(Hillary) Clinton Offers Contract to S.C. Endorser

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070216/D8NAH2R80.html

Clinton Offers Contract to S.C. Endorser
Email this Story

Feb 15, 9:04 PM (ET)

By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A key black Democratic leader in South Carolina has negotiated a $10,000 per month consulting contract with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign, a development that came to light when the lawmaker endorsed the presidential hopeful.

The contract with state Sen. Darrell Jackson's firm, Sunrise Enterprises, is not yet signed but will run through the first Southern primary here next January, Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee confirmed Thursday.

Elleithee denied there was any deal made for Jackson's endorsement.


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, right, and others, stand beside an image of abolitionist Sojourner Truth during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, February 15, 2007. Clinton is the co-sponsor of a new law that recognizes Truth's contributions to U.S. history by requiring that a bust of her be placed in a "suitable, permanent location in the Capitol." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

"Not at all. ... We told him, 'We'd love your support as a community leader and love your help as a respected political consultant inside the state,'" Elleithee said.

FULL story at link.

[zbdent]

1. So, HC hires a PR firm who endorses her ...

Where's the screwup? Bush hired Tony Snow as his PR guy, and Faux News endorsed Bush ...

You know, if a PR firm is more than happy to support your campaign financially, you would expect that they would probably not stab you in the back in the PR dept.

I'm confused. How is this a bad thing?

[Omaha Steve]

2. I don't think it is a bad thing

Some might try to frame it that way. Not me.

[papau]

3. Obama and Edwards both offered the same contract - this is a non-story by AP hit squad n/t

n/t