BREAKING: Tomy Steyer aide attempting to buy endorsements

[brooklynite]

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[tblue37]

1. Is that strictly legal? It sounds like it might be considered bribery, or at least a

campaign finance violation.

[still_one]

6. Isn't that what happened with Blagojevich?

[stopdiggin]

10. not the way I remember

Rod may have been involved with more than one thing .. but what tripped him up was trying to sell (allegedly) his ability to appoint Obama's replacement to the Senate.

(interestingly .. that was a case that really DID hang on a suggested quid-pro-quo .. with Blago's defenders claiming nothing more than run of the mill, standard issue, political horse trading.)

In this case, I don't see the similarity to campaign cash for endorsement. I don't know if this is technically illegal .. but every third grader out there can tell you it's WRONG.

(then again .. there's a lot of stuff in politics that's horse trading. "I scratch your back .." We should maybe step back from being too "delicate" in all instances?)

[still_one]

13. thanks

[lostnfound]

15. No, that was a seat blagojevich was in a position to appoint. Nt

[still_one]

16. +++

[comradebillyboy]

2. Tom's second major screw up this week...

[PunkinPi]

3. Yep, time for Tom to drop out. nt

[Me.]

4. So First A Staffer Tries To Steal Sen. Harris' Data and Now This

Not presidential material at all.

[rickford66]

5. He should have had Russians do it.

That seems to be legal.

[question everything]

7. This is what business owners do. Offer benefits for purchase.

[peggysue2]

8. Well, well, well

How is this so different than Trump offering cash to Senators to curry favor prior to the Senate's trial? Grease a few palms in order to get the results you wish. Not a good look!

Can we please scratch off the wisdom that billionaire business people are automatically good presidential candidates?

That being said, this purportedly was done by an aide. Was Steyer aware of the aide's action? And isn't this the second aide with questionable behavior? Doesn't say much about the man's ability to choose top people.

[stopdiggin]

12. please scratch off ..

"Can we please scratch off the wisdom that billionaire business people are automatically good presidential candidates?"

OMG, YES!! I cringe every time this comes up. By WHAT rationale .....?

On the other hand .. they made a friggin movie out of M.Zuckerberg .. perhaps one of the least charismatic (or sympathetic) public figures in existence .. and people ate it up!

[fleur-de-lisa]

9. Why did he run?

If Trump taught us anything, it's that being 'successful' in business doesn't translate well to high-level politics. The government is not a business and cannot be operated like one.

[mcar]

11. This after his staffer stole data from Harris' campaign?

No, thank you, Mr. Steyer.

[Midnight Writer]

14. That's capitalism, baby.

I don't question Steyer"s intentions, but he has a businessman's mind.