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Barack Obama gives campaign staffers extra cash, BlackBerrys, laptops
Barack Obama gives campaign staffers extra cash, BlackBerrys, laptops
Exclusive Barack Obama gives campaign staffers extra cash, BlackBerrys, laptops BY KENNETH R. BAZINET and MICHAEL McAULIFF DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Updated Friday, November 14th 2008, 10:14 AM WASHINGTON - Barack Obama ended his campaign so flush with cash he's telling staffers to keep the ...
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Obama Shares the Wealth
Politics Daily — ... So to thank those workers who spent the last few months organizing, phone banking and ringing doorbells to help him to the White House, the president-elect is handing out bonuses. According to the Daily News, Obama made a lot of staffers happy when he announced they will be getting an extra month's pay in their next check. ...

Obama to Pay Bonuses to Campaign Staff
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sen. Barack Obama "ended his campaign so flush with cash he's telling staffers to keep the change -- and then some," according to the New York Daily News. ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Why Don't You "Spread the Wealth Around"?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Apparently, the Obama campaign remains so flush with cash that it's going to give staffers an extra month's pay, along with blackberries, laptops and other assorted goodies . Assuming the money was raised within the boundaries of law and ethics ( ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... on the contest between Tom Perriello and the loathsome Virgil Goode. * It's a little unusual, but the Obama campaign rewarded its hard-working staffers with post-election bonuses -- extra paychecks worth one month's salary. * I haven't the foggiest idea why Barbara Walters would find Rush Limbaugh " ...

Prez-Elect “Spreads The Wealth Around” His Circle Of Foot Soldiers
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... was suggesting removing even the pittance of bread from their diet and replacing it with something less than garbage. And yet, the news pundits cannot help but still harp on the alleged $150, 000 clothing the RNC bought for Gov. Palin and her family … Smoke, mirrors, curtains and bullshit waders, folks. Barack Obama gives campaign staffers extra cash, BlackBerrys, laptops BY KENNETH R. BAZINET and MICHAEL McAULIFF - (NY DAILY NEWS) WASHINGTON - Barack Obama ended his campaign so flush with cash ...

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