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Has the media — or the American public at large — become too complacent with the “off-the-record fundraiser”?
Raising money under a cloak of silence suggests that candidates have one version of their pitch that they offer ordinary voters and another, more candid one the public isn’t allowed to hear. That’s the appeal of events limited to mega-donors, and it isn’t a good thing, says Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “What,” she asks, “do they tell their big donors that they don’t tell the rest of us?”
(via opensecretsdc)
