroll the tea party? If not, why use the word "accused"? Do you think he doesn't give money to support the tea party efforts, or if he does, do you think it's wrong to get funding from people who have money?
I'm not sure what your complaint is. Are you saying that republicans shouldn't speak to people who donate money?
Do you think he wouldn't have taken a reporter's call, and answered the same questions?
I would expect that if I was a major donor to a political campaign, that I could get access to the politicians I was donating money to. Given that big donors get invited to parties where politicians show up and speak to them all the time, and nobody makes a fuss about it except liberals when it's a conservative, is there really a problem with politicians giving access to people who care enough about issues to spend their own money fighting it?
You misunderstand. I'm not saying that any of those things are illegal.
My point is about perception. Walker is already being painted as "in the pockets of the rich". Taking an unsolicited call from one of "the rich" and discussing legislative strategy simply reinforces that meme.
Do I have a problem with it? No. But, there are lots of people that will, and not all of them are leftists that would oppose Walker no matter what he did.