Obama's Campaign Staffers Get Bonuses

New York Daily News:

Barack Obama ended his campaign so flush with cash he's telling staffers to keep the change - and then some.

Long-suffering political footsoldiers who toiled tirelessly, at least since September, to put Obama in the White House recently learned they will be getting extra paychecks worth a month's salary, the Daily News has learned.

Read the whole story: New York Daily News

Comments

[alicante]

Bravo! They really deserve it. I had three of these hard workers living with me to help turn Arapahoe County in Colorado blue for the first time since 1964 and they did it. They slept little and walked all day to canvass for Obama. Good for them. Bobbie

[Topfeeder]

Thank you for hosting them.

[c0171]

Congratulations and KUDOS!!!

[MarionKIN]

As someone who donated the maximum I could afford to Obama's campaign, I wholeheartedly approve!

Job well done, campaign staffers! You deserve these bonuses. :-) :-) Thanks again for all your hard work!

[CintiBlue]

Glad to have helped out for a job well done!

[Seeitmyway]

I love it! Our local people worked tirelessly. In the heat, the cold, until all hours of the night. They were amazing.

As someone who contributed several times throughout the campaign, however, I would love to receive a card or some other commemorative correspondence to thank me for my support. Something to save and pass on to the kids : )

[Topfeeder]

Didn't you get the thank you e-mail and text from Barack?

[MarionKIN]

I did, too - but don't we get that every time we see the words "President-Elect Barack Obama"? And won't we have it every day for the next four years? :-) Our contributions are the gifts that keep giving back to us.

[Steamboater]

That money should go to the unpaid volunteers who worked trieslessly for Obama and not the paid staff. Obama's people know who they are too because they have their names listed and addresses etc. A lot of people put in a lot of time for Obama, many unpaid. It's those poeple who should have also been sent tickets to the inauguration first. It just doesn't seem fair that they've been left out.

[Just2stressed]

With all the unpaid out there, I doubt if Sen. Obama, had decided to give them the money, it would have amount to anything much....To­o many unpaid workers out there....W­ould you have accepted 10 cents? (just throwing a figure)

[Topfeeder]

I was an unpaid worker and the fact that I was a volunteer made me even more proud of myself and my efforts.

[donotquoteme]

I volunteered, and watching Obama on that stage in Grant Park on the night of the 4th was the biggest reward I could have asked for.

[movecenter]

Well deserved, and bravo to Obama's team for "spreading the wealth". That's change I can believe in!

[Topfeeder]

I donated and I am glad to assist these "Real American Heros" with my contributions. Thank you all for your efforts. You are appreciated.

[Figerre]

Look - these people worked incredibly hard and for once, in my memory at least, the Dems weren't broke at the end of the campaign. They earned it, and as for Blackberries and laptops, that helps everyone - and not that much on taxes, come to think of it.

I have no problem with this at all, and I made donations.

[Culturemaven]

Those staffers can thank the donors who made it possible.

[Blue in NH]

It's nice to see people getting bonuses for a job well done rather for running a company into the ground.

[BoomBap]

I second that.

[Teritt]

Completely true!

[rmetz74]

I'm so glad to see so many supportive comments here! I admit I expetced the trolls to be spamming the comments with accusations of elitist irresponsible spending, blahdy blahdy blah.

I just had a welcome home dinner with a friend who ran a Field Office in Las Vegas for the campaign, and her descriptions of the work they did were incredible. They worked SO tirelessly, for very little money, and not in big swanky offices but in crammed corners of whatever room the could find... And they conducted the best political campaign in recent history.

Yet again, Obaam is reminding me of what integrity looks like in a leader. I wonder if I'll ever get used to it :)

[sherryf13500]

Money very well spent indeed. I am very proud of the work that was done for Obama.
Obama is the man.

[schicklett3]

His campaign deserve every penney they get!
KUDOS!!!!!

[KathyinCT]

They deserve that month and then some -- for two years many of them have had literally no lives. Hey, give 'em through Christmas!!