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Obama in ‘96: High-priced political fundraisers = paid access

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In 1996, an unknown community organizer named Barack Obama was looking to get his political career started in the Illinois legislature. At the time, Obama made ethics a key part of his political platform as a new state senator and criticized politicians who sold access to the highest bidders. Obama told the Cleveland Plain Dealer:… Read more »