Links And Campaign Donations Between Carnahan And SEIU

I was just on the Dana show, rattling off some basic research from the internet - here are the links to the public information.

$10,000 to Russ Carnahan in 2004
$10,000 to Russ Carnahan in 2006
$6,500 to Russ Carnahan in 2008

2.3 million spent by SEIU in 2004 - making them one of the biggest 527's in Missouri, despite raising only $43,000 (a lot of out of state money).

Story on how SEIU became so important to Missouri politics and Democratic politicians.

List of HealthCare For America Now in Missouri.  AFCSME, SEIU, Missouri Progressive Vote, ACORN.

Blog Story and Background on Jeff Mazur (AFCSME - now with Nixon), Laura Egerdal (SEIU - now Communications Director - Robin Carnahan) and Julie Terbrock (ACORN), and how they worked together with Robin Carnahan to defeat Voter ID using SEIU phone banks. 

SEIU spent $85 million to elect Obama: 

Officials say the fast-growing union spent $85 million during the campaign season last year, and that it was well worth it: The Obama administration has appointed union officials to top posts and is backing legislation to make it easier for workers to organize.

"SEIU is on the field, it's in the White House, it's in the administration," SEIU President Andy Stern said in a video to members to mark the Obama administration's first 100 days.

Comments

[Clark]

So what?