GA GOP Senator Isakson's Shady Fundraising Dinner with Lobbyists
From HuffPo:
Another arriving guest said his name was Clint Robinson. He was less forthcoming after that. "Uh, what do you want to know?" he said, before noticing an acquaintance. "Hey, Bob!"
The Huffington Post asked Bob if he'd share any info about the event.
"Just that Clint Robinson's here," said Bob.
Robinson is a lobbyist for Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry. The firm's lobbying expenditures total $414,972 for 2009. The Sunlight Foundation lists as the event's hosts Dan Gans, Ward White, Bryan Cunningham, and Frank Cantrel, all of whom share an interest in telecommunications...
...Finally, the senator arrived. The Huffington Post asked him who was attending his fundraiser.
"I haven't seen the list," he said.
What kind of people, then?
"It's people interested in America and democracy and peace and the economy," he said. "Thank you for your time."
Isakson, facing re-election in 2012, is a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Early polling suggests Isakson is vulnerable, and Georgia's health care dilemma isn't going to help the "NO public plan" Isakson. Presently 1 in 3 are uninsured in Georgia, 78% of which are employed full or part-time. Senator Isakson has a career history of accepting campaign donations from the industries he oversees on Senate committees. As a senior member of the HELP panel charged with drafting health care reform legislation, Isakon holds at least $165,000 in pharmaceutical and medical stocks.
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