The headline from this week's Organizing For America summit was the president's remark that OFA volunteers are doing “God’s work.” Nothing, though, on who was in the audience during the invitation-only, "intimate roundtable discussion" between the president, his 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe, and his 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina. I would like to know who was there. I would like to know who was there because I would like to tell them, as gently as possible, that they are being bilked. Messina is taking their money and building an empire with it.
Former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina spoke last year at a government communications forum sponsored by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that has been widely criticized for cracking down on free speech, according to reports.
A former top White House official and the head of President Barack Obama’s personal advocacy group is joining the board of a green energy company backed by a major Democratic donor that recently received millions in federal contracts.
Former aides to President Barack Obama are beginning to capitalize on high-paying opportunities to take sides on key issues that the president will face in his second term.
Accumulating the capital to mingle with the likes of Jim Messina and President Obama is an arduous undertaking if you are not already a tech billionaire or Hollywood mogul or green energy venture capitalist or Vogue magazine editor or labor boss.
President Obama will speak to a collection of wealthy donors and activists Wednesday evening at a luxury hotel near the White House. The event is called the "Founders Summit," and it's the second major donor meeting for the president's dark money group, Organizing for Action.
Fewer than 100 people attending the opening session of the two-day "Founders Summit" for Organizing for Action, the new 501(c)(4) restructuring of what was formerly the Obama reelection campaign.
The headline from this week's Organizing For America summit was the president's remark that OFA volunteers are doing “God’s work.” Nothing, though, on who was in the audience during the invitation-only, "intimate roundtable discussion" between the president, his 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe, and his 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina. I would like to know who was there. I would like to know who was there because I would like to tell them, as gently as possible, that they are being bilked. Messina is taking their money and building an empire with it. 
