Mark Penn is currently lobbying for Exelon (Paid $230,000 last week)

[Renew Deal]

Even as Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was blasting Sen. Barack Obama for his ties to the Exelon Corporation, Clinton's chief strategist Mark Penn was earning hundreds of thousands of dollars through his firm from the very same nuclear energy giant.

This past week, Burson Marsteller, Penn's powerhouse consulting agency, was paid more than $230,000 by Exelon to help renew a nuclear energy license in New Jersey, the Huffington Post has learned. The payment was for work that took place over several months, and Burson is still employed by the company.

"They did some work for us in New Jersey between June and November," said Craig Nesbit, vice president of communications for Exelon Generation, a subsidiary. "That bill was invoiced on December 12 and it just took that long to pay these things... We still are paying them a little bit but it is ramping down."

It has been public knowledge that Exelon is a client of Burson. But news of the recent payment comes less than two weeks after the Clinton campaign, and Penn himself, took Obama to task for what they implied was preferential treatment for the company.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/mark-penn-tied-to-controv_n_86722.html

[Renew Deal]

1. Bug ate this one

:kick:

[Vinca]

2. Add that to the millions he's raking in from Hillary

and it's not a bad gig running an iffy campaign.

[mckeown1128]

3. Kick and REC....

don't count on any Clinton supporters to respond. They have a silence policy when shown unpleasant facts.

[Renew Deal]

4. She's as corrupt as her supporters

Like Penn.

[NYCGirl]

5. Oh, my!

:rofl:

[City Lights]

6. We all know Hillary has a soft spot for lobbyists.

Hillary defends lobbyists, opens doors for rivals
By: Ben Smith
Aug 4, 2007 06:59 PM EST

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered an unusual defense (video link courtesy Breitbart.tv) of a hated Washington insider caste -- lobbyists -- before an audience of political outsiders in Chicago Saturday, drawing boos from the audience at the YearlyKos Convention and offering an opening to her rivals.

“A lot of those lobbyists, whether you like it or not, represent real Americans,” the New York senator said in defense of her decision to accept campaign contributions from lobbyists. “They represent nurses, they represent social workers, yes, they represent corporations that employ a lot of people.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0807/5251.html

She defends lobbyists but disses caucus goers. At least we know where her priorities lie.

[jackson_dem]

8. So does St. Obama

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obamas-k-street-project-2007-03-28.html

[eridani]

11. Why is this a surprise?

Neither would be allowed to be frontrunners if they weren't cosy with big money.

[Usrename]

10. Hey, corporations are people too!

;)

[jackson_dem]

Is Mark Penn running for president like Barack "over $200,000 from Exeleon" Obama?

Has Mark Penn done the bidding of Exelon in the Senate by watering down a bill?

[NMMatt]

13. A bill which Hillary supported -nt

[bunnies]

7. Uh Oh.

:popcorn:

[Renew Deal]

9. corruption kick

:kick:

[Divernan]

12. Clinton's 15 years experience as corporate lawyer, promoting corporate interests

has stood her in good stead to promote corporate interests as a Senator.