Greta doesn’t let go of a subject until she gets to the bottom. Hope she has some type of protection.
That’s what I was thinking. Was also thinking better late than never.
Most of the money raised by the brothers came from themselves or other family members. They collected less than $100,000 from other people — and those contributions also will be returned.
At the time of the donations, the brothers were not registered voters. Alberto Rojas Cardona, 42, registered in Illinois last month and Carlos Rojas Cardona, 50, does not appear to be registered, a Chicago Board of Elections spokesman said.
Alberto Rojas Cardona lives in a Gold Coast high-rise and Carlos in a luxury apartment building overlooking Grant Park. Alberto declined to speak with Tribune reporters. Messages left at Carlos’ home were not returned.
Manny Sanchez is a Chicago lawyer and Obama fund-raiser who helps raise money among Hispanics. He said he met Alberto and Carlos Cardona at an Obama National Finance Committee meeting in Washington last December. He was struck that he did not know the Chicagoans because “it is rare for me not to know a Latino supporter.”
According to records in the Illinois Secretary of State office, the brothers are Near North Side residents — living close to the Obama campaign Prudential Building headquarters. According to Federal Election Commission and state records, they run Tango Latin Inc. and an affiliate, Tango Productions, marketing and promotion firms.
The New York Times also reported that Carlos Rojas Cardona “arranged for the former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party to seek a pardon from the governor for Pepe Cardona, according to prosecutors in that state. None was forthcoming.”
Asked by the Sun-Times why the campaign vetters — who focus on major donors, not the million or so small contributors — did not pick up on the Cardona family, the senior official said, “it was very difficult to track down full information on this one. Obviously the New York Times put investigative resources into doing so. We don’t necessarily have, our vetters don’t necessarily have, that same ability to pursue that in the case of our 1.3 million donors. As soon as the questions were raised, we refunded the contributions.”
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Two non-registered voters, who raised over 200K for Obama and the DNC and had an ex-chairman of the Iowa DNC request a pardon for their fugitive brother from the Iowa governor, were members of the National Finance Committee meeting last December in DC where Obama addressed the crowd ... AND NO ONE KNEW WHO THEY WERE?!
Fishy indeed!
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/11/obama_top_fund-raisers_huddle_.html
Obama top fund-raisers huddle in Washington Dec. 12-13
By Lynn Sweet on November 21, 2011 2:33 PM | No Comments
WASHINGTON—The Obama team top fund-raisers—the National Finance Committee—hold their next meeting here on Dec. 12 and 13. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/obama-on-2012-this-is-going-to-be-tough/
Dec 13, 2011 5:56pm
Obama on 2012: ‘This Is Going to Be Tough’
Admitting his re-election is “not a slam-dunk,” President Obama today asked supporters to stick with him in 2012 because “this is going to be tough.”
“It’s understandable if people aren’t feeling as chipper as they were back in 2008,” given the state of the economy, the president said.
“There’s going to be some skepticism. There’s going to be some pushback,” Obama told members of his campaign’s National Finance Committee.
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http://www.politico.com/politico44/2011/12/obama-economic-fairness-at-the-core-of-race-107251.html
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN
12/13/11 12:45 PM EST
The country still has a ways to go after facing a crossroads in 2008, President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he spoke to top donors for his reelection campaign.
“Back in 2008 we used to talk about this being a historic moment for America, that we were at a crossroads in our history,” he said at a midday event for members of the Obama campaign’s National Finance Committee at a Washington hotel. “We haven’t fully crossed the road, and in some ways 2012 is even more important than it was four years ago. The choices could not be starker.”
All money raised goes to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint account shared by the campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
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