Update: Fundraisers Encouraged to Raise for PACs Obama Once Denounced Political Ticker Blogs
Update: Fundraisers encouraged to raise for PACs Obama once denounced
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CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin
Washington (CNN) - According to several participants on a conference call with major bundlers late Monday night, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign encouraged donors to fundraise for a Democratic super PAC supporting the president, marking an about-face on Obama’s position toward outside spending groups.
Obama has been an outspoken critic of current campaign financing laws, in particular a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the creation of super PACs. Until now he has kept his distance from the group, Priorities USA Action.
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But in the wake of the group’s anemic fundraising, made public last week, the campaign changed its position. Earlier Monday, it announced to members of its national finance committee that it will use administration and campaign officials as surrogates at PAC events.