Obama staff mum on Tiffany's purchase

[vireo]

Sunday, March 23rd 2008, 4:00 AM

Barack Obama's campaign tossed around nearly $600 at Tiffany's last month - for a trinket that remains a secret.

Obama's team tapped his flush campaign bank account to pay the $572.25 tab at the famed jeweler last month, recently released federal fund-raising records show.

When asked about the curious expenditure, campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, "That was mistakenly charged to a campaign credit card and the money has been refunded to the campaign."

Psaki insisted that the senator did not make the purchase himself but she refused to say whether the gift was in any way connected to him or his family.

Psaki declined to release any details about what precisely was purchased from the store, who received the purchase, or how the charging error occurred.

"That's all we're going with this," Psaki insisted, shutting down questions from the Daily News. "We're done talking about it."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/23/2008-03-23_obama_staff_mum_on_tiffanys_purchase.html?print=1&page=all

So will the press be as worked up over this as they were about John Edwards' haircut?

[anamandujano]

1. What about the ire at Hillary's perfectly legal personal loan to her campaign?

Did you post this in the cesspool (GD-P) yet? I'll drop in and give you a hand defending.

[vireo]

2. Saw this linked at Talk Left

I pretty much avoid GDP but feel free to post this if you so dare!

[Tellurian]

3. Rumor has it, the expenditure was a gift for Michelle..

if I can find the link, I'll post it here.

Here ya go!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/23/2008-03-23_obama_staff_mum_on_tiffanys_purchase.html?print=1&page=all

Obama staff mum on Tiffany's purchase

BY MICHAEL SAUL
DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Sunday, March 23rd 2008, 4:00 AM

Barack Obama's campaign tossed around nearly $600 at Tiffany's last month - for a trinket that remains a secret.

Obama's team tapped his flush campaign bank account to pay the $572.25 tab at the famed jeweler last month, recently released federal fund-raising records show.

When asked about the curious expenditure, campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, "That was mistakenly charged to a campaign credit card and the money has been refunded to the campaign."

Psaki insisted that the senator did not make the purchase himself but she refused to say whether the gift was in any way connected to him or his family.

Psaki declined to release any details about what precisely was purchased from the store, who received the purchase, or how the charging error occurred.

"That's all we're going with this," Psaki insisted, shutting down questions from the Daily News. "We're done talking about it."

Meanwhile, last week's campaign finance filings revealed Obama is far outpacing rival Hillary Clinton in the online ad wars.

In February alone, the Obama campaign spent $2.5 million on online advertising, with ads popping up on a variety of sites, including Google, Yahoo! and Facebook.

Hillary Clinton's aides acknowledged that the former First Lady's presidential campaign has spent considerably less on online advertising, but added "hundreds of thousands" of dollars were spent on online ads this quarter.

when you try to get a definitive answer, a simple yes or no from the Obama camp, you get "secrecy"...the "new" politics of the transparency of "the one" are a mirage just as Obama himself is a media creation! HO-HUM!

[rodeodance]

5. "secrecy"...the "new" politics of the transparency of "the one" yup

[vireo]

4. They should know better than to allow MO access to a campaign CC

You know that must be what happened.