BREAKING: CORPORATE LOBBYISTS IN ELEVENTH-HOUR COAKLEY BAILOUT
by Brian Maloney, January 9th, 2010 at 03:44pm
As if Martha Coakley’s support from the corrupt establishment wasn’t already clear enough, now comes word that a coalition of sleazebag industry lobbyists have teamed up with Bay State Democrats for an eleventh-hour bailout of her faltering campaign.
Many of those involved in this hastily-organized rescue attempt have no Bay State ties, their only allegiance is to piggish K Street - Beltway lobbying firms.
At the Washington Examiner, Timothy Carney has the scoop:
With Democrat Martha Coakley in trouble in the Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat, Democrats could lose vote No. 60 for President Obama’s health-care bill. In response, an army of lobbyists for drug companies, health insurance companies, and hospitals has teamed up to throw a high-dollar Capitol Hill fundraiser for Coakley next Tuesday night.
Of the 22 names on the host committee–meaning they raised $10,000 or more for Coakley–17 are federally registered lobbyists, 15 of whom have health-care clients. Of the other five hosts, one is married to a lobbyist, one was a lobbyist in Pennsylvania, another is a lawyer at a lobbying firm, and another is a corporate CEO. Oh, and of course, there’s also the political action commitee for Boston Scientific Corporation.
All the leading drug companies have lobbyists on Coakley’s host committee: Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Astra-Zeneca, and more. On the insurance side of things, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, HealthSouth, and United Health all are represented on the host committee.
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If Coakley pulls it out, this is the crowd that will have brought her here. If health-care reform passes, this is the crew that will have won.
In other Coakley news,
Democrats have launched a separate fundraising pitch, warning donors that Scott Brown “is within striking distance” of Martha in the January 19 special election campaign. David Freddoso, also of the Examiner, has the story here.
UPDATE: Will Martha Coakley condemn Harry Reid for his past racial remarks?
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8 Comments Add your own
1. piratetoby | January 9th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Brian: Your last ph., re: Dems. pitching a fund raiser for Coakley as Scott is within striking distance?
Is that news? Isn’t fundraising an intregal part of ANYONE’s campaign?
You’re not for Coakley? Fine. But don’t criticise her campaign for doing its job.
2. Gibson | January 9th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Uhhh, pirate, I thought the point of a campaign was to get the ELECTORATE to believe they will benefit by her win behind their candidate and not the lobbyist who stand to benefit from a win. If Caokley wins just whom exactly do you think she’ll be representing given those two choices? Clearly NOT the electorate.
3. piratetoby | January 9th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Gibson: My comment did not mention the “ponit” of a campaign, my comment was stating fundraising, like detabing, speaking, organizing, etc. was a part, or a component in a campaign.
The point of a true campaign is simple: win.
We all know there are others who set about a campaign where they have no chance of winning- they are either spoilers or trying to get name recognition to further their campaign.
4. piratetoby | January 9th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
oops…meant “point”.
5. piratetoby | January 9th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
BTW, was last night’s debate televised? Does anyone know where I can find it? I think it was held in Springfield. I’ve only heard a few sound bytes and I’d like to watch/listen to the whole debate.
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